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ASTON UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES FREE WIFI ACROSS CAMPUS
Aston University has rolled out free WiFi across its 40-acre campus to be used by all guests and visitors to the university, from visiting lecturers and conference delegates to prospective students. The WiFi, provided by The
Cloud, will work alongside the existing staff and student WiFi services and will be available in locations across the entire campus including the sports centre and state of the art library. The service will enable guests to go online quickly and easily – allowing free, fast access to the Aston University app (myAston) for visitors atending an open day, as well as surf the web. As one of the top 25
at the end of 2013, which showed 84% of UK students believe access to technology can improve their academic success and 34% said they would be willing to pay increased tuition fees for better IT services at their university. “While there are universities in the
UK doing great things with their IT infrastructures, in many cases it’s clear
that the technology offered continues to lag behind expectations of students and IT staff,” said Andy Tait, head of public sector strategy at VMware. “With more competition than
ever to entice students, there’s a massive opportunity for institutions to make themselves more attractive through better IT.”
universities for student satisfaction and a leading university for graduate employment Aston receives thousands of visitors each year to its events and venues, who will now be able to benefit from access to the WiFi. “All of the visitors to
Children with autism sometimes find
social interaction and communication, even with parents and siblings, unpredictable and frightening. KASPAR has been purposefully designed as a minimally-expressive robot offering a more predictable and initially repetitive form of communication, which aims to make the social interaction simpler, non-judgemental and more comfortable for the child. Having interacted and communicated
with the robot, the children are often able to interact and communicate with other people through the robot,
with KASPAR functioning as a social mediator. In turn, this may help them interact and communicate directly with other adults and children. Professor Dautenhahn added: “The
team at the University of Hertfordshire has been working on the KASPAR project since 2005 and our research has shown that robots can help children with autism interact and communicate more easily with people. This is important because there is mounting evidence that early intervention for children with autism may change the child’s development trajectory.”
"Our research has shown that robots can help children with autism interact and communicate more easily with people"
our university from guest lecturers, to potential students want to stay connected. To ensure we meet the needs of our visitors we wanted to provide a reliable, free service whether you’re visiting from Birmingham or Beijing,” said Trevor Bayliss, IT Technical Director, Aston University. He added: “Prospective
students are increasingly looking for added value from the university they choose and we want to ensure from the first time they step on campus they feel welcome and at home.” Once registered, users
will also be able to easily connect to The Cloud WiFi at any of the WiFi provider’s 22,000 UK hotspots.
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