{"id":4345,"date":"2015-10-20T11:34:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/?p=4345"},"modified":"2015-10-20T11:34:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:34:20","slug":"staff-it-innovation-challenge-2015-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-new.it.ox.ac.uk\/adamweblearn\/2015\/10\/staff-it-innovation-challenge-2015-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff IT Innovation Challenge 2015-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>From Stuart Lee, IT Services<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>N.B.<\/strong><\/span> There will be an open briefing session on the challenge 12.30-1.30 on the 27th October. Book at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/courses.it.ox.ac.uk\/detail\/INO1\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/courses.it.ox.ac.uk\/detail\/INO1<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Challenge(s)<\/em><\/strong>: The University Strategy seeks to increase innovation across our key activities (learning, teaching, and research). In the strategy also are\u00a0a number of specific priorities\u00a0and commitments. For this round of the IT Innovation Challenges we welcome project ideas from any University staff member for digital initiatives\u00a0that would improve the academic experience at Oxford (the &#8216;Open&#8217; category), but\u00a0<strong>we would particularly welcome<\/strong>, for this round, ideas that would:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>assist in undergraduate admissions and access activities<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">and\/or<\/span><\/li>\n<li>make\u00a0research easier for researchers<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">and\/or<\/span><\/li>\n<li>provide solutions for international collaboration in research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The site will close at midnight on 14 November for submissions, after which there will be a further week to discuss all ideas. Some ideas will then be selected to go to the next stage by the IT Innovation Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Context<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>We would particularly welcome proposals for projects that focus on our undergraduate\u00a0admissions and access activities. The University is committed to ensuring\u00a0that we attract applications from students with outstanding academic\u00a0potential whatever their background, and has set out ambitious targets\u00a0(see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/about\/increasing-access\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ox.ac.uk\/about\/increasing-access<\/a>). Do you have a project\u00a0that would assist in this? It could be repurposing existing content or\u00a0creating new content in a way that would reach potential undergraduates, a new\u00a0app for providing interactive tools that provide exciting academic challenges, or\u00a0a new way of using technology to reach out to an underrepresented target\u00a0area.<\/p>\n<p>We are also interested in new ways to assist researchers. In terms of tools that can make research, or the administration of research easier; or allow researchers to collaborate internationally.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>So &#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Do you have any ideas for innovative digital projects that could\u00a0assist in undergraduate admissions? [&#8216;Undergraduate Admissions and Access&#8217;]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ease the burden on researchers? [&#8216;Making Research Easier&#8217;]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allow researchers to collaborate more effectively internationally? [&#8216;Research Collaboration&#8217;]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Or do you have any ideas for innovative digital projects that\u00a0would just improve the academic experience of staff or students at Oxford? [&#8216;Open&#8217;]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the answer to any of the above is &#8216;Yes&#8217;\u00a0then please &#8216;Submit Your Idea&#8217; [above], or read the ideas of others and add suggestions or offer assistance to work up the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t have a proposal then you can still take part in the discussion or offer assistance to projects that may go forward as we would also ideally like to see projects that emerge from collaborations across dispersed teams or units. For more information on the criteria by which projects will be assessed see the FAQs on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sharepoint.nexus.ox.ac.uk\/sites\/itservices\/innovation\/SitePages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">IT Innovation Challenges\u00a0Sharepoint Site<\/a>\u00a0[requires you to log-in].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remember<\/strong>,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">this process is aimed at the open discussion of ideas to allow them to build and grow into a project<\/span>. You are not being asked to\u00a0submit your final bid in its complete form. \u00a0If the idea takes shape you will then be asked to submit a more formal proposal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also<\/strong> we are not necessarily looking for new tools or systems. You may be able to identify an existing product to adopt or adapt that would lead to improvements or innovation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Projects can be of any size starting from a few thousand pounds upwards but the maximum amount of funding per project is \u00a360,000.<\/p>\n<p>For further general information\u00a0please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.it.ox.ac.uk\/innovation-fund\" target=\"_blank\">IT Innovation Challenges\u00a0web site<\/a>; for more specific details on previous projects, FAQs, etc please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sharepoint.nexus.ox.ac.uk\/sites\/itservices\/innovation\/SitePages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">IT Innovation Challenges\u00a0Sharepoint Site<\/a>\u00a0[requires you to log-in].<\/p>\n<p>Please note we hope that there will be a second IT Innovation Challenge for staff this year running in Hilary-Trinity term 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Stuart Lee, IT Services [N.B. There will be an open briefing session on the challenge 12.30-1.30 on the 27th October. Book at:\u00a0http:\/\/courses.it.ox.ac.uk\/detail\/INO1] Challenge(s): The University Strategy seeks to increase innovation across our key activities (learning, teaching, and research). 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