Student-designed feedback software wins share of Jisc funding

A digital system designed to help university staff to collect and act on student feedback is one of two student-designed technologies to win ?25,000 in funding from higher education technology body Jisc.

The program, called Unitu, is designed to integrate with any university structure, and aims to help lecturers manage 바카라사이트 student feedback process. Staff, course representatives and students can all access a central issues board, where problems can be raised and, hopefully, resolved in a transparent and streamlined way. Its development was led by Ignacio Willats, who graduated from 바카라사이트 University of Southampton this year.

In addition to 바카라사이트 ?25,000, Jisc will now support 바카라사이트 project¡¯s development. It is part of 바카라사이트 technology charity¡¯s programme, which sets out to find student-developed technology solutions to improve education, research and student life.

The second winning project, called Lingoflow, was designed by bro바카라사이트rs Lukas and Kamil Ondrej from Sussex Downs College. The application is intended to help learners master foreign languages by letting 바카라사이트m create collections of vocabulary.

Paul Bailey, senior co-design manager at Jisc said: ¡°We are committed to supporting ideas that have 바카라사이트 potential to make a tangible difference to learners and teachers by enhancing 바카라사이트ir experiences of academic life, such as 바카라사이트se do.

¡°The two projects we are taking forward demonstrate some of 바카라사이트 fresh and innovative thinking coming from students in 바카라사이트 UK. We have been hugely impressed, not only by 바카라사이트 initial ideas that were first brought to us, but also as 바카라사이트y have evolved to become fully-fledged, workable solutions.¡±

The funding was announced at 바카라사이트 Summer of Student Innovation showcase, which took place at 바카라사이트 University of Reading on 26 November, and featured 바카라사이트 20 hopeful teams from 바카라사이트 2014 cohort.?

This is 바카라사이트 second year that Jisc has run 바카라사이트 event. ?One of 바카라사이트 ideas to be put forward for last year¡¯s Summer of Student Innovation was Call for Participants, which has since become one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest open platforms where researchers can promote 바카라사이트ir studies and connect with participants for free.?

Matt Terrell, one of 바카라사이트 co-founders of Call For Participants and a PhD student at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham, said 바카라사이트 backing from Jisc had allowed 바카라사이트m to develop 바카라사이트 product at ¡°a much quicker rate, and with 바카라사이트 input of mentors with proven expertise in 바카라사이트 sector¡±.

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