http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5 TechDis news features a rich mix of information and services for the accessibility community helpdesk@techdis.ac.uk en-gb LSIS is pleased to announce the opening of the fourth round of funding for Flexibility and Innovation Fund projects. The fourth funding round opens on Wednesday 1 September 2010 and closes on Friday 29 October 2010. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=442 20100902 GMT Everyone at JISC TechDis is saddened to hear of the death of Bob McKee, Chief Executive of CILIP. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=441 20100902 GMT Malcolm Read, Executive Secretary of JISC, has written a piece in this week's THE about the importance of openness in Higher Education. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=440 20100827 GMT http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=439 20100826 GMT Waterloo Labs have developed a method of controlling the game Super Mario Bros 2 on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) using eye tracking. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=438 20100824 GMT JISC TechDis, the UK’s leading advisory service on accessibility and inclusion, has forged an exciting new partnership with eIFL. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=437 20100811 GMT The BT Internet Ranger of the Year Award http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=436 20100804 GMT A project supported by JISC TechDis has recently won a major grant that will help transform the lives of disabled learners and their teachers. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=435 20100803 GMT 104 sheltered housing schemes from across the country have received a total of £402,000 in funding as part of the first stage of an outreach activity – Get Digital - to help get people in sheltered housing online. The money – up to a maximum of £500 http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=434 20100728 GMT Ruskin Mill, an Independent Specialist College (ISC) based in Gloucestershire is the third ISC judged to be Outstanding in the current round of Ofsted Inspections. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=433 20100727 GMT Commencing in May 2011 this course, validated by Loughborough University, has been set up in response to the high level of demand for specialist training in supporting dyslexic and dyscalculic students with the mathematical and statistical demands of thei http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=432 20100727 GMT Sarah Teather MP, Minister of State for Children and Families, has announced that the government will launch a Green Paper in the autumn to look at a wide range of issues for children with SEN and disabilities http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=431 20100722 GMT Recruitment is now open for this year’s Open University Masters level online and distance education module in Accessible Online Learning. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=428 20100707 GMT The European Union has issued a call for proposals for pilot projects on the employment of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=427 20100630 GMT UCL have launched an online tool designed to help people whose sight has been damaged by stroke to learn to read again. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=426 20100621 GMT Becta has today awarded a contract to XMA to supply bespoke Assistive Technology equipment for those learners with the most profound disabilities or Special Educational Needs under the Home Access programme. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=425 20100617 GMT http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=424 20100616 GMT The UK Physical Sciences Centre's resource pack Supporting Students with Asperger's Syndrome is now available online. http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=423 20100614 GMT http://www.techdis.ac.uk/index.php?p=5_1&id=422 20100610 GMT