Bucks needs your vote to win £5,000!

www.jisc.ac.uk/student-innovation

Rebecca Rochon, Senior Lecturer in Education and Learning Development, has developed a new App called Unite, which allows students to connect with other students before starting university. The App has been entered in the JISC Summer of Student Innovation, and she needs your help to win £5,000 for Bucks! The App will need animators to work on it, so with any luck we can bring a little freelance work into our department.

What is the JISC Summer of Student Innovation?
The JISC Summer of Student Innovation is a chance for students to create real technology solutions to improve education, research and student life.  JISC champions the use of digital technologies in UK education and research and is funding learners with new ideas on how to use technology to improve student life.

What is the new App about?
The new App is called Unite, and was developed by Rebecca Rochon, Senior Lecturer in Education and Learning Development. It allows students to connect with other students before starting university.

Unite is a social networking app for the community of higher education. It’s cooler than a standard social networking app, a little less grown-up than an app for working professionals and far less awkward to use for finding housemates than a dating app.


What is at stake?
At stake is £5,000 of prize money to help develop the App. If it goes through, there will be paid work for animators at Bucks!

How can you help?
Your vote is needed to see the idea through to the next level of the competition! Voting closes on Friday 30 May (the day after tomorrow) and we need to get to 250 votes to go through to the next round. Please follow this link and take two minutes to support this Bucks project.

http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/sosi14/ideas/unite-app-connect-people-through-he

Thanks for your support!

----Alex