More Grant Funding For Schools
- By Business Sorted
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- 13 Dec, 2014
Soltech IT are delighted to announce that another one of our schools has received grant fund with the help Soltech IT.
The North Somerset school has been given £2,000 which will be put towards improving the schools IT equipment.
Please feel free to contact us on 01275 332835, if your school would like to learn more about school grant funding.
SOLTECH IT NEWS
The programme will see thousands of teenagers given the opportunity to learn up to date, cyber security skills alongside their usual secondary school studies through a nationwide network of extracurricular clubs, instructor-led classes and online teaching and games. The programme's aim is to support and develop the skills of school aged children, giving them the ability to work in and tackle the ever growing cyber security sector in the future.
Confirmed partners include Cyber Security Challenge UK, SANS, BT and FutureLearn who will all work together to deliver the programme which has been allocated £20m.
The Minister of State for Digital Matt Hancock said: “Our Cyber Schools programme aims to inspire the talent of tomorrow and give thousands of the brightest young minds the chance to learn cutting-edge cyber security skills alongside their secondary school studies. I encourage all those with the aptitude, enthusiasm and passion for a cyber security career to register for what will be a challenging and rewarding scheme.”
From those who register their interest, students (aged between 14-18) will be selected for the programme via a pre-entry assessment. Teachers and industry experts are also being encouraged to get involved and register their interest in working with the programme.
For more information and to register your interest please visit HERE
For advice and guidance on business and education cyber security, please visit our website or pop us an email on contact@soltechit.co.uk / 0117 2140 299.
The problem:
"Our business has multiple business sites, each with it's own specific requirements. We're looking for a coordinated IT support and advice approach from a single trusted source. Although each site is unique we really need consistency."
The solution:
At Soltech IT, we assign a dedicated account manager to you and your business. They will meet with you for a quarterly infrastructure meeting, allowing you to seek advise and make informed decisions for ongoing IT developments. We can ensure that the IT support we provide is consistent across all sites.
For information or to discuss how we can specifically help you and your business, pop us an email to sales@soltechit.co.uk, visit our contact page or give us a call 0117 2140 299.
Initially launched in Norway, the revolutionary concept is now set to launch in the UK. The first product is an avatar, which allows children & young adults who are forced to take long periods of time off of school due to ill health, to maintain a presence in the classroom. Since it's launch In 2016, at the University of Oslo, in consultation with teachers and scientists, the friendly looking robots have been used by over 200 children in Norway, Sweden, Denmark & The Netherlands.
Karen Dolva, co-founder and CEO of the start up, No Isolation added.
"We have learnt that when children suffer from long-term illness, their corresponding isolation from friends makes it harder for them to recover and to come back to school when they feel better. We are also aware that developing speech and social skills is just as important as following the curriculum. When they are not a part of the social scene, children miss out on important learning through play and interaction.At No Isolation, the purpose of our technology is to help people alleviate the feeling of loneliness. We want to develop tools for the groups that need more than generic solutions. AV1 helps children with long-term illness to stay in touch with their friends, keep up with their education, and secure that crucial link to everyday life."
This fantastic concept's primary goal is to reduce loneliness amongst children suffering from long term health issues, however, the idea can only be a positive for their education and social skills. The AV-1 robot, which is controlled by the child through an app, allows the child to join in from a hospital bed or sofa at home. The robot acts as the 'eyes, ears and voice' of the child, with a blinking light ti signal when they want to say something and the ability to turn 360' to see and speak to the whole class.
For more information check out the No Isolation website.
The problem:
"My business suffers with awful Wifi dead spots & problems with Wifi calling. Which causes huge delays and disruption to our working day."
The solution:
There is no guesswork with our Business IT Wifi audit and heat mapping solution which takes into account competing Wifi systems and other interference.
For information or to discuss how we can specifically help you and your business, pop us an email to sales@soltechit.co.uk, visit our contact page or give us a call 0117 2140 299.
I joined Soltech IT in January 2017 as a technical support engineer, which means I spend a lot of time fixing things that have gone wrong.
What skills do you think you bring to your role?
I’m good at… fixing stuff? Also apparently good at heavy lifting.
What is your favourite piece of tech or gadget?
Figit spinners & the Internet.
Outside of work what is your favourite thing to do in your spare time?
Video games, climbing and running (well asthmatically jogging).
What are you listening to/ reading/ watching at the moment?
I'm watching Parks and Recreation.
Who would you invite (real, fictional, dead or alive) to your dream dinner party?
Urgh, dinner parties. Could I bring back Senna, pick up Mansell and Hill and go Go Carting instead?
As discussed in past posts, Ransomware is a 'malicious software that infects a machine and then encrypts or scrambles files so they can no longer be used or read.' Once these files are encrypted it can be very difficult to get them back. The cyber-thieves state they will only decrypt the files if the victim pays a ransom, however, this is often not the case, despite payment.
Google's Elie Bursztein, who carried out the study along with Kylie McRoberts and Luca Invernizzi, stated, "It's become a very, very profitable market and is here to stay." The study involved Google creating thousands of virtual victims of ransomware to expose how the payment flow worked and to which malware types. Several methods were used to work out how cash flowed to the ransomware creators including seeking out the files used to infect machines to run on thousands of virtual machines to create "synthetic victims". They could monitor where this money would be transferred, highlighting 34 variants of ransomware, with them becoming increasingly popular.
Mr Bursztein added, "It's no longer a game reserved for tech-savvy criminals, it's for almost anyone."
For the more details and further results on the Google study visit the BBC site.
If you're worried about your Ransomware protection plan and would like advice on cyber security please don't hesitate to get in touch.
SOLTECH IT NEWS
The programme will see thousands of teenagers given the opportunity to learn up to date, cyber security skills alongside their usual secondary school studies through a nationwide network of extracurricular clubs, instructor-led classes and online teaching and games. The programme's aim is to support and develop the skills of school aged children, giving them the ability to work in and tackle the ever growing cyber security sector in the future.
Confirmed partners include Cyber Security Challenge UK, SANS, BT and FutureLearn who will all work together to deliver the programme which has been allocated £20m.
The Minister of State for Digital Matt Hancock said: “Our Cyber Schools programme aims to inspire the talent of tomorrow and give thousands of the brightest young minds the chance to learn cutting-edge cyber security skills alongside their secondary school studies. I encourage all those with the aptitude, enthusiasm and passion for a cyber security career to register for what will be a challenging and rewarding scheme.”
From those who register their interest, students (aged between 14-18) will be selected for the programme via a pre-entry assessment. Teachers and industry experts are also being encouraged to get involved and register their interest in working with the programme.
For more information and to register your interest please visit HERE
For advice and guidance on business and education cyber security, please visit our website or pop us an email on contact@soltechit.co.uk / 0117 2140 299.
The problem:
"Our business has multiple business sites, each with it's own specific requirements. We're looking for a coordinated IT support and advice approach from a single trusted source. Although each site is unique we really need consistency."
The solution:
At Soltech IT, we assign a dedicated account manager to you and your business. They will meet with you for a quarterly infrastructure meeting, allowing you to seek advise and make informed decisions for ongoing IT developments. We can ensure that the IT support we provide is consistent across all sites.
For information or to discuss how we can specifically help you and your business, pop us an email to sales@soltechit.co.uk, visit our contact page or give us a call 0117 2140 299.
Initially launched in Norway, the revolutionary concept is now set to launch in the UK. The first product is an avatar, which allows children & young adults who are forced to take long periods of time off of school due to ill health, to maintain a presence in the classroom. Since it's launch In 2016, at the University of Oslo, in consultation with teachers and scientists, the friendly looking robots have been used by over 200 children in Norway, Sweden, Denmark & The Netherlands.
Karen Dolva, co-founder and CEO of the start up, No Isolation added.
"We have learnt that when children suffer from long-term illness, their corresponding isolation from friends makes it harder for them to recover and to come back to school when they feel better. We are also aware that developing speech and social skills is just as important as following the curriculum. When they are not a part of the social scene, children miss out on important learning through play and interaction.At No Isolation, the purpose of our technology is to help people alleviate the feeling of loneliness. We want to develop tools for the groups that need more than generic solutions. AV1 helps children with long-term illness to stay in touch with their friends, keep up with their education, and secure that crucial link to everyday life."
This fantastic concept's primary goal is to reduce loneliness amongst children suffering from long term health issues, however, the idea can only be a positive for their education and social skills. The AV-1 robot, which is controlled by the child through an app, allows the child to join in from a hospital bed or sofa at home. The robot acts as the 'eyes, ears and voice' of the child, with a blinking light ti signal when they want to say something and the ability to turn 360' to see and speak to the whole class.
For more information check out the No Isolation website.
The problem:
"My business suffers with awful Wifi dead spots & problems with Wifi calling. Which causes huge delays and disruption to our working day."
The solution:
There is no guesswork with our Business IT Wifi audit and heat mapping solution which takes into account competing Wifi systems and other interference.
For information or to discuss how we can specifically help you and your business, pop us an email to sales@soltechit.co.uk, visit our contact page or give us a call 0117 2140 299.
