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Last response: Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Councils to save millions by putting job vacancies online

From the North eastregionalImprovement and Efficiency partnership Councils to save millions by putting job vacancies online Councils across England are collaborating to advertise jobs through an...

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Last response: Tuesday, 6 July 2010

job vacancy data sharing standards - subset of HR-XML

In 2006, TWICT was part of the JoinedupJobs project, funded by the North East Centre of Excellence, which went on to become the Improvement and Efficiency Partnership.

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Last response: Monday, 5 July 2010

seeking local Cloud case study

The theme of September's SOCITM NE meeting is Cloud Computing and the PSN (Public Sector Network).

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Last response: Friday, 25 June 2010

TWICT website updated

Check out our revised website at http://www.twict.gov.uk.

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Last response: Monday, 7 June 2010

#tdc10 Tweets/Blogs/Articles on Thinking Digital 2010, the North East's annual international technology & ideas conference

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Last response: Friday, 4 June 2010

Secret Millionaire headlines latest Girl Geeks event | Sunderland Software City

http://www.sunderlandsoftwarecity.com/business/news/secret-millionaire-headlines-latest-girl-geeks-event

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The Future of Broadband: In case you missed it! | Sunderland Software City

http://www.sunderlandsoftwarecity.com/business/news/future-broadband-case-you-missed-it

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Last response: Thursday, 20 May 2010

Gateshead Digital Summer

There's less than a week to go until http://www.gatesheaddigitalsummer.com/home.php kicks off with the www.thinkingdigital.co.uk conference.

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Last response: Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Come along (free) to The Future of Broadband event to be informed, inspired and take a glimpse into the future!

Broadband is the Future - use it to improve your business! Does your business really use current generation broadband to best effect?

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Last response: Friday, 12 March 2010

Annual General Meeting 2010

The Partners of the Tyne and Wear ICT Partnership met yesterday (11th March) for its first AGM under its renewed Partnership Agreement.

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Last response: Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Connect to your council : Directgov

An easy to use one stop shop for a vast range of council services. Select the service you want, drop in the postcode etc and away you go. http://mycouncil.direct.gov.uk/index.

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Last response: Wednesday, 3 March 2010

Council Launches Grant for Business Broadband

http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Council%20and%20Democracy/news/News%20Articles/CouncilLaunchesGrantforBusinessBroadband.

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Last response: Monday, 1 March 2010

Gateshead Digital Summer

Gateshead Digital Summer Gateshead is fast becoming a centre of creativity and digital excellence. Developments such as BALTIC, and the Sage Gateshead provide the backdrop for...

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Last response: Tuesday, 9 February 2010

How can Universities and Business work together to produce more “industry ready” graduates to ensure the growth of the digital s

From Codeworks Connect February’s Think and a Drink gives you the chance to exercise your vocal chords in an age old debate… How can Universities and Business work together to...

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Last response: Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Sunderland works (receives £10 million pounds from Microsoft)

Sunderland have won a multi-million pound package of IT training designed to get people into work after the city scooped first prize in a competition organised by computer...

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Last response: Monday, 1 February 2010

What is Cloud Computing?

A question that is frequently asked by people outside and inside the technology industry. To help clear up some of the confusion Cloudbook has compiled a collection of videos...

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Last response: Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Introducing SuperMondays

Super Mondays is a strong and vibrant community of IT enthusiasts based in The North East of England.

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Last response: Wednesday, 23 December 2009

FREE ICT news roundup

Many public sector ICT workers in the North East subscribe to our FREE email news roundup - TWICT Exchange.

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Last response: Monday, 16 November 2009

Community ICT Conference and Barcamp return to North East

Sunderland City Council is pleased to announce the dates for its third annual conference on digital inclusion, which explores how technology can bridge the digital divide and...

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Last response: Thursday, 5 November 2009

IT in the Community 2009

Venue Stadium of Light, Sunderland Date Tue 1 December 2009 at 09:00 - Wed 2 December 2009 at 17:00 Cost Free IT in the Community Visit...

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Last response: Wednesday, 21 October 2009

TWICT giving access to virtual meeting and conferencing tools for North East Public Sector

TWICT is providing a portal for North East public sector ICT workers to online desktop virtual team / meeting and conferencing solutions provided by Sunderland Digital Challenge.

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Last response: Wednesday, 1 July 2009

TWICT Groups

Here is a list of TWICT groups that are open to public sector employees in the North East of England.

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Last response: Monday, 29 June 2009

transport and internet experts discuss impact of digital economy on future transport research

Last Thursday, 70 transport and internet experts gathered at Hoults Yard in Newcastle to discuss how the digital economy and internet trends will impact on whether and how we...

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Last response: Wednesday, 10 June 2009

How might online technologies influence how we travel in the future?

Where do you think you’re going? Newcastle upon Tyne 25th June 2009 Newcastle University and Imperial College would like to invite you to participate in a different sort...

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Last response: Tuesday, 24 March 2009

2009/2010 Work Programme

The following work programme was agreed at the March meeting New Projects Digital Inclusion · Assist Digital Challenge with Programme Level ‘How To’ and ‘Lessons...

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Chair’s Review of 2008/2009

At the March 09 meeting, Roy Sheehan summarised activities and themes over the past year. · 2008/2009 was a year of further change, the most significant of which was that South...

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Last response: Thursday, 5 March 2009

CloudCamp comes to the North East

CloudCamp comes to the North East Following the success of previous events in London and the US, CloudCamp is coming to Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday 24 March 2009.

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Last response: Thursday, 26 February 2009

Partnership Board Meetings 2009-10

12 March 2009 Strategic Meeting · Review of 2008/09 work programme · Determination of 2009/10 priorities and work programme · Partnership Budget 9 April 2009 ~NO...

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Community Maps: Digital and Social Geographies of Great Britain

A potentially useful resource from CLG…. Placing data on a map in a clear visual format simplifies decision-making about a local place.

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Community Broadband Roadshow North East: Gateshead 18 March

http://www.broadband.coop/Gateshead-Roadshow/ NextGen Roadshows Thanks to sponsorship from Alcatel-Lucent, CBN's NextGen 09 team of Andrew Macdonald and Marit Hendriks have...

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Last response: Wednesday, 4 February 2009

2009 Politics Online conference in Washington D.C

Work in the Public Sector? Fancy winning a trip to the 2009 Politics Online conference in Washington D.C?

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February meeting

Please note that the February Partnership board meeting will be held on Friday 13th February at Ramside Hall in Durham, following the SOCITM NE meeting.

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Last response: Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Tyne & Wear ICT Partnership Meeting 8th January 2009

The next meeting of the Tyne and Wear ICT Partnership (TWICT) will be held at 10am on Thursday 8th January in a Committee Room at Gateshead Civic Centre.

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Last response: Thursday, 27 November 2008

Government Barcamp Saturday 31st January 2009

Government barcamp – the sequel The next Government BarCamp will be held on Saturday 31st January 2009 - location TBC - see above link for details, or www.barcamp.org .

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Last response: Friday, 21 November 2008

From the November Board Meeting

IT Professionalism Participation in the Government IT Professionalism initiative is being mandated for central government.

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Last response: Thursday, 6 November 2008

Tyne and Wear ICT Partnership meeting 13th November 2008

The next meeting of the Tyne and Wear ICT Partnership (TWICT) will be held at 10am on Thursday 13th November in a Committee Room at Gateshead Civic Centre.

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Last response: Monday, 13 October 2008

Conference Notification: IT in the Community: The Importance of t he Use of Digital Technology and Innovation to Promote Soci...

Please find attached details of a conference being organised by colleagues in Sunderland. IT in the Community The Importance of the Use of Digital Technology and Innovation to...

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Last response: Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Partnership Board Meeting dates

Forthcoming Meetings: 13 November 2008 · Standard Agenda 11 December 2008 · Standard Agenda 8 January 2009 Strategic Meeting · Special interest topic: to be...

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Last response: Wednesday, 17 September 2008

from the September TWICT Partnership Board meeting

Matters discussed included: an update on the study into sharing data centre capacity interactive digital TV community video news and events on TV, mobiles and low cost...

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Last response: Tuesday, 16 September 2008

Sunderland Software City

Sunderland Software City is a major regional project to create a sustainable and globally competitive software industry in the North East of England.

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Last response: Thursday, 24 July 2008

From the July TWICT meeting...

Matters discussed included: sharing data centre capacity workforce planning strategy development Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership print...

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Last response: Tuesday, 1 July 2008

New to Download: Social & Digital Inclusion Video

A video about "Using digital technology to tackle social exclusion" that was produced by the DCLG - Digital Inclusion Team.

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Last response: Thursday, 15 May 2008

Excellent Partnerships in the North East 2008

A drop in event held over two days for people working in a partnership setting Organised by: ABOUT VENUE REGISTER Excellent Partnerships in the North East 2008 Date: 17th & 18th June, 2008 Location: Wynyard Hall, Teesside Timings (tbc) Tuesday 17th June: 12.00 noon - 7.30pm Wednesday 18th June: 9.00am - 3.00pm This is a drop in event - When booking opens you will be able to sign up for any sessions you are interested in (you don’t need to...

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Last response: Thursday, 1 May 2008

recent additions / changes to www.twict.gov.uk

The following have been added to / changed on www.twict.gov.uk advice for suppliers Chair's review of 2007/2008 partner contact details kiosks project pages 'Looking Local' interactive TV and mobile phone services project pages The TWICT web site is hosted by Sunderland City Council, though its e-Neighbourhoods Communities of Interest initiative. See www.sunderland.gov.uk/coi for more information.

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Last response: Wednesday, 30 April 2008

news from April TWICT meeting

This was TWICT's 'AGM'. The following key decisions were made: It was agreed that the following initiatives be taken forward as the first draft work programme for 08/09: It was noted that their was growing interest in the ‘looking local’ interactive TV and mobile phone service and it was agreed to continue support for the service.

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Chair’s Review of 2007/8

Roy Sheehan gave an overview of Partnership activities in the past year. 2007/2008 has been a year of change. Administration of the partnership has transferred from South Tyneside to Gateshead, three partners’ representatives have changed and a further three will be changing in the first months of 2008/2009. TWICT secured its medium term finances, as a 5 year plan was agreed, alongside reduced contributions for full members.

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Last response: Wednesday, 2 April 2008

April meeting

The April meeting is being held on 24th April rather than 10th as originally planned. ******************************************************* Important Information This e-mail and its attachments may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Gateshead Council.

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Codeworks North East IT Manager Network: disaster recovery and da ta hosting

The North East IT Manager Network plans to run an event next month to look at disaster recovery and data hosting. To register and for further details (or to suggest speakers or topics) please contact Claire Haydock on 0191 556 1124 or (Address removed). (It'll be free to attend) What is the IT Manager Network?

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Codeworks NE IT Manager Network presents Connectivity

When: 01 May 2008 17:30-19:30 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London. Where: Onyx, Business Continuity Centre,Onyx House, Colmet Court, Team Valley, Gateshead, NE11 0SD *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Codeworks NE IT Manager Network presents a discussion about Connectivity - addressing your LAN, WAN, VoIP, 3G and mobile working questions If you have any suggestions for speakers, issues and topics please contact Claire Haydock on 0191...

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Last response: Monday, 17 March 2008

March TWICT Meeting

Key areas discussed were: interim findings of the sharing data centres study Digital Challenge Kiosks Projects for next year Regional network links for more information please contact Graham Jordan

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