Seventeen software packages from universities and other organisations in the UK have been shortlisted to attend the final judging round of the 1998 European Academic Software Awards (EASA), to be held at ALT-C at the University of Oxford on 19-21 September. There are 35 finalists competing for ten prizes.
Nick Hammond of the Association for Learning Technology, the principal UK partner in the awards, was pleased at the high number of UK entries which got through to the final round.
"While the UK entries were not in the majority, over half the finalists are from the UK, which is a greater proportion than ever before. This demonstrates a growing commitment to the development of quality educational software in Britain," he said.
There were 249 entries to EASA 98 in total, including 90 from the UK - more than double the number of UK entries in 1996. Of the 17 UK finalists, three are in the medical science category, three in biological sciences, three in generic support, two in mathematics, two in social sciences, and one each in arts and humanities, education, economics, and engineering.
The full list of EASA finalists can be seen on the Web at: http://cti-psy.york.ac.uk/easa98/finalists.htm
The EASA prizes will be presented at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford on Monday 21 September during the opening ceremony of ALT-C 98.
The software exhibition will be open to the public on the morning of Monday 21 September. Journalists wishing to attend the finals and award ceremony should contact Anna Turner, ALT-C 98 at: altc98@conted.ox.ac.uk Tel: 44 (0)1865 288166.
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Bihari Farmer
John Stainfield, University of Plymouth
jstainfield@plymouth.ac.uk
01752 233069
CALRAD
Mrs Jennifer Wilson, University of Dundee
j.x.wilson@dundee.ac.uk
01738 638665
CASTLE
Dr Helen Pownall, Univerity of Leicester
hrp3@le.ac.uk
0116 252 5085
CC2
Douglas Quinney, Keele University
D.Quinney@keele.ac.uk
01782 583266
coMentor
Catherine Skinner, Huddersfield University
c.z.skinner@hud.ac.uk
01484 473302
Glacial Analysis: an interactive introduction
Dr Jane Hart, University of Southampton
jhart@soton.ac.uk
01703 594615
HomeBeats
Arun Kundnani, Institute of Race Relations
arun@kundnani.demon.co.uk
0171 837 0041
The Human Brain CD-ROM
Marion Hall, Open University
m.j.hall@open.ac.uk
01908 655136
Interactive Rheumatology Tutor
Dr Ray Armstrong FRCP, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Ray_Armstrong@compuserve.com
01703 796451, 01703 796452
LabAssistant
Dr Richard Parsons, University of Dundee
r.parsons@dundee.ac.uk
01382 344265
The Marketing CD-ROMs
Paul Smith, The Multimedia Marketing Organisation
psmith@lgu.ac.uk
0171 320 1454
Merlin
Debra Marsh, University of Hull
d.a.marsh@langc.hull.ac.uk
01482 466186
SALMON
Dr Paul Kenyon, University of Plymouth
pkenyon@salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk
01752 233157
Transmath V2.1
Dr J Pitchford, University of Leeds
transmath@amsta.leeds.ac.uk
0113 233 5174
The Trunk
Peter Twining, The Open University
p.twining@open.ac.uk
01908 655078
The X-Ray Files
J Stephenson, The Dental School, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
j.j.stephenson@ncl.ac.uk
0191 222 8719