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                   THE EDUSERV CHEST DATA MESSENGER 

             8th February 2005   URL:<http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/> 


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a)  New Director of Eduserv Chest
b)  Key Note Market Info for FE
c)  Expression of Interest - En-Power
d)  News about Global Views and Voices





a) New Director of Eduserv Chest
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Eduserv is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Walker as Director of Eduserv Chest.  Peter has 16 years publishing experience prior to taking a career break to study full time for an MBA.  Graduating with distinction from the University of Bath in December 2002, Peter set up and ran his own business to deliver strategy-led projects prior to joining Eduserv.  He is married with two boys.

 

b) Key Note Market Info for FE
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Eduserv Chest is pleased to announce that an agreement for Key Note Market Information is now available.

This is an Agreement open only to FE Sites.

Key Note Market Information offers 140 individual reports covering several market sectors. They are valuable aids of use in particular in the fields of Marketing, Business, Accountancy, Tourism and Leisure and Finance.

Three licensing options are offered with prices ranging from £180 for 5 reports (hard copies and online access for a year) to £800 for full online access to all 140 reports.

Full details can be viewed at <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/datasets/keynote/>



c) Expression of Interest - En-Power 
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Chest have recently been approached by Einstein Network regarding their online resource En-Power, this will be of particular interest to a wide range of departments so please distribute as widely as possible to all departments with an interest in Accountancy, Business, Law, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Planning and Surveying.

The En-Power Portal gives access to video based training programmes across 7 Channels, with each programme offering a study guide, the actual video (viewed as a TV style programme on a PC streamed from the internet or a local server). Each programme also features extensive study notes, full transcript, an interactive quiz that can be used to test understanding and access to a dedicated discussion forum.

Einstein adds over 200 programmes a year to the portal as well as maintaining the extensive archive of notes and video presentations.

A fully automatic diary keeps track of all the interactions that people make with the system, logging programmes viewed, quiz score and even document searches. A powerful search tool allows all of the study notes and transcripts to be searched, thus avoiding all of the 'noise' and outdated documents that are so often found on internet based search engines.

The following gives examples of areas covered within each Channel, for full details please visit: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/channels.htm>

Accountancy: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/Accountancy/acc.htm>
Tax Practice; Auditing & Reporting; Corporation Tax; Income Tax; VAT, SME Focus; Corporate Strategy 

Business: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/Business/business.htm>
Financial Reporting; Management Accounting; Business Management; Corporate Strategy; Income Tax

Law: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/Law/law.htm>
Family Law; Property Law; Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury & Negligence; Wills Probate & Estate Planning; Criminal Law; Tax; Intellectual Property Law; EU & Competition Law

Architecture: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/Architects/architect.htm>
Design Process; Project Management; Business Management; Environment; Health & Safety

Civil Engineering: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/Civil_Engineers/ce.htm>
Health & Safety; Structural Engineering; Construction Law; Project Management; Geotechnics; Highways 

Planning: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/Planning/planning.htm>
Planning Process; Urban & Rural Regeneration; Best Value; Development Control; Design Issues 

Surveyors: <http://www.einstein-network.com/channels/Surveyors/surveyors.htm>
Construction; Building Surveying; Project Management; Quantity Surveying; Facilities Management

Free Trial:
There is a 7 day free trial accessible from <http://www.en-power.co.uk/academia>. At the site, click on the "7-day free trial" button, and when filling in the registration form please put the word 'Chest' at the end of your site name.

Pricing:
The proposed Agreement will be for a 3 year site license offering unrestricted on-site access via user name and password. Prices quoted represent a significant reduction on commercial pricing. Although the prices in the second and third years may increase, we are pleased to advise that Einstein Network will commit to a maximum annual increase of 10%. 

              Per Channel         All Channels 
FE             £1000                 £3000

HE prices are based on JISC banding but split between Large (A and B), Medium (C,D,E,F) and Small (H,I,J)

              Per Channel         All Channels
Large         £5000                 £12000
Medium      £3000                   £7000
Small         £2000                   £5000 

Remote access for lecturers and staff members is available for the channel(s) the site subscribes to.

If you know your college / university would consider purchasing a licence for En-Power resources please take a moment to fill in the form at <http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/cgi-bin/eoi.cgi?lnk=882>. Chest is also keen to hear from sites that are not interested at the moment, but maybe in the future.



d) News about Global Views and Voices
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Unfortunately Chest will not be pursuing an agreement for this resource from Alexander Street Press in the near future.





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