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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ All news to:[log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci/ ~~ ~~ archive.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help build the UK Virtual Science City The UK Virtual Science City is an innovative website, being developed with funding from the Office of Science and Technology (OST) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which aims to use the city to: * provide information on science, engineering and technology (SET) relevant to peoples* everyday lives; * improve constructive debate about the issues raised by SET, including those associated with risk and uncertainty; * encourage a range of institutions representing different aspects and interests in SET to put up their own buildings in/link to the city so as to make it the first point of call for information, debate and collaborative possibilities related to UK science and technology. The work done up till now on Science City can be seen at www.sciencecity.org.uk. We are currently recruiting two staff to take prime responsibility for its development over the next two years, involving a much wider range of material and better ways of presenting it. One post is for a website development specialist whose skills/experience profile would be: essential: HTML, Perl, Javascript desirable: Photoshop, DHTML, CSS useful: Unix, Outlook, Illustrator, Shockwave, Director, Project Management The second appointee would have science writing/editing skills and experience in marketing, ideally of websites. Experience in the software listed above would be an additional advantage for this position. Both appointees need to be good team players willing to take a full part in a small but lively organisation and in dealing with a wide range of academic and business organisations who may contribute to Science City. We are located in pleasant offices in Westminster and offer salaries in line with qualifications and experience and 25 days paid holidays a year. We would like appointees to start work in December 1998. Send an e-mail initially describing yourself, which job you want, why, and the pay you are looking for, to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%