News from the University of Portsmouth

“I am pleased to announce that the new postgraduate degree in Technical Communication will run from October 2006. With this announcement I would like to ask ISTC members if they would be able to help the Portsmouth teaching team develop a resources bank of technical communication materials by making sample materials available to the team… Read more »

Self-teach guide on how to find work

Last week we released our first self-teach guide, called “Network to get work“. I’m pleased to say it’s been well received, with some nice testimonials already. “This is outstanding, very practical and packed with useful stuff.” Dave Clarke, CEO, NRG Networks. “It’s packed full of useful hints and tips – definitely adds value to those… Read more »

Microsoft opens up on file styles

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5153350.stm “Microsoft said it started building the software tools in response to requests from government customers…” “…Before now, Microsoft and the technology world have chosen to go their own ways. The new initiative ends some of this diversity and will make it possible for anyone using programs in the Office software suite to save… Read more »

We now have a shop

See www.cherryleaf.com/shop.htm. Open all hours. Here, you can purchase online training courses, reports and self-teach guides on writing and technical communication. Not much on offer at present, but we now have the platform and we’ll be adding new items in due course.