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Creating a University Makerspace

Back in June last year I ended up at a meeting organised by a principal lecturer and biologist from LJMU, Mark Feltham.  He wanted to meet the “makers” in the University and start a working group, the Maker Education Working Group- a bit of a mouthful so officially we’re MEWG but generally we go by the name HEdWorks; a project that Mark set up a few years prior for teaching Science undergraduates via social media and Maker Education, (tres creative!).

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Stolen things.

On Friday gone, the 9th January I got home and found it had been broken into, and property was stolen. I keep finding more and more things missing as the days go by. Here is the list so far. I’m waiting on corporations to supply me with any information they can regarding the serials of products I have taken online and will update this post as I get them. I’ve bunched stuff together in lists as someone might try selling some as a lot. PS3: Sony PlayStation 3 Premium Version + 320GB HDD (SERIAL: . ~£450 and £100 respectively, 2007 and 2009. Sony PlayStation 3 Eye (camera). £19.98, 2009. Sony PlayTV tuner – see link for information. £39.99, 2009. PlayStation 3 games: Guitar Hero 3, Guitar Hero: Legends of Rock, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero Metalica, Guitar Hero 5, Mirrors Edge, Street Fighter IV. £20 each = £120. 3 x PS3 controllers (2 x SixAxis & 1 x DualShock). £100. Other Electrical: Asus Nexus 7 2012 Tablet – see link for information. £189.00, 2012. Samsung Chronos Series 7, 17″ silver laptop computer (SERIAL: HWTX91JC900051D) – see link for information. £999.99, 2012. Duronic laptop case – see link for information. £10, 2013. LG 22″…

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Plagiarism in Academic Programming: There’s only one way to implement this (mother fcuker)!

For my AFHEA accreditation I wrote a short essay on code plagiarism. Here it is on Google Docs and here it is in all its sic: Discuss.