B|I|T|E COMMUNITY COHESION FOR BIG SOCIETY

FIGHTING FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

Guests joined the Al Muntada Al Islami Trust for dinner at The Royal Courts of Justice this month to commemorate twenty five years of service dedicated to helping deprived communities in Africa.

In 17 Sub-Saharan countries, The Al Muntada Al Islami Trust have contributed £15 million towards the provision of funding in healthcare, educational programmes – to tackle illiteracy but better yet empower the youth, water wells to filter dirty water and much more. The British Institute of Technology and E-commerce were among some of the sponsors thanked by the chairman of the organization Khalid Al- Fawaz who stated in his speech; “We sincerely appreciate all our sponsors and institutions that have helped Al-Muntada Al-Islami to serve its communities.”

If you would like to learn more about their work please call;

Sameh Ramadan, Director, Al Muntada Al Islami Trust:  020 7736 9060

Al Muntada Al Islami Trust Website: http://www.almuntadatrust.org

As part of Graduate Fashion Week, “All Walks Beyond The Catwalk” launched their second annual educational project this June, promoting and spreading awareness about the use of varied bodies in fashion. The campaign thrives on the belief that fashion should highlight more realistic perceptions of the female body as the “size zero” images we constantly see in the media, paint the fashion industry in a negative way.

At the launch, students got the opportunity to experience working on mannequins of different body shapes, ranging from sizes 8 – 18. B|I|T|E Fashion Programme Leader, Evangelia Thomadakis was present at the fashion forum.

For more information:

Graduate Fashion Week Website: http://www.gfw.org.uk/

Fashion Programme Leader: ethomadakis@bite.ac.uk

BITE PRINCIPAL CALLS FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN STATE AND PRIVATE SECTOR IN HIGHER EDUCATION

With education being a strong area of reform for the coalition government, the aim to change and re-develop this sector is an ongoing task. This year’s Gov Net's seventh annual Education  Conference 2011, co–sponsored by BITE saw 10 high level speakers, 350 delegates and 30 service providers come together to discuss the latest educational agendas.

It could be suggested that the topic of education can be somewhat controversial however the purpose of the conference was not to debate over the baggage of political drama within the system but indeed to highlight the benefits and talk about how public-private-partnerships (PPP) in education can help to broaden avenues of opportunity for prospective and current students. PPP has been considered by the government and it also has been established that joint partnerships can offer a better educational system however a lack of knowledge on the methods of public and private sectors often leave the idea undeveloped.

In his speech “Public Private Sector Partnerships in Education”, BITE Principal Professor Les Hobson OBE listed key facts that helped to emphasise the relevance of merging public and private sectors in education. He said; “the result of these partnerships have enabled the institute to introduce new degree courses whilst sustaining the highest levels of quality at affordable prices for students.” He went on to explain; “Through the partnerships, the British Institute of Technology and E-commerce has been able to address the needs of the market place directly in a much more student focused way than that put forward by its competitors, whilst still maintaining the highest quality product. Private providers, and their students, should be eligible, where appropriate, to benefit from facilities and benefits available to public providers.” Professor Leslie Hobson OBE was one of 10 high level speakers present at this year’s conference.

For more information

Email: lhobson@bite.ac.uk Professor Leslie Hobson OBE

probinson@bite.ac.uk Dr Peter Robinson

To increase awareness and promote BITE, a UCAS event at the London Higher Education Convention was held, 30 March - 1 April 2011, at the National Hall, Olympia. The event brought into contact BITE representatives and prospective students. The convention also helped to promote the BITE brand as well as introduce business, technology and science programmes such as Business Law, Business Finance, Software Engineering, Mobile Communications.

Marketing material such as eBritain magazine, business magazines, brochures and prospectuses were handed out and proved to be popular with the students. BITE representative, Marketing Regional Officer, Miss Ayshe Reshat said, ‘Student’s were impressed by the low course fees and a potential applicant decided to apply for a BSc in Technology & E-commerce after attending the UCAS event." At the convention representatives from the Marketing department also discussed up and coming developments in the work placement services which will be available to students in addition to the various range of courses offered here at BITE.

For more information regarding applications, courses or any future educational events please contact:

Admissions:  admissions@bite.ac.uk

General enquiries:  info@bite.ac.uk

Main Website: www.bite.ac.uk

Between the 18th and 20th of April 2011, the British Institute of Technology and E-commerce (BITE) hosted the Eurosis.org conference FUBUTEC2011 at its Stratford campus in London. The conference was a landmark occasion in which more than a hundred scientists from all over the world came together to discuss innovative scientific and engineering issues, ideas, concepts and patents.

The main streams of the research papers were:

1. Complex System Simulation
2. Business Intelligence
3. Information Management and Security
4. Decision Support Tools
5. AI Applied to Concurrent Applications
6. Factory Planning and Control for Small and Medium Size Enterprises
7. Media Content Management
8. Data Transfer Architectures
9. Video on the Go
10. Media Interpretation System

In addition to the above mentioned streams, four significant key note speakers participated in the conference delivering lectures, discussing issues and chairing sessions. The key note speakers were:

1. Professor Fred Piper of Royal Holloway College, University of London discussed the current issues in security science and technologies. The title of his lecture was:

       ‘Information Security: Finding the right balance’

2. Professor Des Mapps from University of Plymouth spoke on current issues in data storage technologies. The title of his lecture was:

     ‘Type and Limitations of Data Storage Hardware in Supporting Multimedia  
      Platforms’

3. Professor Talib Alukaidey from Hertfordshire University discussed advances in Networking Technologies. The title of his lecture was:

     ‘The Socio-economic impact of ultra high bandwidth of internet network by 2020’

4. Professor  Imed Kacem from Paul Verlaine University, Metz, France, talked about advances in business simulation and the title of his lecture was:

‘Simulation approaches for optimizing in business and services systems’

In addition to the above mentioned delegates, a large number of BITE teaching staff and postgraduate students participated in the conference sessions. Postgraduate students participated in the conference from the following courses:

1. Innovative Technology
2. Security Technology
3. Network Technology
4. Computer Animation

Professor Hasan Al-Saedy
Professor of Information Security
Conference General Chair
British Institute of Technology and E-commerce

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BITE was host to a visit from 25 organisations from the Beijing area of China on 13 April 2011. During the one day seminar BITE’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Muhammad Farmer outlined its education, research and consultancy work. Other BITE specialists gave lectures followed by lively questions and answers sessions.

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BITE hosted a seminar “Technology in Time” at its East London campus on March 7, 2011 which considered how philosophers and scientists have used the Quran as a source for research. The speakers were Dr Ahmet O Babuna and Dr Cihat Gundogdu of the Harun Yahya Foundation, Turkey.

Soon we will present here some video extracts from their speeches.

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For the very first time in the history of our Institute’s establishment we will be holding our own Graduation Ceremony. It’s the first occasion where our students will be able to graduate at their own college. The Ceremony will have distinguished internal and external guests as part of the Procession. The ceremony will be opened by the Chancellor (Lord Ahmed) and the host for the evening will be Prof. Les Hobson and this will be followed by speeches by the Graduates.

Michael Luetchford
Chartered Management Institute – Regional Chief Verifier

“I’ve been very impressed in my regular visits to the College by the commitment shown by those of you who have successfully gained your Chartered Management Institute Diploma.

Your achievement is a clear sign of how important your own career development is to each of you, recognising of not only your own efforts, but the support and leadership I know you have received from your Tutors and Programme Managers. On behalf of the Chartered Management Institute we wish you every success for the future.”

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BITE Postgraduate Graduation Ceremony held at Coventry University, Nov 2010

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WHTF 2010 focus UAE 2030 The aim of the World Hi-Tech Forum is to concentrate on a different ‘focus country’ each year, with presentations from government and leading companies providing valuable high-level, shared learning. The Forums bring the global community together to facilitate technological and business partnerships.

The Minister for Security, Baroness Neville-Jones highlighted the role of the World High-Tech Forum in promoting global partnering and technology transfer on 14 October 2010 at The Dorchester.

The Forum was opened by Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary group on Entrepreneurship and welcomed around 300 delegates and was chaired by ITV and BBC journalist, Nicholas Owen who hosted a discussion for speakers and delegates after each session. At the gala dinner in the evening at the Science Museum, BBC television presenter, Nick Ross presided over awards to leading international companies.

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