UCLan Displays New Technology

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is using the capabilities of the Net North West network to overcome the challenge of communicating with its great numbers of staff and students.

PLASMA screens have been installed around UCLan’s Preston, Carlisle and Penrith campuses which continually feed current news and information, such as corporate news, locations of available PCs and happenings in individual buildings to passers by.

The screens have been a big hit with staff and students since they were launched in late 2005. Michael Ahern, Director of Information Systems at UCLan said, “It’s great that we can utilise our NNW connectivity across Cumbria and Lancashire to keep staff and students right up to date with events at UCLan. When you are as geographically diverse as we are, this can be a real challenge, but Net North West has helped us to tackle this.”

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