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37 hours per week, whole year Required as soon as possible If you share our values, join our family. “Outwood Grange Academy provides an outstanding quality of education” according to a recent Ofsted report and we're Outstanding in every category. So perhaps it’s little wonder that 85% of our students achieved at least a 4+ in both English and Maths in 2017. Continuous improvement is what we’re all about, and we always go the extra mile to improve the futures of our students – and of course our staff. Our hard-working community is welcoming and friendly; students and staff make excellent progress together. In short, this is an exceptional place to build your future, whether you are a student keen to learn or a teacher determined to progress. With more than 2000 students on our roll and 360 joining us every year, we can promise you the experience of a lifetime in a convenient location in the historic yet cosmopolitan Wakefield. Please note that there is currently a job evaluation exercise being undertaken across the Trust. The salary advertised for this post is therefore subject to job evaluation and may change. If you have any questions, please contact Katie Brown by email: [email protected] To apply, please visit: www.outwood.com > Vacancies. Closing date: Friday, 8 February 2019. Interview date: w/c 11 February 2019. Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check. **APPROVED**

The JISC RSC South East e-Learning Fair 2011 “Lean Learning for Smart Teaching” Date: Thursday 27th October 2011 (09.00am to 4:00pm) Venue: Chichester College, Chichester, West Sussex Net- Ctrl will be exhibiting at this year’s JISC RSC South East e-Learning Fair- Lean Learning for Smart Teaching which is going into its seventh year. The focus this year is on the latest information and technology available for improving the learning experience at a time when budgets are tight. For those who have not attended this event before the annual e-Learning Fair has become the premier gathering for all ILT professionals involved in post-16 education in the South East region. The exhibition is being held at Chichester College and offers attendees the opportunity to listen to presentations, seminars and workshops covering a broad spectrum of the latest education technologies, whilst also providing exhibitors to demonstrate the latest innovations in the field. Net-Ctrl will be demonstrating some of latest technologies ideal for the education market from some of our partners including; Ruckus Wireless, Barracuda Networks, D-Link Storage, Overland Storage, Mobotix IP CCTV Cameras and AEG Power Solutions. If you would be interested in attending and seeing Net-Ctrl at the event you can book your place by clicking here, Delegates who book by Monday 3rd October 2011 can take advantage of the early-bird delegate rate of £35, compared to the full delegate rate of £50. If you would like some more information about attending or booking a place at the event please send me a PM, or call Net-Ctrl on 01473 281 211.

Hi all I have recently had my second attempt at trying to get my head around using spiceworks. I want to hear from you guys, what you find good about it, what you find bad about it, what is useful etcetc There seems to be so many bits and bobs on there to get to grips with, i want to know what you guys/gals think is worth utilising from it. thanks

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Hello! Just wondering how I deploy Office365 on our school network? We have a subscription but i'm struggling to understand how to download, deploy and install it on all of our machines. Hope someone can help!

What are people using to live stream video within school? Ideally users could tune into a website from their laptops to view a live broadcast. Any ideas or recommendations? I'd rather not use a homegrown Quicktime/Darwin streaming solution; rather, something that is more robust (i.e. multiple streams, AD authentication, etc). Thanks in advance for your input!

ABOUT US We are a team of entrepreneurs, technologists and teachers, who believe that every child, irrespective of background, wealth or location, should have individual access to teaching that will inspire a love of learning and help them reach their potential. To help achieve this, we build technology that connects a community of teachers from around the world to students in schools across the UK, to provide extra help for children at risk of social or academic failure. We already work with thousands of children each week, and are looking for talent to join our team and help us achieve our vision. THE OPERATIONS TEAM The Operations team currently consists of a Team Lead, an Operations Coordinator and two technical supports We get a kick out of interacting with and delighting our customers We react efficiently to support our schools Student success is of the utmost importance: we are determined to support our schools and to support the rest of the business in ensuring students succeed We believe in supporting each other as a team and delivering as a team OUR WORK IN THE COMING YEAR... Improving the efficiency of current operational processes including IT set-up of schools, in-session support and reporting for the business Managing the smooth running of over 2,000 sessions each week Developing relationships with school network providers- these relationships will be essential in rolling out our new online classroom smoothly (this will be a key part of your role) THE ROLE In order to deliver one-to-one maths tutoring we have a platform that allows for pupils in the UK to connect with our tutors across the world. However, when setting up the system in schools we have been facing challenges in terms of firewalls, blocked URLs and ports. A key responsibility of yours will be to establish and maintain strong relationships with network providers in order to ensure schools don’t face technical problems. More broadly your role will include the following: Identifying the relevant network providers and/or local authorities, and establishing strong relationships with them Maintaining these relationships in order to always be updated on any network change that might influence the smooth delivery of our service. That way we can always be ahead of the game by preventing problems from happening rather than firefighting them Supporting the roll-out of our new online classroom from a networks point of view by ensuring network providers are ready to make the necessary changes to school networks Designing a more efficient process for schools’ technical set-up Training our two technical supports with your knowledge of networks Developing a process for remotely diagnosing IT problems in schools that can be used by the team When needed, working alongside the two technical supports to complete school IT set-up Working with the product team to maintain office technical infrastructure and security WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR We’re looking for someone who has two passions: technology and meeting people. You will enjoy and be energised by meeting different people and by establishing and maintaining business relationships. At the same time, you’ll be an IT specialist and crazy about technology. In order to perform in this role it’s important to be proactive in identifying potential future problems and working to prevent them from occurring. As we’re a start-up we sometimes have to help out when necessary so we’re looking for someone who will be happy to support schools in the set-up phase or with any technical problems when necessary. REQUIREMENTS ​Good understanding of network infrastructure and of how to diagnose connection problems Ability to use standard network tools (both as software and hardware) - e.g. sniffers, firewalls, routers, switches Between 3 and 5 years working in IT Excellent customer service and communication skills Literacy in both Linux and Windows Willingness to complete a DBS check IT WOULD BE GREAT IF You’ve worked in a school environment previously and/or in a school network provider You understand the different types of school network utilities, such as RM's Cloud Community Connect 4 WHAT WE OFFER Work with a fun and curious bunch of young people Opportunity to work in one of the fastest growing EdTech social enterprises in London The chance to channel your customer service skills and tech knowledge into positive social impact Opportunity to be part of a committed and supportive team, delivering great customer service 25 days holiday Salary band: £23,000 to £33,000 depending on experience Our offices are in a school academy There is access to a rooftop football pitch, a football table for breaks and there are a couple of gyms in the area! Oh, we also have lollypops and beers every Friday! NEXT STEPS If this sounds exciting please get in touch. Send us an email to [email protected] with your CV and cover letter. We will be interviewing on a rolling deadline so please apply asap!

Hello! We have a Windows 10 machine (Intel Computestick) running some digital signage. It's been working perfectly fine for weeks. Came to it the other day, the machine hadn't rebooted, and it says 'Limited Connectivity' on the wireless icon at the bottom. DHCP isn't dishing out an address to it, it says 'unidentified network' and no matter how many things I try it won't connect. I have tried: ipconfig /release etc... disable / enable wifi adapter Disabled IPV6 (just in case it was that) Reset winsock flushed the DNS restarted the WiFi AP (which other devices can connect to successfully) restarted the machine several times turned the firewall off Anyone got ANY other ideas? Restarting the router is not a solution in this case. All the Best, A very frustrated Jay

Hello, We are running a webinar with Juniper Networks on the 12th October at 10.30.We have two really great speakers from Juniper taking the session. It is going to be looking at the digital shift in education to support the latest learning applications and how best to plan for it. We will also be sending out some pretty awesome registration packs for those of you that are able to listen in. It would be great if we could get some Edugeekers on the session. You can register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/107222559988640515 There will be a chance for live Q+A at the end of the session as well. Webinar Outline: As digital learning becomes the predominant learning model, networks and security must be ready to support digital learning, online courses and assessments. However, the move to Digital is just one of the challenges an IT team has to deal with and at times it can feel like there is a danger of technology overload. Colleges that don’t properly prepare for this shift suffer from traffic bottlenecks, security threats, and increasing operational complexity - all critical issues that can disrupt a digital learning environment. Join us at this webinar and find out how Juniper Networks and Net Ctrl can help the scale, performance, security, and agility needed to connect digital traffic to and from the classroom, study areas, cloud-based applications, and the Internet on a non-stop basis

Hi, We had our server replaced a few years back and so we're left with a redundant DELL Poweredge 1600SC. I wondered if anyone had any suggestions what I could use it for? I'd like to be able to put it somewhere for use...but i'm not sure where. Someone suggested using it as a Linux server (which I quite like the idea of) for things like FOG etc... but I haven't a clue what i'm doing J x