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The latest thinking on international development
from leading academics will be shared online via podcasts and videos as part of
a new initiative.

Access to medicine, education, food and clean water
are some of the areas to be showcased as part of the 15-month JISC project,
called the Bloomsbury Media Cloud.

Interviews and lectures will be produced and made
publicly available online to raise awareness of major challenges in developing
countries, including animal health, climate change and education. The resources
will be of particular interest to international development researchers and
students worldwide.

The initiative is led
by the Bloomsbury Colleges – a consortium of six
internationally-renowned institutions within the University of London.

Alex Hawker,
programme manager at JISC, said, “I am especially enthusiastic about this
project and the opportunities it will bring for universities to learn from each
other, particularly in the areas of negotiating licences for shared resources,
and joint leadership.  By making this important work openly accessible
online, JISC is allowing researchers to benefit from academic thought outside
the walls of their own universities and subject areas.”

Professor Quintin McKellar, principal of the Royal
Veterinary College which is participating, said, “International
development issues increasingly impact on all of our lives, from climate change
to the threat of diseases like swine flu. Online resources are an effective and
appealing way of engaging new audiences and informing them about these matters
in a clear and concise way. We are delighted to have secured funding for this
project from JISC.”

Innovative internet-based approaches are central to the Bloomsbury Media Cloud project including the storage of
digital resources in 'the cloud' (a virtual space online).

The project is being
undertaken in collaboration with the London
International Development Centre, which promotes interdisciplinary
research and training to tackle complex problems by bringing together different
scientists from across the consortium.

The initiative is supported by JISC's new programme
to help colleges and universities make efficiency savings by integrating and
sharing their information systems effectively.

For more information visit the project page.