The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) will be collaborating with JANET, the UK’s national network for research and education, to enable academic institutions to web stream important research seminars, conferences and lectures, via IET.tv, the institution’s web streaming service.
The JANET network, which connects education and research institutions, including schools, further education colleges, universities and large research institutions across the UK, also provides ongoing connectivity to other national education and research networks (NREN) across the globe via the pan-European GÉANT network and the global Internet. The network, with its capacity for real-time data transfer, empowers research projects in a variety of fields and has an infrastructure capable of meeting the explosion of data predicted by research communities.
This IET initiative is a first for the academic community, giving them access to valuable web streaming technology, free of charge, as part of the IET’s charitable remit. The research channel initiative provides users with the ability to create live and on-demand video presentations that can be uploaded on to the Internet and distributed to a global audience. Eleven universities are already using the service following the beta trial and now the research seminar channel will be rolled out to all universities.