UKPASS UKPASS UKPASS (UK Postgraduate Application and Statistical Service) is the UCAS (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service), postgraduate application service. UKPASS is operated from UCAS offices in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. UKPASS was launched by UCAS in 2007. UKPASS offers a Course Search facility for all postgraduate courses in the UK, and an application service to the 21 institutions currently using UKPASS. Applications can be submitted online through the UKPASS website. Applicants can make up to ten applications, with core data pre-populated from one application to the next. Applicants track the progress of their applications and reply to offers online. The website gives
Safecast (organization) Safecast (organization) Safecast is an international, volunteer-centered organization devoted to open citizen science for the environment. Safecast was established by Sean Bonner, Pieter Franken, and Joi Ito shortly after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011 and manages a global open data network for ionizing radiation monitoring. The Safecast team, with help of International Medcom, Tokyo Hackerspace and other volunteers, has designed various devices for radiation mapping. These include the bGeigie and bGeigie Nano for mobile applications (carborne and walking measurements) as well as fixed stations called Pointcast. All data are collected