BSOL - 06-07-15

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What is the British Standards Institution?
•In 1901 Sir John Wolfe-Barry (designer of
London Tower Bridge) formed the first
engineering committee to standardise iron and
steel sections, which later became the British
Standards Institution
•In 1929 BSI was incorporated by Royal Charter
•The British Government officially recognizing BSI
as the sole organisation for issuing national
standards in 1942.
BSI is an Independent, Global, Commercial,
Professional services business that inspires
confidence and delivers assurance to all our
customers with standards-based solutions.

What is the British Standards Institution?
•BSI currently employ approx 3000 and work in
over 150 countries
•70,000 clients worldwide
•BSI Standards publishes over 2,000 standards
each year
•CE marking and Notified Body status against 17
European directives
•B.I.S (formerly DTI) estimates that the use of
Standards contribute approximately £2.5 Billion
to the UK economy annually

What is BSOL?
• Fast and easy access to over 86,000 British, European and
adopted International standards, ASTM and non adopted
ISO standards
• All your standards in one place
• Full bibliographic history of British Standards
• Current, draft and withdrawn standards
• Weekly updates
• Personalised alerting service
• New for 2015 -International content with over 15,000 ASTM and
ISO standards, key modules including:
GBM45 - Plastics Industry, GBM41 - Metal Products, GBM39 -
Mining and Petroleum Technology, GBM06 - Environment and
Waste
• Coming soon in 2015 - IEC (International Electrotechnical
Commission)

Standards in teaching and
learning
• Academic journals, books and databases deliver primary research
that underpins theory across a whole host of topics. Standards help
students put this theory into context.
• Standards information complements the research literature
enabling students to develop a better knowledge of the practical
implications of research.
• With BSOL, you can help prepare your students for life beyond
university.
• By offering access to standards and helping faculty embed them as
part of the curriculum, you will ensure that your students are better
prepared for the demands of the corporate world.
• At the same time, if graduating students are consistently perceived
as having an ability to apply knowledge and identify, formulate and
solve problems, this in turn enhances the institution’s reputation in
the corporate sector.

learning (cont.)
Practical examples
•Civil Engineering –
a group of students are tasked with designing a basic bridge as part
of their course. Using BSOL, they can explore different options to
solve design problems in an innovative yet practical way. For
example, they can trace historical approaches to bridge construction
by reviewing early standards that specify the use of steel; they can
see how the evolution of man-made materials such as concrete,
asphalt and composites have enhanced modern bridge design and
they can explore wiring regulations for information on lighting and
electrical requirements.

learning (cont.)
Practical examples
•Financial Services –
a business student is tasked with developing a paper that explores
the different standards that apply to the financial sector. These might
range from security systems, implementing a public key
infrastructure to support electronic transactions, protecting customer
information, establishing a corporate social responsibility policy
through to following best practice for staff and customer relations.
Students can use BSOL to identify the relevant standards, learn
about their importance and assess their impact on the globalisation
of the industry.

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•80+ Universities in United Kingdom via JISC
•Universities in the following countries:
• Turkey
• Lebanon
• Australia
• Kazakhstan
• New Zealand
• UAE
• Canada
• And others ………
•Consortia pricing available

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Stuart Cooper
International Business Development
Manager – Academic
stuart.cooper@bsigroup.com

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