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These are the (incredibly) early, heady days of the British Network's presence on the World Wide Web. Fun, isn't it (?(!))
Anyway, for now therefore, these pages are
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
and hence, not up to (in the sense of "doing") much : )

This page, the "Dayroom", is the informal side of UWC BritNet... (the United World College British Network's prescence on the web).
Think of it as an informal area, for relaxed discussion of UWC issues, and for general chat about current happenings - amongst UWC students in (or just passing through) Britain, and amongst the UWC British Network, as it seeks to represent them.
Atlantic college graduates may get the analogy with the "dayrooms" which existed at (their) college : informal lounge areas (one for each student "house"), each providing a place for one to sit and relax with fellow students - particularly after a hard days UWC experience : )
(: think custard creams, chocolate bourbons, (gulp!) gingernuts, burnt toast, tea, and informal lounging around in cushy chairs pondering...



(I didn't even close that last bracket, two lines ago. There - you see how informal the Dayroom is ! )
The British Network Dayroom. Our motto is : my isn't this informal : )

NB. This : ) is my informal version of the "smiley" : for those who don't know, this is a little face, used in internet communication (mostly email), which gives a sense of the facial expression or emotions of a person, after a sentence that they have just composed. The facial expression itself is evident when viewed by someone with their head (tilted) on one side - such as in the conventional happy face smiley :-) Usually therefore smileys are used by people when they feel their emotions may otherwise be mis-understood - when they find themselves being ironic, for example, rather than eg. patronizing, or just plain nasty :-) . For this reason "smileys" are often more cleverly known as "emoticons" - because they "emote". I find normal smileys cumbersome :-( Hence my compromise - smileys without a "nose" : ) Brevity is - after all - the sole of wit : )
(and am I being ironic ? )
Much of this page still repeats the main UWC BritNet Homepage - and for this I appologise : )
But (as time goes on)
this will continue to change!
Is there anything you would like to contribute to or see on this page? - Tell us!

At the bottom of this page, and on the UWC BritNet Links Page,
you will find a few links to the UWC WWW network

You can contact the UWC British Network, at the following address:-
UWC British Network
International Development Office,
Lynton House,
Tavistock Square
LONDON WC1H 9LT
United Kingdom

or email us at [email protected]


If you are a UWC ex-student, and are interested in setting up and maintaining an internet presence for UWC organisations which are currently under-represented on the web, you may like to email
[email protected]


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This page was last updated on Sunday 31 August 1998
The UWC BritNet website is designed and maintained by Meg Pickard and David Nightingale