RSS feeds & podcasts
What is RSS?
With so many web sites around the world, it's not easy to keep up to date with all the sites and information you might be interested in.
RSS is a clever service which bundles the latest information together in short snippets and delivers them straight to you. It's like reading a newspaper - you can scan the headlines and only read the full details that matter to you.
How do I use it?
You need software called a 'news reader' (or sometimes an 'aggregator'). Some news readers are built-in to web browsers, like IE, Firefox or Safari. Others are stand-alone, downloadable applications. There are some provided by portal web sites like iGoogle and Netvibes, and some which keep you updated by email. All allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want.
Some leading news readers are
listed by the BBC.
What is a podcast?
A podcast is just an RSS feed which includes audio or video files. Because you subscribe, the multimedia content is retrieved to your computer automatically so they're ready to listen or watch when you want. The best known software for subscribing to podcasts is iTunes, which also lets you synchronise podcasts to a personal digital player like an iPod, so you can listen or watch on the go as well.
Using our RSS feeds on your own web site
We are happy for you to republish content from our RSS feeds on your own web site, subject to our messaging service terms. Other content from our web site may not be republished without permission, as described on our copyright page.
You may not edit, adapt or alter the content of our RSS feeds in any way. You may not use them for promotion, advertising, commercial purposes or implying any endorsement by WBS. You must provide a clearly readable attribution where content from our RSS feeds is displayed. The attribution text should include the phrase 'from WBS' or 'from Warwick Business School'.
WBS will not be liable for any loss or damage which you may suffer as a result of or connected with the download or use of its RSS feeds.
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