Macworld UK: Higher Ed Takes Up QuarkXPress 7

From Macworld UK we learn that Quark has announced the uptake of QuarkXPress 7 into design schools at col­leges and universities. 

According to Quark Europe (read the press release here) these schools include Leicester College, the London College of Communications, Sheffield Hallam University, Swansea Institute of Higher Education, the University of Bedfordshire and the University of Lincoln. Given cred­it for the addi­tion are what Quark cites increased indus­try demand for QuarkXPress skills, recent improv­ments such as Composition Zones and Quark Job Jackets, and Quark’s stat­ed com­mit­ment to education.

Damien Breen, edu­ca­tion offi­cer at Leicester College, was quot­ed as saying:

The feed­back we are get­ting from our stu­dents is that QuarkXPress 7 is a very pos­i­tive step for­ward for Quark. They feel that it is easy to use and are impressed with all the new fea­tures – in par­tic­u­lar with Job Jackets, as it makes it eas­i­er for them to work togeth­er, opti­mise design, and min­imise pro­duc­tion errors.

Quark’s European web­site is http://​euro​.quark​.com.