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  • News from the Faculty Summit

    Lee Dirks, the Director for Education and Scholarly Research, announced five new ‘lifecycle’ tools for academics and researchers. The tools are as follows:

    1. Research Information Centre
    2. Creative Commons (an add-in to Microsoft Office)
    3. Article Authoring (an add-in to Microsoft Word)
    4. E-Journal Hosting Service
    5. Research Output Repository Platform

    To hear more about these tools from Lee, please visit Channel 8.

    If you have any questions, do contact me and I’ll see if I can get them answered for you.

    Best,

    Allison

  • The simplest New Year's Resolution to achieve

    Happy New Year to all!

    While many a student is still sleeping off the effects of their festivities we are aware that a dedicated few are polishing up their ideas for their entry into the Software Design Challenge of the Imagine Cup. A minority are sleeping smugly because they have already submitted theirs. The extended deadline is January 9th - one week away - so we want to encourage all who have an idea to submit it.

    Unlike previous years, we do not require working code at this stage so the idea is all that is required. A sample entry shows you what is involved and the rules and other info on the Imagine Cup Website but if there is anything else that you need to know then please get in touch. WIth competitions, I know from personal experience that taking part can bring huge rewards; past competitors in this competition who now have top jobs, memories and career-building experiences will agree.

    Make it your New Year's resolution to encourage a team (or ten) to enter and by next week you can relax and know that you have started the year with success.

    Claire

  • Life as an intern on the Microsoft Student Placement Programme

    Based in Reading and London, our placements last 48 weeks, beginning with a week-long induction designed to introduce the student to all the different areas of the business and identify objectives for their professional development.

    Subsequent learning will take the form of on-the-job training within thier team, bespoke skills training and one-to-one performance reviews. Most importantly, they'll do real work and have real opportunities to make a genuine impact on our business and their future.

    The benefits of a Microsoft Student Placement don’t merely apply to their future career, however. There’s also some pretty hefty advantages to getting involved with Microsoft from day one, including a £14,500 a year salary, £500 sign on bonus, 25 days’ holiday per year, and – should you wish to return to Microsoft on the MACH programme – a fast-track to the last stage of the assessment process.

     Please encourage your students to apply by returning a completed application form available here to sturec@microsoft.com quoting placement08.  They might even end up working in our team and take over from Ben Coley from De Montfort and Muhammad Walji from Brunel

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