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• Imagine Cup Registrations

  Hello Everyone, Interest for the Imagine Cup has been strong and we can confirm the various categories are now open for competition. From experience we know that the next couple of months will be key in getting great UK representation in the Imagine Cup. Here are just a few of the reasons for  encouraging  your students to compete: - PR: The Imagine Cup attracts the attention of both regional and national newspapers, together with  technology and education press and news websites such as the BBC. Having students from your university compete in the Imagine Cup is great for raising the profile of your university in two important ways. Firstly it demonstrates the quality of your graduates to IT employers and makes them more attractive as employees (e.g. Dominic Green, UK winner of the 2008 competition) and secondly, it attracts new students to your university. - Skills Development: Fundamentally the Imagine Cup is about helping students get real world experience with Microsoft technology. The skills learned during the various competitions compliment their studies and are invaluable when students apply for jobs with IT companies. - Students Inspiration: With every technology interest area catered for, the competition is a great way to channel students’ passion for technology out of class. We want as many UK institutions and students to get involved with the Imagine Cup as possible, and to help you participate we provide: - Giveaways for students: Every week we give away web cams and Starbucks vouchers. We also hold a monthly draw for a Dell laptop, providing everything a student needs to see them through their studies and the Imagine Cup competition. - Donation of an Xbox 360 gaming lab kit for your university: The university with the most registrations will receive 4 Xbox 360s, 8 wired controllers and an assortment of the latest Xbox 360 titles. You are free to use them for XNA development or as a social/recreation area for students.  If you would like to receive regular updates on the registration numbers from your university then please let me know and I will happily send them to you. You can contact me by telephone (0118 909 3409) or if you prefer by email (mailto:ukacinfo@microsoft.com). And just to give you an idea of how we are doing so far, here are the top fifteen universities with the highest number of registrations:   University Registrations Brighton 89 Birmingham City 38 Cumbria 38 Bradford 37 Reading 35 Robert Gordon 35 Derby 31 Nottingham 24 De Montfort 23 Keele 23 Cambridge 20 Hull 20 Imperial College 20 Brunel 18 RHUL 20   If you would like to know more, them please email or telephone me. I’ll look forward to hearing from you. Good luck, Allison Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:44 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Imagine Cup, XNA, Students, Technology, competitions, Academics, Embedded, Student, Games, Microsoft, Software design

• Pixel Poetry

  Hi, It was our very great pleasure to sponsor and support the Microsoft Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering 2008, at the University of Cambridge. Blue Spikes, by Sonja Findeisen-Tandel If proof were needed, these photographs exemplify the strong connection between art and science and that engineering particularly, has an inner beauty. The winning photograph, Blue Spikes, by Sonja Findeisen-Tandel, together with other stunning entries can be viewed at Microsoft Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering. Which puts me in mind on Imagine Cup 2009 and the category for best photo story. It isn’t too soon to get your students involved and thinking about the competition.  You never know, the lucky winner could be from your university and joining us in Cairo for the world finals. The next set of photographs could be of the pyramids and feluccas on Nile. For an overview of the photo story competition please visit Photo Story. All the best, Allison Posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008 5:14 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Imagine Cup, competitions, Academics, Student, Games, Microsoft

• Inspiration Tour Update

  With 17 dates behind them and another 37 yet to come, Ed and Ben are having a great impact on the students that they present to as part of the Inspiration Tour. We love to get feedback, both good and bad but our favourite so far is: The talk you gave today was absolutely awesome, as were the demos. Loved every minute of it from the front row. You even had me crying when you were talking about the opportunities - everything I dreamed about. Thanks to both of you. All dates are now booked but if your university has missed out then please get in touch and we will see if we can fit you into an additional slot.   Claire Posted Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:12 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 1 Comments Filed under: Events, Imagine Cup, XNA, Careers, Technology, Web, Academics, Silverlight, Embedded, Student, Software

• Inspiration Tour

  We’re very excited in the Academic team, we’re just about to launch the “Inspiration Tour” and we can’t wait to go out and meet you all. Ed Dunhill           Ed and Ben will be out on the road during the next six months, so why not take a look at our Inspiration Tour web page to find out more and beat the rush to reserve your tour date now! Ben Coley                                               The aim of the inspiration tour is to bring technology to you and your students, everything from the . NET platform to some of the really cool stuff that’s around at the moment like Silverlight, XNA and Microsoft Embedded technologies. Spaces will fill up fast so please email us if you are interested in securing a date. Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:28 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Imagine Cup, XNA, Students, Careers, Training, Technology, Web, Academics, .NET

• And the winners of the Imagine Cup 2007 are...

  Software Design ·         First place: Thailand — Team 3KC Returns/Project LiveBook! Prachaya Phaisanwiphatpong, Vasan Chienmaneetaweesin, Jatupon Sukkasem, Pathompol Saeng-Uraiporn ·         Second place: Korea — Team En#605/Project Finger Code Lim Chan-kyu, Min Kyoung-hoon, Lim Byoung-su, Jeong Ji-hyeon ·         Third place: Jamaica — Team ICAD/Project CADI Imran Allie, Conroy Smith, Ayson Baxter, Damion Mitchell Embedded Development ·         First place: Brazil — Team TriventDreams ED Carlos Eduardo Rodriques, Andrew Wilson Furtado, Ivan Cordeiro Cardim ·         Second place: Romania — Team Aether Alexandru Vranescu, Bogdan Tanasa, Ionel Vuza, Bogdan Holmanu ·         Third place: China — Team SEED Huning Dai, Zhou Xue, Ziqing Ye, Dai Tang Web Development ·         First place: France — Team APB Benjamin Talmard, Thomas Albisser, Pierrick Blons, Sebastien Lam ·         Second place: Ireland — Team Red Dawn Mohammed Al-Tahs, Marouf Azad ·         Third place: China — Team Frontfree Studio-Web Jiasheng Guo, Weining Sha, Xia Xiao, Zhenda Zhao Project Hoshimi (Programming Battle) ·         First place: Argentina — Team OIA Pablo Gauna, Nicolás Rodríguez Vilela ·         Second place: France — Team Arenium Laure Portet, Régis Hanol ·         Third place: Serbia — Team vladan.simov Vladan Simov IT Challenge ·         First place: China — Zhifeng Chen ·         Second place: France — Romain Larmet Third place: Romania — Ilie Cosmin Viorel Algorithm ·         First place: Poland — Przemyslaw Debiak ·         Second place: Ukraine — Roman Koshlyak ·         Third place: Hungary — Szilveszter Szebeni Photography ·         First place: Poland — Team Maraqja Iwona Bielecka, Malgorzata Lopaciuk ·         Second place: Croatia — Team Black and White Aleksandar Kordić, Igor Matoša ·         Third place: Canada — Team Awesome Patrick Struys, Ryan Marr Short Film ·         First place: Poland — Team Skylined Julia Górniewicz, Jacek Barcikowski ·         Second place: Taiwan — Team Circle Chang Hao-Jan, Chang Shu-Wei, Tseng Yen-Chi, Lin Di-Er ·         Third place: Brazil — Team Papa Paçoca Alexandre Nacari, Arthur de Pádua, Felipe Pellisser, Wendel Yokoyama Interface Design ·         First place: Austria — Team OOT Graphics Verena Lugmayr, Claudia Oster ·         Second place: China — Team Frontfree Studio UI Dongjing Yao, Yushi Ma ·         Third place: France — Team Atomnium Manon Gaucher, Flavien Charlon   CONGRATULATIONS to all of the above! Their achievement is incredible and will change their lives, their submissions were inspiring! Read a retrospective about the finals, watch the video blog and watch this space for more news on the competitors and their entries.   Claire Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 9:01 AM from UK Academic Team Blog | 0 Comments Filed under: Events, Imagine Cup, Students, Academics