In 2004, the Microsoft European Science Initiative launched the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme and sponsored a first batch of 10 PhD Scholars. Since then Microsoft has awarded another 68 scholarships. We are now in the process of making this year’s awards, a task that will bring our total close to a hundred students– and this does ...

My colleagues in Microsoft Research have just announced a Request For Proposals (RFP) for the creation of curriculum and other resources that utilise gaming paradigms to enhance the teaching of core computer science concepts. It's building on the work that was completed as part of an earlier RFP, and we're particularly keen to see applicants ...