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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Airbus Newsletter January 2013
International opportunities and events for students and graduates
School Direct Open Evening
(Wed 16th Jan / Thurs 14th March / Friday 7th Jun)
The Duston School are now offering Teacher Training programmes in the following subject areas.
Business [S] – Chemistry [T] – Computer Science [T]
Design Technology [S] – English [T/S] – Maths [T] – Physical Education [T]
Join us on Wednesday 16th January 2013 from 5.00pm – 7.00pm to find out more information and how to begin your career in teaching.
The evening will include:
Presentation about Subjects/Training
Question and Answer session
Use of computers to complete application
Opportunity to meet with School Based Trainers
Please notify vpallett@thedustonschool.orgto confirm your attendance
[T] = Training Route only
[S] = Salaried (with a minimum of 3 years subject work experience)
Student Enterprise Conference 2013
Interested in starting or growing a business? Join over 300 students and grads for the 4th annual Student Enterprise Conference at Nottingham Trent University on Feb 9-10. Earlybird tickets are £25 for the weekend – available at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4628602274/Loughborough/44316589710
Great speakers, fantastic networking opportunities, and some real insights into the world of starting up and building a business.
Get involved!
£1,000 Bursary Available for Applicants to Quest Overseas Summer Projects
Quest Overseas is celebrating five successful years of fundraising through its charity arm, Quest4Change by offering students the chance to apply for a Bursary worth £1,000. The award will go towards the cost of one of our summer projects this year, where teams of volunteers spend 4-6 weeks over the summer working alongside local communities on one of our long term development projects based in either Africa or South America.
Workshadow Scheme 2013
Applications for the Workshadow Scheme 2013 are now being accepted, offering access to over 135 work experience placements/visits for 2nd year undergraduates who are studying in the following schools and departments:
- School of the Arts, English and Drama
- School of Design
- Department of Economics
- Department of Information Science
- School of Social, Political and Geographical Studies
- School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
For more information visit the website – http://www.lboro.ac.uk/service/careers/experience/workshadow/index.html
Apply by 9am 28th January
The award winning Civil Service Fast Stream’s Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) – is now open for applications
The programme has been recognised for three awards this year. It received a Rate My Placement Best Diversity in Work Experience Award 2012 (winner) and a National Council for Work Experience (Public Sector) Award 2012 (highly commended). In addition, the Coaching Programme, that forms a part of the internship, was highly commended for the Mentoring Award category of the prestigious Race for Opportunity Awards 2012.
Graduate Profile of the Month
January 2013′s Graduate Profile of the Month is Josh Johnson. Josh graduated, in 2012, with a BSc in Computer Science. He is now working at Siemens as a Business Technology Graduate
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Open Day
Our open days are the perfect opportunity for scientists who are considering a career in bioinformatics, a PhD or a postdoctoral fellowship to find out more about life at Europe’s leading centre for bioinformatics.
You will learn about cutting-edge research projects, get an overview of one of the world’s most important collections of biological databases and tools, and speak with the experts who develop and curate our many services.
Programme
•Welcome and introduction from EMBL-EBI’s Joint Associate Director, Rolf Apweiler
•Introduction to research at the EBI
•The EMBL PhD and Postdoc Programmes
•Life as a…
•PhD student
•Postdoc
•Curator
•Software developer
•Research talk by a Group Leader
Posters and demonstrations of EMBL-EBI’s core data resources
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/openday
The World Needs Your Data Science and Design Skills
As the machines and systems we interact with become more connected and more intelligent, we need the right people to analyze larger volumes of data and design applications. To help, GE is inviting the world’s data science and design experts and enthusiasts to a series of competitions.
Can you create an algorithm that reduces air travel delays?
Or, do you have a solution to streamline a patient’s experience in a hospital?
Select a quest and enter your solution for a chance to win from a prize pool of $600,000.
To get started, go to gequest.com