Employability

MicroHack 2015 Review – Student Programming Competition Using Microsoft Azure

One of the initiatives we’ve taken at Birmingham City University this year to introduce new student opportunities and improve student employability on the BSc Computer Science course has been to encourage students to participate in Hackathons. These Hackathons are typically time-constrained programming contests, where students work in small teams to create prototype software that meets …

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Working With The Higher Education Academy Changing The Learning Landscape Project

One of the projects I’ve been working on recently has been related to a Higher Education Academy project allowing academics to explore further use of social media within their teaching (and so benefit the experiences of their own students). I’m already fairly social media aware, but I jumped upon this as an opportunity to explore …

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