Employability – Thomas Lancaster's Blog

Three Observations From Startup Grind Europe 2016 For Students And Startups Looking To Work Together

Thomas Lancaster — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:14:16 +0000

My work on computing student employability, along with my wider interest in entrepreneurship, puts me in regular contact with companies of all sizes.

Why I’m Working With Student Entrepreneurs To Add Gamification To Programming Learning – And How You Can Get Involved

Thomas Lancaster — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 20:46:14 +0000

I taught my first computer programming class way back in September 2000. There, I helped HND students learn the joys of JavaScript programming, mainly integrated within simple HTML websites, using form input to generate standard output.

MicroHack 2015 Review – Student Programming Competition Using Microsoft Azure

Thomas Lancaster — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 12:11:41 +0000

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

Thomas Lancaster — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:22:23 +0000

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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Is Employability A Local Issue?

Thomas Lancaster — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:43:27 +0000

Much of the focus of my recent teaching, research and presentations have been based around student employability. To me, it’s very important that students are given every opportunity to achieve a career in the academic discipline that they’ve been studying. As a Computing academic, much of my approach is to look at the skills needed …

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