New immersive course

This MSc pathway at the University of Northampton, UK aims to complement the already established pathways on the MSc Computing programme, but at the same time is also a collaboration between the Departments of Computing and Immersive Technologies; Engineering and nVision. 

This pathway is distinctive in that it will be more industrially focused towards the application of immersive technologies and high performance  computing principles applied to industrially relevant problems.  This industrial connection is strengthened by members of NVision being part of the course team. Having NVision as part of this course also enables access to cutting edge immersive technologies providing rare opportunities for students to work with multi-million pound immersive technologies in a meaningful and practical way.

This pathway is also supported by the research interests of the course team in haptics (force feedback), visualisation of data, high performance and distributed software and hardware.

Typical modules

·         Immersive Technologies

·         Media Technologies

·         Distributed Systems

·         Mathematical Modelling

·         Modelling for Enterprise

·         Programming

·         Dissertation

For more details  about this and other MSc Computing courses go to : http://www.northampton.ac.uk/info/200170/subject-areas/291/computing

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BCS Northampton Careers Event

On 17th May 2012, the Northampton Branch of the BCS is running a Careers event aimed mainly (but not exclusively) at young professionals in computing in Northamptonshire, Milton Keynes and surrounding areas.This builds on last years successful IT Skills for the Recession/Recovery event.

Questions you might want to use this session to help you with:
How do you know what skills are needed to strengthen your value to industry? 

How do you prepare for a job search?
How do you set yourselves apart from your peers?

Provisional Timetable

Venue: University of Northampton, Avenue Campus (room to be confirmed)

6:30 - 7:00 Tea/coffee, students to visit stalls

7:00 - 7:20 First speaker : FDM (finding grad/placement schemes etc)

7:20 - 7:40 Second speaker : The Graduate (preparing for interviews/CV)

7:40 - 8:00 Third speaker : Network Rail (Assessment centres)

8:00 - 8:15 Refreshments

8:15 - 8:45 (may go on till 9:00) Panel

Alongside these speakers other potential employers are aiming to attend. More details about this event will follow.

This event is open to BCS and non-BCS members.