Job: Lecturer in Computing (Computer Games Development)

Taken from: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AIW105/lecturer-in-computing-computer-games-development/ 

Lecturer in Computing (Computer Games Development)

The University of Northampton

Location:	Northampton
Salary:	£31,644 to £35,597
Hours:	Full Time
Contract:	Permanent

Placed on:	30th May 2014
Closes:	15th June 2014
Job Ref:	UN1407

Location Avenue Campus

Documents

• Lecturer in Games Design JD.pdf
  (PDF, 166.86kb)

The School is organised into three Programme Areas/Departments. This post will be located in the Computing & Immersive Technologies department. The area has a strong technical computing teaching and learning profile at under and postgraduate levels, and we now seek to promote and develop our Computer Games Development program.  As such, we require a lecturer appointment to help support and develop the work within the Computing and Immersive Technologies disciplinary area and more particularly games development (for mobile, 3D, serious and immersive games technology). Experience of developing and delivering games using state-of-art game engines such as Unity3D, CRYEngine, UDK is essential.

The games development course is a new and developing provision for the school.  Along with it sister course found in the School of The Arts, BA Games Art, this area is becoming a very exciting and popular choice for new applicants.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide leadership and management in the development of their discipline and to lecture at both under and postgraduate levels. There is also an expectation that the successful applicant will contribute to Research, Knowledge Transfer and/or Consultancy within the Department of Computing & Immersive Technologies. Some International travel may be expected for between 1 and 2 weeks per year.

The University of Northampton as an employer strives to achieve diversity among its staff, which reflects the communities it serves. 

For more details or to apply go to: https://jobs.northampton.ac.uk/vacancy/lecturer-in-computing-computer-games-development-188498.html

For more details about the publications and research activity within the department go to: http://computingnorthampton.blogspot.co.uk/p/publication-list-university-of.html 

Computing at Northampton 2018

A recent workshop presented by Scott Turner, Naomi Holmes, Adel Gordon and Janet Jackson at Northampton Learning andTeaching Conference 2014- Northampton 2018: Planning, Designing and Delivering Student Success gave participants an opportunity to 'play with' some of the computing technologies they have been investigating as tools for Environmental and Geography Students.

Visualising the field from Scott Turner


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Virtual Reality for Environmental Science Students

A recent paper was presented by John Sinclair and co-authored by Stuart Allen, Linda Davis-Sinclair, Trish Goodchild, Julie Messenger, and Scott Turner at Northampton Learning and Teaching Conference 2014- Northampton 2018: Planning, Designing and Delivering Student Success about STEM outreach and employability.

Enhancing student employability skills through partnership working in STEM outreach

John Sinclair, Stuart Allen, Linda Davis, Trish Goodchild, Julie Messenger, Scott Turner

Contact details:

john.sinclair@northampton.ac.uk

Abstract:

For over a decade, University of Northampton staff and students have delivered successful STEM outreach activities, master classes and co-working opportunities to learners in schools and FE colleges.  In addition, the University works with the local STEMNET contract holder to gain national recognition for staff and students STEM Ambassadors and recognises STEM Ambassadors through awards (staff and student) as part of its annual celebration of volunteer achievement.  Both developments derive from a culture of empowering students as partners and enhancing the student journey.

The University has developed a co-ordinated programme of training and events to empower students and staff to engage with school and community outreach.  A cross-University STEM Steering Group (SSG) which features both management and grass roots-level representation from the across the University (Science and Technology, Health, Education, the Arts and its Centre for Employability and Engagement) manages the activities, including recruiting representation from the student body.  As such, SSG is uniquely well-placed to champion STEM activities across the University and to make these available to the wider community.  Local schools are able to access inspirational science activities, whilst University students gain employability-related skills in leadership, communication, project-delivery and self-motivation and staff gain valuable CPD.  Students also identify more strongly with the University.  The total package plays a major role in contributing to University aspirations in widening participation and is hugely popular with participants.  This paper will outline the project and will showcase the positive enhancements which it offers to University of Northampton students and school participants.

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Near Northampton: Hacking the Internet of Things BCS Bedford

Taken from:  http://www.beds.bcs.org.uk/events.php#1

Hacking the Internet of Things (BCS Bedford branch and IET) 

Date	Tuesday 13 May 2014
Time	18:00 - for 18:30 to 20:00 - Please Register for this event
Speaker	Geraint Williams - Information Risk Consultant and Trainer, IT Governance Ltd., Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire.
Location	Room P32, University of Bedfordshire, Polhill Avenue, Bedford, MK41 9EA.
Abstract	You are warmly invited to attend a free evening lecture at the University’s Polhill Campus on Tuesday 13 May 2014. “Hacking the Internet of Things” will be the subject of the talk by Geraint Williams, Information Risk Consultant and Trainer, IT Governance Ltd., and Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire. The Internet of Things describes a paradigm of how electronic devices including everyday items are now interconnected by various media to each other locally and across the Internet. This allows them to exchange information and to interact with us in order to make life easy. You can now control the heating in your home from a smart phone app or monitor the movement of hundreds of buoys free floating in ocean currents from anywhere in the world. The Internet of Things has great potential for aiding us. However the potential for malicious activities is just as great. This talk discusses the Internet of Things and its potential. This will be followed by discussions and demonstrations of how the Internet of Things can be hacked to reveal details of our interactions or to take control of the environment around us. Geraint Williams is an Information Risk Consultant and Trainer for IT Governance Ltd. and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire. Geraint is a knowledgeable and experienced Information Security consultant with experience including vulnerability testing, digital forensics, secure networking, and wireless security issues. Geraint has a strong technical knowledge of security and IT infrastructure including high performance computing. Geraint has a number of certifications in security and digital forensics including CISSP, CISA, CEH and CHFI. Agenda 6.00pm Registration, refreshments and networking 6.30pm Introduction ‘The Internet of Things’ 7.20pm Opportunity to question the speaker 7.45pm Thanks Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker

Enhancing student employability skills through partnership working in STEM outreach; the University of Northampton approach.

A paper has recently been present at HEA STEM Annual Teaching and Learning Conference 2013: Enhancing the STEM Student Journey, University of Edinburgh, 30th April-1st May 2014

Enhancing student employability skills through partnership working in STEM outreach; the University of Northampton approach.

John Sinclair*, Stuart Allen†, Linda Davis, Trish Goodchild, Julie Messenger#, Scott Turner

University of Northampton, St George’s Avenue, Northampton, NN3 3AF.

†University of Northampton, Boughton Green Road, Northampton.  NN2 7AL.

# Leicester Educational Business Company, Ashcroft House, Ervington Court,  Meridian Business Park. Leicester LE19 1WL

*author for correspondence

Enhancing student employability skills through partnership working in STEM outreach. from Scott Turner

Abstract.

For over a decade, University of Northampton staff and students have delivered successful STEM outreach activities, master classes and co-working opportunities to learners in schools and FE colleges.  In addition, the University works with the local STEMNET contract holder to gain national recognition for staff and students STEM Ambassadors and recognises STEM Ambassadors through awards (staff and student) as part of its annual celebration of volunteer achievement.  Both developments derive from a culture of empowering students as partners and enhancing the student journey.

The University has developed a co-ordinated programme of training and events to empower students and staff to engage with school and community outreach.  A cross-University STEM Steering Group (SSG) which features both management and grass roots-level representation from the across the University (Science and Technology, Health, Education, the Arts and its Centre for Employability and Engagement) manages the activities, including recruiting representation from the student body.  As such, SSG is uniquely well-placed to champion STEM activities across the University and to make these available to the wider community.  Local schools are able to access inspirational science activities, whilst University students gain employability-related skills in leadership, communication, project-delivery and self-motivation and staff gain valuable CPD.  Students also identify more strongly with the University.  The total package plays a major role in contributing to University aspirations in widening participation and is hugely popular with participants.  This paper will outline the project and will showcase the positive enhancements which it offers to University of Northampton students and school participants.


Conference details HEA STEM Annual Teaching and Learning Conference 2013: Enhancing the STEM Student Journey, University of Edinburgh, 30th April-1st May 2014