Category Archives: Masters and PhD

Posts that are relevant to students considering further study, such as MSc and PhD schemes

Funded Phd and MSc options in Edinburgh and Saudi

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Matt Pugh (who was in Aber but is now in Edinburgh) has let us know that Edinburgh have Masters funding available. Deadlines of 1st May. http://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2015/masters-funding-060315

Rob Hoehndorf (who was in Aber but is now in Saudi Arabia) has funding for MSc, PhD and internship placements in KAUST. He can fund 3 or more PhD or MSc students at the moment (i.e. free housing, healthcare, flight and 25-30k USD stipend per year). The internships are also fully funded, last from 1-6 months (ideally 3-6 months) and come with free flight, accommodation, and a stipend of 1200 USD/month. This would be good for students who are not sure if they really want to stay in Saudi for years, or for students looking for summer opportunities. Contact Rob directly in the first instance (robert.hoehndorf@kaust.edu.sa). http://www.kaust.edu.sa/application-form-kaust.html
Application deadline for admission in Fall is 9 April 2015. And admissions in computer science at KAUST are handled by Rosemary, who was responsible for student admissions in Aberystwyth until few months ago

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Do keep checking the jobs noticeboard by reception where there are new jobs pinned up every week. Here are a selection of jobs on offer:

SoftCat http://www.softcat.com/join-us/career-opportunities

CapGemini http://www.uk.capgemini.com/careers/your-career-path/technology-consulting-community

DataSift http://datasift.com/careers/listings/?location=Reading

BAE Systems http://www.baesystems.com/careers-rzz/careers-in-the-uk/graduate-opportunities (including Applied Intelligence)

Careers Fair in Aber 22nd January

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Not sure where to take your degree next? Come along to the IMPACS Careers fair to chat to organisations, attend sessions with graduate recruiters or find out what other Maths, Physics and Computer Science students did next at the Alumni panel Q & A.
Organisations attending include Oracle, Renishaw, the Office for National Statistics and more. Take the next step to discovering the opportunities available to you at the IMPACS Careers Fair.

Hugh Owen Level E, 11am-3pm, Thurs 22nd January.

The programme of talks is:
11.00 – NHS Informatics
11.30 – Oracle
12.00 – IBM
12.30 – ACCA
13.00 – Alumni session, Leon Davis (CS), Joe Hill (Maths) and Owen Roberts (Physics) with Q&A
14.00 – Alacrity Foundation

See the Facebook event for more details. https://www.facebook.com/events/761553657258132/

New jobs noticeboard

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We’ve had a revamp of the noticeboard outside the compsci general office. There are now lots of job adverts posted up there. Do have a browse, there are some great salaries, and some interesting companies all wanting your skills. Many of the job adverts come from aber.prospects.ac.uk or from prospects.ac.uk, but some come from individual employer websites. If you know of any jobs that should be put up there, you can email Amanda (afc) or give any printouts directly to the people in the general office.

National Graduate Recruitment Fair in Birmingham

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Friday 7th Nov: National Graduate Recruitment Fair in Birmingham

Cost is £10, but you get £8 back when you arrive. Sign up for a place on the Aber Uni bus to travel there and back at the Careers office in the Student Union building. Meet many different employers under one roof and explore all your career options. See the 5 minute video at http://www.careerplayer.com/tips-and-advice/general-advice/career-fairs/

Graduate Role: Sys Admin and Data Messaging Middleware at GM in Ireland

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We’ve been asked to let you know about the following job vacancies for General Motors in Ireland:

High Performance Computing System Administrators
http://gradireland.com/graduate-jobs/jobs/245168

Data Messaging Middleware Specialist
http://gradireland.com/graduate-jobs/jobs/245170

They are still recruiting for both vacancies, despite the “content expired ” message on the Data Messaging Middleware Specialist vacancy.

Ideally, candidates would have the following competencies, which may require focus at postgraduate level:

Data Integration role:

  • Basic experience with WebSphere MQ administration
  • A basic understanding of current IT technologies such as Structured Query Language (SQL), Extensible Markup Language (XML), Java, and XML Path language (XPath)

HPC role:

Knowledge of Linux operating systems
Preferred Qualifications (not required to have all):

  • SuSe Linux administration basics
  • Job scheduling basics using s/w tools like: LSF, Grid Engine, etc
  • Hardware concepts (Components in a Server)
  • Storage concepts : IO optimization
  • Infiniband network concepts
  • Scripting languages like ksh, and Java for batch programming. For example:
    • ksh scripts to monitor system parameters
    • Knowledge in writing non-GUI Java programs to automate or run routine system related tasks

Masters courses in Sweden

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We have been notified of two MSc courses at the University of Gävle in Sweden. The courses are described in the two documents:

MSc Programme in Electronics / Telecommunications.

MSC Programme in Electronics/Automation.

The courses are presented in English and are free for EC nationals.

Professor Gurvinder S. Virk
Professor of Robotics and the Built Environment, University of Gävle, SE-801 76 Gävle, SWEDEN
Professor of Robotics & Autonomous Systems, KTH Royal Inst of Tech, SE-100 44 Stockholm
Tel: +46 26 648704, Fax: +46 26 648758, Mob: +46 705 406425, Email: gurvinder.virk@hig.se

NHS Wales Graduate Developer Positions

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Velindre NHS Trust
NHS Wales Informatics Service – Operational Services Directorate
Trainee Software Developers

From the document: “We are looking for candidates with an interest in forging a career as a trainee software developer. However the role is varied and offers the successful candidate the opportunity to cut their teeth and develop skills in support, business analysis and testing. You should have a strong interest in building high quality software using Microsoft technologies…”

Please see the attached document for information about the job. Closing date is 14th February.

Summer Internship in Edinburgh

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We’ve just had details of a summer internship in software engineering
and imaging science, based in Edinburgh. This has been added to the Careers
vacancy database –
see http://aber.prospects.ac.uk/jobseeker/vacancy/alert/view?id=1031474
for details. Open to final year students graduating this summer and
also to early-stage postgraduate students (MSc or PhD). Closing date is
28 March 2014. Internships start on 2 June and last for three months.

Interested? Click on the link above.

IBM University Virtual Careers Fair

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Apologies for the late notice of this event. Still time to register.

You are invited to participate in the IBM Career Exploration ‘Make a Difference’ virtual event, on Wednesday, November 20th at 10.30am – 3.30pm.

During the half day virtual experience, students will learn how to unleash their potential and build an exciting career at IBM, one of the world’s most progressive, respected and admired companies. The event features two key note sessions and a variety of information booths where attendees will have the opportunity to:

• Hear from and interact with leading experts from a wide range of fields in business, technology, and research

• Explore career development programs and continuing education programs designed to accelerate opportunities for talented employees

• Understand how to build and apply expertise and expand professional networks

• Learn how to best position themselves in a highly competitive job market
At the event, attendees will be given the opportunity to apply for open positions and internships at IBM, and learn how they can build their digital eminence in social media.

Register for the virtual event now at
http://engage.vevent.com/rt/ibmcareer~exploration2013uk

For more information about the program, visit the IBM Career Exploration Website at
http://wasdev02.fishkill.ibm.com/employment/jobs/career_explorations.shtml

Opportunity for those interested in applying for graduate schemes

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Next week, the University is being visited by a recruitment consultant from management consultants Pricewaterhouse Cooper (PwC). The session will provide an introduction to Psychometric Testing and include a practice test.

If you are interested in applying for Graduate Schemes, this is something that you should attend.

An Introduction to Psychometric Testing with PwC
Tuesday 29 October 6.15pm
Sign up at http://aber.prospects.ac.uk

Cyflwyniad i Brofi Seicometrig (sesiwn gyda PwC)
Nos Fawrth 29 Hydref 6.15pm
Cofrestrwch yn http://aber.prospects.ac.uk

Google TechAbility for 2013

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Google TechAbility Business is a unique opportunity for your disabled and dyslexic undergraduate, master and PhD students to broaden their horizons by gaining an insight into life at Google and its products and to be given dedicated, expert careers advice from their very own Google mentor.

See: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e955983112f43cfbce48caead&id=3b8a9d745b&e=50e090179c

The application deadline is Sunday October 20th 2013.

ARM Graduate Opportunities

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One of our recent graduates, Nikolay Borisov, has just alerted us to jobs at ARM: http://www.arm.com/about/careers/graduates/vacancies.php

He comments:

“I don’t think there is much to say about ARM – the name speaks of itself J The company is doing very good, this September they hired 105 people and they still need more great talent. It turns out there are 3-4 Aber graduates so people from Uni have great chances. The main requirements is C/PYTHON as well as some general awareness in operating systems/CPU architectures
Hint: read up on CPU pipelines/out of order execution/race conditions in order to prepare for the interview 😀

In case anyone have questions they can email at Nikolay.Borisov@arm.com and I’ll be happy to help”