Monthly Archives: April 2020

Funded PhD studentships…

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see https://slt-cdt.ac.uk for full details.

Neal.

UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Speech and Language Technologies (SLT) and their Applications

Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Engineering

University of Sheffield, UK

Fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships for research in Speech and Language Technologies (SLT) and their Applications

** Applications now open for last remaining September 2020 intake places **

Deadline for applications: 31 May 2020.

Speech and Language Technologies (SLTs) are a range of Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches which allow computer programs or electronic devices to analyse, produce, modify or respond to human texts and speech. SLTs are underpinned by a number of fundamental research fields including natural language processing, speech processing, computational linguistics, mathematics, machine learning, physics, psychology, computer science, and acoustics. SLTs are now established as core scientific/engineering disciplines within AI and have grown into a world-wide multi-billion dollar industry.

Located in the Department of Computer Science, at the University of Sheffield – a world leading research institution in the SLT field – the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Speech and Language Technologies and their Applications is a vibrant research centre that also provides training in engineering skills, leadership, ethics, innovation, entrepreneurship, and responsibility to society.

Apply now: https://slt-cdt.ac.uk/apply/

Elanco Placement Opportunities

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Dear students looking for an IY placement,

 

Please see the attached. I believe both are suitable for IY placements; certainly the web developer one is aimed at placement students (I am seeking clarification on the other, because the advert wording is not explicit).

 

Don’t give up on getting a placement! Jobs are still coming in, and you have until the end of August to let us know, if you decide to come back to Aber instead of taking an IY.

 

Read the email below – note that applications go to placements@elanco.com <mailto:placements@elanco.com> and start on 3rd August, in Hook, Hampshire.

 

Angharad

 

Role Description – Analyst – UK Affiliate

Elanco – Web Developer Job Description 2020-21

 

 

——– Forwarded Message ——–

 

 

*From:*Becky Mears – Network [mailto:mears_becky@network.lilly.com]

*Sent:* 24 April 2020 13:53

*To:* Jacqui Ho [jah30] <jah30@aber.ac.uk>

*Subject:* Elanco Placement Opportunities

 

Hello Jacqui

 

I hope you are well,

 

I will introduce myself, my name is Becky and I work on behalf of Lilly and Elanco for their student programmes.

 

We currently recruit over 40 students for 12 month placements ranging in a number of different areas of the business.

 

I have 2 Elanco IT roles that I would like to recruit for and was hoping that you would market these to your students.

 

The roles are a Technical Analyst role and a Software Engineer role. I have attached both the job descriptions for you.

 

The roles will both be based in Hook, Hampshire starting on the 3^rd August 2020 for a 12 month placement.

 

If students would like to apply please can they send their CV and cover letter to: placements@elanco.com <mailto:placements@elanco.com>

 

If you have any questions or would like to get in touch please do.

 

I do hope that we can work together on further placement opportunities that we have which may benefit your students.

 

Many thanks

 

Becky

 

*Becky Mears BA (Hons), CIPD**

*Onsite Client Services Administrator

Ruby on rails opportunity

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contact Tom Roberts <mrtomrobs@gmail.com>

Hello,

I’m an Alumnus for the Aber Comp-Sci department (2012) and I am wondering if the following project might be of interest for any current or former students looking to gain some experience in using Ruby on Rails for web development.

With the current COVID-19 lockdown, esports in various forms have had a big surge in interest and participation. I myself am a sim-racer and have specialised (if you can call my poor results record a specialisation!) in GT3 driving. In short, I have joined a sim-racing organisation called Redline Motorsport (RLM) as one of the senior administration staff for my particular platform. We have been able to put on several big events with real-life SRO GT Championship drivers taking part and are currently working towards partnerships with several big names in the real world of GT racing as well as PC hardware suppliers.

Our current website is under continual development but we are looking to start a membership service to run alongside our ‘publicly available’ event list for ‘premium’ members to take part in for a subscription fee. However, all of our staff are volunteers at present and our work capacity is already full.

We are offering an opportunity for a Ruby on Rails developer to come in and implement this membership service on our website with a possibility of further project work later on. This will be paid (and not just in ‘exposure’, actual money!) depending on experience and would certainly be a great example of work to put on a CV.

I hope this is the right place to come with this but apologies if not, we can provide further information about the project if anyone wants to get in contact.

Kind regards,

Tom Roberts

RLM ACC Staff

DeltaXML, Malvern

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DeltaXML are a company who have students from us often, and they’ve been good placements. They would be conducting interviews over video (Skype or similar), due to the virus situation, so there would be no need to travel. The start date would also likely depend on the virus situation. So there is no need to be concerned about them wanting you to start before things have settled again.

You can do this one; all they need is Java, and an understanding of XML (we did some of that in CS15020).

Please let me know if you’re applying. It would be good to know what sort of numbers we have still seriously looking for this sort of placement.

Angharad

Software Development Intern – DeltaXML

Job in Information Services at Aber Uni.

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Just had this from Careers:

Fwd: We’ve just had a job go live on our jobs website for a Graduate Trainee in IT Networking, aimed at final year students due to graduate this year and starting 1 July. Do you have any other way of advertising this within careers/circulating to final year students, please?

The job reference number is IS.20.3155 and it’s closing on Sunday 3 May 2020.