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

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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

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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.

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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

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

Dear students,

This job has just come in. PML are an organisation we used to regularly send IY students to, but they haven’t had any from us for a few years. So I very much hope that we can re-establish the connection. Note that this job will be of particular interest if you’re a Linux person! Many of you have the skills they need (Node.js is just JavaScript…), so go for it!

And it looks like a very interesting job too.

Angharad

Good Afternoon,

I hope you will be able to help; we are recruiting for 3 industrial placements in software development/programming for use in satellite earth observation for use in marine conservation.

I would be grateful if you could circulate attached info to your students or post to your jobs boards/student information pages:

https://advanced.advorto.com/pml/VacancyInformation.aspx?VId=21466#.XmkXWaj7SUk

Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions

Kind regards

Maddie

Madeleine Ford

Human Resources Administrator

Work Days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Dear all,

I have just received this advert for an IY placement in Bangor ETL Bangor. They have come directly to me to ask for students, so that means they are actively wanting Aberystwyth Comp Sci students (not Bangor ones 😉 ).
One of you will most probably get this job. It also appears to be a very caring, ethical company, with flexible working. The pay isn’t the highest, but the benefits are good (and Bangor isn’t the most expensive place to live…)

If you apply, I’d appreciate it if you’d let me know. I would like to establish a long-term relationship with this company, so I really hope a good few of you will apply.

Angharad

Dear students looking for an IY placement,

Please see below. This has just come to me directly from James Wallace, the company director – james@thecurious.agency

They are looking for two of you, so this is one of those which will have a high hit rate. It’s worth going for, if you’re interested in it.

You can read more about the company at https://thecurious.agency/about-pages/about/
(un-mangled by Microsoft, that’s: thecurious.agency / about-pages / about )

Angharad

Position: Web
Developer Intern

Level: Full-time Internship

Agency: thecurious.agency

Location: Shrewsbury Studio

We are looking for a new Junior web
Developer to join the team. You are the person we’re looking for if you are
able to demonstrate skills undertaking front-end build in a responsive
approach. You will be no stranger to creating or evolving designs in the
browser and should be comfortable working with JavaScript & WordPress.

The person we are looking for will have:

– Strong skills in hand-coded HTML5 and
CSS3

– Strong knowledge and practical
experience of responsive design techniques

– Skills in working with WordPress for
use as a CMS

– Understanding of progressive
enhancement and modern approaches to browser support

– Skills working with JavaScript

If you’re interested please contact us
by sending a detailed resume to james@thecurious.agency. To learn more about The
Curious Agency – click
here

Successful candidates will be contacted
and called for interview.

Morwenna has just contacted me with this one. It sounds fascinating. As they say:

“The placement will be a technology development role focussed on the use of Natural Language Processing and related technologies for cognitive data searchand exploration of unstructured data”

This could well be ideal for an AI or data science student.

It’s the last job on this page:

https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifearc.org%2Fcareers%2Fjobs%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb9267d0ee47e43596aaa08d7b39f27fd%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C637175368461612210&amp;sdata=5zkymZwfJJt5WNZJt1%2FZEWgzRAN1%2FKRHOoLivDJL6Dg%3D&amp;reserved=0

Or go straight to the pdf here:

https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifearc.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F02%2FScientific-IT-IP-Student-JD-1.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb9267d0ee47e43596aaa08d7b39f27fd%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C637175368461612210&amp;sdata=kCqnJMv82i1TA6fJGyFaBFFeRdFm0dE8qNdE%2F5ZAzeU%3D&amp;reserved=0

Angharad

See the attached. They have had students from us before. And if you have a car, it’s an easy trip back to Aber to see your friends! Builth is in a lovely rural area of Powys.

This would be ideal for a student who is interested in systems admin.

Angharad

Job Description

Application-Form-General

Richard at Superbyte, Shrewsbury, has asked me to send this out to you again. That means not enough of you applied first time – maybe it was the wrong time of year!

This is a company we have sent students to before. Placements there have been very successful. So please consider this, especially (but not only) if you are interested in web development.

Angharad

Hello,

After a successful 2019-2020 placement year,  We are looking for placement students for the 2020-2021 year. We have up to 3 placement opportunities available that we would like to advise to students. Please see attached document for details.

Regards

Richard Adams

Superbyte – industrial year developers

A very exciting looking job has just come up in Ireland. They contacted us directly, so are obviously particularly keen on establishing a relationship with us. It seems they might be wanting more than one of you.

I’m expecting they might send a fuller advertisement in due course, but why delay? Get a CV and covering letter to John Brosnan <john_brosnan@rapid7.com> now!

I am told the salary will be €20K. This is stuff many of you can do, and would probably enjoy.

Copy&paste follows:

At Rapid7 Galway, we design and develop the Insight platform network sensor. This software analyzes network traffic using deep packet inspection techniques to give Rapid7 customers a unique level of visibility into network traffic, including user activity, file and database monitoring, intrusion detection, bandwidth usage, and Internet access. As an intern you will research, design and develop our software systems. Our engineers work on projects from requirements capture and analysis, through design and coding, to deployment and support.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

As an intern in our R&D group you will be involved in the following lifecycle activities:

• Software architectural and design; helping to interpret and analyse requirements.

• Implementation; software development to written technical specifications and coding standards.

• Testing; finding and fixing faults.

• Participate in reviews during the lifecycle.

You will be part of a multi-skilled team working closely with specialists from across a number of disciplines and in other Rapid7 locations. You may be working on a number of projects at the same time, or just one. Our projects range from rapid developments where tight timescales apply (a few weeks) to full scale developments (up to 2 years).

Learning “on the job” is a key part of your development. You will be working closely with experienced engineers on real projects from day one.

SKILLS

UNIX, working in C, python and/or Java. Technologies used: TCP/IP

networking, UNIX, kernel programming, cloud (AWS) and cyber security.

An opportunity to have an expenses paid trip to an employability event with Immarsat in London… Here is the message I received:

We have an exciting opportunity for your students that I wanted to make you aware of. Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, are working with TARGETjobs on a bespoke employability event and they have specifically asked for your students to be there!

This event is perfect for your students who are studying computer science, IT, electrical engineering or any degree relating to telecommunications, space science or data science related degrees.

Attending this event will give your students the opportunity to:

• access all areas of Inmarsat’s global satellite control centre and network operations centre with VR experience included

• get stuck into a fun case study – great practice for assessment centres in an informal environment

• speak to graduates and senior members of the team at Inmarsat about the exciting projects they could be working on

• fast track their career and find out what makes a successful application by speaking to Inmarsat recruiters

Where is it?

Inmarsat HQ, London (we can reimburse travel expenses)

When is it?

We have two events coming up which will both focus on different subject areas (if a student cannot attend their best suited event, they can attend the other):

9 March

Computer Science

Data Science

Space Science and Robotics

20 April

Telecommunications

Electrical Engineering

In order to attend, students just need to fill in a quick registration form by visiting our Be Inmarsat website, and then I’ll get in touch with them.