Competitions
Students Essay Award 2011 Winners
The Higher Education Academy - Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences offered students the chance to share their opinions and experiences in a 900 - 1,100 word essay. The title of the essay was:
"'Flexible learning' is a current buzz phrase; how do you envisage the perfect flexible learning course?"
The Subject Centre would like to congratulate the winning entries.
Full details on winning entries >>>
2011 - Win £300 and have your work published online - Now Closed
The Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences is offering students
the chance to share their opinions and experiences in
a 1,000-word essay or a five-minute vidcast/podcast based on the subject: "'Flexible learning' is a current buzz phrase; how do you envisage the perfect flexible learning course?"
Full details >>>
Students Essay Award 2010 Winners
The Higher Education Academy - Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences offered students the chance to share their opinions and experiences in a 900 - 1,100 word essay. The title of the essay was:
"How does the reality of studying Information Science match your initial expectations?"
The Subject Centre would like to congratulate the winning entries.
Full details on winning entries >>>
2010 - Win £350 and have your work published online - Now Closed
The Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences is offering students
the chance to share their opinions and experiences in
a 1,000-word essay or a five-minute vidcast/podcast based on the subject: "How does the reality of studying Computing or Information / Library Sciences match your initial expectations?"
Full details >>>
2009 - Win an Apple iPod Touch and have your work published online - Now Closed
The Higher Education Academy's Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences is offering students
the chance to share their opinions and experiences in
a 1,000-word essay or a five-minute vidcast/podcast based on the subject: "Who or what was the
inspiration for choosing your current course of study?"
Full details >>>
Design the Economics Network website and win £1,000
This is an external competition held by the Economics Network
The Economics Network is looking for a fresh design for its website, with a first prize of £1,000
and two runners-up prizes of £500 up for grabs. The competition is open to all students from any discipline,
particularly web design, ICT, economics, art, design and computing.
Full details >>>
Computing Awards for Excellence 2008 - Student Project of the Year
This is an external competition held by Computing Awards for Excellence 2008
If you are a student studying IT and have worked on a specific project as part of your studies Computing would like to hear from you!
Full details >>>
2008 Google Global Community Scholarship for the Grace Hopper Conference
Google announces the 2008 Google Global Community Scholarship to help students attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference at the Keystone Resort, Colorado on October 1-4,2008.
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The John Campbell Dissertation Bursary
The Dissertation Bursary is intended for a student on a first degree or postgraduate course in information or library studies who has to prepare a project report or dissertation as part of the course.
Full details >>>
Students Essay Award 2007/2008 Winners
The Higher Education Academy - Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences offered students the chance to share their opinions and experiences in a 900 - 1,100 word essay. The title of the essay was:
"What makes a good lecturer?"
The Subject Centre would like to congratulate the two winning entries.
Full details on winning entries >>>
Software Challenge - Reusable Learning Objects 2007-2008
The Higher Education Academy Subject Network for Information and Computer Sciences is pleased to announce a national student competition in the development of Reusable Learning Objects for teaching computing.
The Software Challenge has been designed to give both students and academics recognition for their efforts. A cash prize (£700 for the student, £300 for the academic supervisor) will be awarded for the best learning object produced. Each entry will be judged on the basis of its applicability to computer science education, educational content, ease of use, innovative practice, design and portability/reuse.
The deadline for submissions is Monday 31st March 2008.
Full details on the Competition >>>
International Business Informatics Challenge 2007
Dublin City University is hosting the 2nd International Business Informatics Challenge 2007. They invite Bachelor and Master students to submit Papers and real-live Case Studies illustrating how technological solutions were developed and/or applied for effective information systems to solve the business needs of organisations.
Download promotional poster>>>
Full details on IBIC 07>>>
IBM student Competition: Cell/B.E. University Challenge 07
On February 5, 2007, IBM announced the "Cell/B.E. University Challenge 07" a programming contest specifically created for university students and offering cash prizes to the winners.
Full details for IBM Student Competition >>>
Science, Engineering and Technology Student of the Year Awards
The SET Awards (Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year) are the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland's most prestigious national awards for Science, Engineering and Technology undergraduates. They provide a showcase for educational excellence by publicly recognising the exceptional achievement of both Students and Universities.
These awards are presented at a spectacular ceremony bringing together hundreds of technology students and academics, as well as senior figures from industry, government, science and the media.
Visit the SET website for full details >>>
UKeiG Student Conference Award
Every year UKeiG offers support for one or more students' attendance at a professional conference.These include, but are not limited to:
as well as others listed on CILIP's Conference web page:
www.cilip.org.uk/training/confcalendar
Full details for UKeig Student Conference Award >>>
ILS Students Essay Award 2006/2007
Offer some good advice and you could win £250 and the chance to win a Toshiba laptop!
Are you a student student studying for a degree in Information and library science?
Would you like to win £250 for 1000 (aprox) word essay?
Well now's your chance!
The Higher Education Academy - Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences is offering you the chance to offer your opinions and experiences in a 1000 word essay. This opportunity is open to anyone studying ILS as part of their Higher Education course.The title of this years essay is:
"What advice would you give to students starting your course"
The deadline for submissions is Friday 16 March 2007
Full entry details for ILS Competition>>>
Computing Students Essay Award 2006/2007
Offer some good advice and you could win £250 and the chance to win a Toshiba laptop!
Are you a student student studying for a degree in Computing?
Would you like to win £250 for 1000 (aprox) word essay?
Well now's your chance!
The Higher Education Academy - Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences is offering you the chance to offer your opinions and experiences in a 1000 word essay. This opportunity is open to anyone studying Computing as part of their Higher Education course.The title of this years essay is:
"What advice would you give to students starting your course"
The deadline for submissions is Friday 16th March 2007
Full entry details for ICS Competition>>>
Software Challenge - Reusable Learning Objects
The Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences is pleased to announce the launch of a national student competition in the development of Reusable Learning Objects for teaching computing. Further details for this competition will be available soon.
Imagine Cup 2007
The Imagine Cup competition is one of the leading UK and worldwide competitions for students with a passion for technology. The Imagine Cup has a new theme for 2007: 'Imagine a world where technology enables a better education for all...'. Microsoft are challenging teams of students to write software using the latest Microsoft .NET 2.0 technology and help solve some of the big educational problems faced by our society today.
More information on Imagine Cup 2007>>>