Microsoft UK have teamed up with NACUE to provide a ground breaking sponsorship opportunity for UK Entrepreneurs Societies with Sponsorship. Following a 1500 word pitch that I wrote a couple of weeks ago, this week, Brad Fitchew (Fish on Toast Post Graduate Officer) and I visited the beautiful Microsoft UK campus up in Reading. Our aim? To find out how we can help them increase the reach and effectiveness of their student initiatives; The Imagine Cup, Dreamspark, StudentZone on Facebook and the Studentzine Newsletter.
It was a great day out. There were about 10 societies represented and loads of great ideas generated. We played on the Microsoft Surface and touchscreen Windows 7 machines, toured the New Technology Centre and saw the trailer for COD4 and promo videos of project Natal on XBOX360! They also told us what they were looking for in their Grad scheme interviews and applications.
A big thanks goes to Victoria Lennox of NACUE, and Lars Lindstedt, Ed Dunhill, Sarah Melrose, Paolo Barone, Bindi Karia of Microsoft for making it happen. I've included a list of opportunities available to students through Microsoft below...
The Imagine Cup
The Imagine Cup is what happens when student teams from around the world compete to solve the UN's Millenium Development Goals to free a major portion of humanity from the shackles of extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease. They established targets for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, environmental sustainability and a global partnership for development.
The Imagine Cup is also the world's premier student technology competition open to all students over the age of 16. Key competition categories are Software Design, Embedded and Games Development. Software design is the biggest competition with teams of up to four people; the best teams are mixed discipline with developers, entrepreneurs and domain experts. We don't have long left to promote the Software Design competition as the round 1 deadline is 16th December by which time teams must have submitted a proposal document via imaginecup.co.uk.
To find out more visit The Imagine Cup Homepage and use the promo code: IC0014
DreamSpark - FREE MICROSOFT SOFTWARE!
DreamSpark is a software access programme for all students who can verify themselves using their .ac.uk email address. Click through to free access to Windows Server, Visual Studio, Expression Suite and more.
StudentZone Facebook page
Microsoft UK have recently established a Facebook page which aggregates a bunch of great content for students interested in technology and business into one place. It also gives students a great platform to interact with Microsoft and find out more. Visit the Microsoft UK Facebook Fan Page now!
StudentZine Newsletter
Each month we send a newsletter out to 10k+ UK students. If you are looking for a career in technology, or are hoping to found a tech startup, you should be one of them. Subscribe now!
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