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Augmented Reality Laboratories Internship

Job Title: Augmented Reality Laboratories
Location: Newcastle University, on campus – Herschel Annexe
Pay Rate: £16.21 per hour including holiday pay
Advertising Dates: 20 October – 29 October
Role Overview/Background:
This internship is being offered as a casual work opportunity by the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics at Newcastle University and is being facilitated by the JobsOC team in the Careers Service.
This internship is expected to be for a total of 100 hours, working approximately 20 hours per week between November and December.
The internship is open to all Newcastle University students; however, Physics, Engineering or Computing students would be particularly suited to the role.
Laboratory skills courses are crucial in helping students gain hands-on experience of doing experiments, better understand the theory behind them, see practical applications of their knowledge and skills, and provide a basis for future employment. In cases of lockdown, shielding, inability to take up residence in Newcastle, limited facilities, space, personnel, University hours, to address the issue of equality of opportunity that students face, online experiments are needed. To increase users’ perception and interaction with the real experiments, a sensation that an activity is handled as if students would be physically on-site, the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics will introduce augmented reality (AR) techniques in the laboratory.


The intern will participate in the design and development of AR physics experiments. Planned activities include thinking, creating, programming and enjoying.


Key duties/tasks:
Mechanical design and building of experimental setups to suit their remote operation
Building electronic circuits using Arduino’s to connect mechanical parts of setups to computers
Researching, developing, evaluating, implementing and testing AR online labs
Working in a small interdisciplinary team
Discussing progress on a regular basis
Participating in project planning


Person Requirements
Essential Skills/Attributes:
Enthusiasm and desire to develop AR online labs
Ability to work collaboratively
Creativity to find solutions for AR online labs
Teamwork
Initiative
Time Management
Organisation and Planning
Attention to detail
Problem Solving
Desired Skills/Attributes:
Familiarity with AR development
Experience programming in LabView

Degree discipline
To be eligible to apply you must be a Newcastle University undergraduate/postgraduate student registered on a programme of study throughout the 2022-23 academic year. For full details of eligibility see the Working on Campus website.
Students from all degree disciplines are welcome to apply; however, the role would be particularly suited to Physics, Engineering or Computing students.
Newcastle University is committed to being a fully inclusive Global University which actively recruits, supports and retains staff from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the community they represent. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, as well as being open to flexible working practices.


How to Apply
Apply online via the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/sukqvUPyv9
For further information about the role contact Aleksey Kozikov, Lecturer in Physics, aleksey.kozikov@newcastle.ac.uk

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Graduate Role: Junior Software Developer with Asura

Junior Software Developer


Staff Category: Software Development
Reports To: Squad Lead
FTE: 35 Hours per Week
Salary: £25K – £35K per annum (dependent on experience)
Location: Remote (UK)

Asura Financial Technologies Limited


The successful candidate has the opportunity to join a dynamic organization providing leading edge and pioneering software to the financial markets. The team at Asura is relatively young, they are however highly experienced and passionate about doing business the ‘right way’. The belief and motivation within the business to transform their existing marketplace creates a unique working environment. Our team all benefit from a culture that seeks to support and develop people, communication is open and positive and hard work is recognized and rewarded. Career growth is a definite option for those that want to develop professionally. We promote a flat ‘No Ego’ zone so the dynamic is open and everyone is able to voice opinions without risk of negative responses.

Person Specification


Asura is a young business that is due to grow exponentially over the coming few years. Scaling up small businesses is hard; the success is largely attributable to the team members contributing individually and collectively. The core personal attributes required by Asura for all new team members are:
• Passion – Being driven to do a good job, ensuring what you do counts to the firm’s success, giving 100% commitment to the task at hand.
• Flexibility – Being willing to go the extra mile, work above and beyond whether on a personal task or helping the team.
• Being nice – We all spend a lot of time together at work. Being nice sounds simple but it’s something that needs to be maintained. When the firm is busy and stress levels rise ensuring we all talk to each other with respect is critical.
• Work Ethic – With a small growing team what each of us does counts. Delivering continuous reliable support is a primary factor in evidencing your work ethic and commitment.

Experience / Skills

  • 2:1 or above Computer Science Degree or equivalent required
  • Alternatively – candidates that have completed courses provided by others will be reviewed
  • Knowledge and experience of HTML, CSS, and Javascript required
  • Knowledge and experience of Typescript, Nuxt with Vue, Tailwind, and Storybook desirable
  • Industry experience desirable
  • Knowledge of the financial sector preferable but the company is willing to provide training through CISI if suitable

Job Description


Asura Financial Technologies are seeking to recruit a Junior Software Developer to join our fast-growing software development team. Asura manage circa 10bn EUR of investment assets and provide technology solutions to major stockbroking, and wealth management firms globally.
As a Junior Software Developer, you will be ‘buddied’ with a more experienced Developer where your focus will mirror the work of your buddy. Within a 3-month period we would expect you to have progressed each Performance Gatepost, so you are able to develop with greater autonomy.


Main Activities / Responsibilities

  • Learning best practice development for financial technology
  • Mid to High level development tasks as set by the lead developer

How to Apply

Please send a CV to Niamh Gohil: niamh.gohil@asurafin.com

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Reminder: Placement Opportunities at Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes are currently searching for a new intern for next year to be based in Newcastle.

Role

The role is  Project Management based, covering different areas within this field.

Perfect for anyone who wants real world and hands on experience into the workings of a company.

Great opportunities for involvement in which ever route you find interesting, and has proved to be a very diverse and interesting internship so far!

Start Date: June/July

Location: Newcastle

 Apply via email (CV + Cover Letter) to:

David Parker, david4.parker@bakerhughes.com

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InnerDrive placement opportunity

ABOUT INNERDRIVE
InnerDrive is a mental skills company that uses psychological research to help people improve their mindset, learning and key skills needed to perform under pressure. The company works across three main areas: Education, Sport and Business.
Within education, we are the market leaders in running school workshops. This sees us work with over 200 schools, running presentations to over 30,000 students. In sport, clients have included members of Team GB at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games, as well as many footballers from Manchester United, Tottenham, West Ham, Southampton and Brighton as well as having worked with senior internationals from England, Scotland, Wales and Japan. In business, we have worked with the likes of Microsoft, Pfizer and Mitsubishi on how to develop resilience and growth mindset with their employees.

ABOUT THE ROLE

An exciting and rare opportunity has emerged to join the InnerDrive team at our London office on a sandwich placement year. As a result of this placement, the successful candidate will have greatly improved their understanding of implementing computer science practices in the real world. Furthermore, this candidate will be viewed upon favourably should they wish to apply for a full-time role at InnerDrive upon graduation.
The role will include, but is not limited to:
• Website development (HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript)
• Coding on our HubSpot Customer Management and blogging back-end
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
• Assisting our course designers with online module development

ABOUT YOU

This is a rare opportunity as it is the first time we have offered this role. We are therefore looking for an exceptional candidate. We define exceptional as:
• Are a competent coder with attention to detail
• Are curious and willing to learn on the job
• Are aware of SEO best practices (Helpful but would be happy to teach this)
• Is willing to do more than what is normally expected. This includes demonstrating thorough preparation, determination after setbacks and have high levels of motivation to achieve
• Having a strong passion for computer science
• Someone who has a growth mindset and is open to feedback
• Solution focused and has the ability work independently
• Can follow instruction and adapt their style to quickly fit into our culture

ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS

If interested, please send a CV (no more than two pages, but ideally only one), a 200 word statement on why you would like to work for InnerDrive to info@innerdrive.co.uk with the subject as ‘InnerDrive Sandwich Placement’. Interviews will then be held via Zoom.