Category: Improving employability

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NCL Internship Scheme

NCL Internships are open to all current Newcastle University students and provide an excellent opportunity to gain valuable graduate level work experience. This year, internships will have a minimum duration of 50 hours and this is undertaken flexibly around your course. All internships are paid and you will either attend business premises, work remotely, or do a combination of both.

We have now started advertising NCL Internships for 2020/21 and will be adding new ones throughout the academic year. You can find these opportunities via MyCareer – simply log in, click on the ‘Work Experience’ tab, then ‘Placement Scheme list’, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select ‘NCL Internships 2020-21’.

Click here to go directly to the current scheme.

Get in touch with us

If you have any queries regarding careers and employment, big or small no matter what stage you’re at, you can get advice by emailing your query to careers@ncl.ac.uk. Please visit www.ncl.ac.uk/careers to explore all we offer!

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Interested in working in China?

China Career Gateway starts next Monday 19th October. This annual career development programme is designed to enhance students’ knowledge of the UK and Chinese labour markets and help you understand how to make effective job applications in both countries. Last year, over 300 individual students participated in the programme, with 98% of survey respondents recommending the programme to a friend.   

This year, the programme will be moving online and will be delivered as a 5-week Canvas course. The majority of content will be asynchronous, for you to work through at a convenient time, with new content being released every Monday from 19 October. 

The programme is open to all UG and PG students from China including PGRs, as well as other students with an interest in working in China post-graduation. While you are encouraged to participate in the full programme, you are also welcome to engage in content which is of most relevance to you.

You can view further information about the programme here.  

You can also sign up to participate in the programme directly in Canvas. 

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Test Driven Solutions – We’re Recruiting!

Test Driven Solutions, a local technology consultancy in Newcastle upon Tyne, are currently on the lookout for highly ambitious individuals, who are looking to be part of a company who care about their staff and offer extremely generous benefits.

We’re at the beginning, so we’re looking for individuals to help shape TDS to be one of the best consultancies in the UK. We want people who will not only be gifted technically, but also people who have a voice and will look to make a good impression on every client site we operate with.

We’re currently looking for Software Developers, specifically with Java & Python as well as DevOps Engineers to help us work with our clients. Below is a list of the skills we’re looking for.

Skills needed:

  • Experience designing, architecting, and implementing the next generation of cloud-based applications which are dynamically scalable, fault tolerant, secure, and reliable for a cloud platform such as Openshift, AWS, or Azure.
  • Experience working on highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems
  • Experience with Linux operating systems & shell scripting, and Containers
  • Understanding and Experience with DevOps tooling such as Cloudify, Docker, Kubernetes, Nomad, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Salt, and/or Ansible
  • Proficiency in Python and at least one of the following languages: Java, Go, C#. Most of our development is in Python.
  • Experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, and or Spinnaker
  • Experience in developing automated tests
  • Effective verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work well in a team environment If this is of interest,

Please send your cv to sam.clark@testdrivensolutions.co.uk

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Build your experience online with Infosys ‘Summer of Ideas’ global learning initiative

Infosys the global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting has recently launched their ‘Summer of Ideas’ initiative for university students worldwide. Summer of Ideas is an 8-week ideathon where students will work on industry-relevant themes in collaboration with cross-functional teams from around the world, under the mentorship of technological experts, and get the chance to showcase their ideas to industry experts.

Infosys’ next-generation digital learning platform, Wingspan, will allow participants to shape their own learning and choose courses from a content library, curated carefully by subject matter experts and educators. You’ll also be able to network with others, collaborate with teams across geographies and share ideas using various digital tools.

Applications are welcome from all stages and degree programmes including masters and PhD students. Interested candidates are requested to register here for further details.



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Placements and Summer Internships still available

Log in to MyCareer to see current opportunities with employers seeking Newcastle University students.

Opportunities include: Software developer (Summer Internship), Leeds; Business analyst (Placement), Newcastle; Software developer (Placement), Durham; Computer Science with Wildlife Research (Placement), Hampshire; Bioinformatics (6-12month) Internship, London.