Category: Internships, Placements and Jobs

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Web development: WipeOut Music

A local music publisher has contacted us for help in updating their website. If interested, please contact John Esplen at the email address below.

We need someone to help create a more modern/well designed website. www.wipeoutmusic.com is our current site and as you can see it’s a bit… outdated to say the least. This person could come to our office in Byker to work on the site, or simply work on it from home.

The length wouldn’t be set in stone, just until the site is finished. But if they wanted to stay on for some maintenance work on the site afterwards they’d be welcome to. Start date on this work would be asap. The work would be paid at
minimum wage.

The SEO work on the site will be remotely project-managed by a friend of the business Max Brockbank who is one of the UK’s leading SEO experts (Hilton Hotels, Lastminute.com, Regus etc.), so it’ll be a great opportunity to someone to advance
their expertise in that field.

We have a second site that’s used for a Record Label that is ran in conjunction with the main business. If the person does some great work on our main site we’d be happy to pay for any extra site work done on the label side of things.

Hope this is adequate information and someone would be eager to have a go at creating a live website used by a local business in a real working environment. I think it could be really good experience for the right person!

I can be contacted on:  john@wipeoutmusic.com

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GRB: Graduate Jobs in Computing Science, Internships, and Work Experience

Are you looking for graduate opportunities in your final year or information on work during your studies like placements, work experience and internships?

I am an official student representative for the Graduate Recruitment Bureau (GRB). GRB work with 100s of graduate recruiters of all sizes in all industry sectors across the UK, and have placed many graduates from Newcastle University.

They provide a unique student ‘matchmaking’ service: write in your degree course/location and they will set you up with companies for jobs, internships and work experience.

This is a great chance to be contacted by a large recruitment company and have them tell you about popular employers and the vacancies that are available.

So… sign up at:

http://www.grb.uk.com/sbm/64

Register with GRB – Exclusive Graduate Jobs, Internships …

www.grb.uk.com

The UK’s highest rated free recruitment service for Graduate Jobs, Internships and Placements. Our specialist teams recruit for all degree subjects!

Only takes 30 seconds to fill in, what have you got to lose?

Good luck with your career!

Charlotte Stokes

(Graduate, working as a GRB rep)

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Interested in working for one of the ‘BIG FOUR’ largest professional services networks in the world?

 

Deloitte offer inspiring work to students across Tax Consulting, Audit, Consulting, Financial Advisory and Technology.

Deloitte work within a range of industries including Real Estate, Financial Services, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Energy & Resources, Consumer & Industrial Products.

Opportunities available for students of all stages in a range of disciplines:

First year: Spring into Deloitte (2 days)

Second year: Summer Vacation Scheme (3-6 weeks), Industrial Placement (12 months)

Final year and Graduates: Graduate Programme (3 years)

If you would like to find out more about Deloitte, please follow the link below or contact l.a.evans@newcastle.ac.uk (Louise Evans, Deloitte Campus Ambassador)

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Getting a Computing Science 12-month placement

Work experience during your undergraduate Computer Science degree can take the form of a  9-12 month placement taken between stage 2 and 3. This provides the opportunity to gain real-world experience, develop your technical and inter-personal skills and enhance your career prospects: many students who have taken a placement end up with a graduate job offer from the same company, and the most recent graduate employment figures show 100% of graduates who had done a placement are employed in a graduate-level job (or in further study) 6 months after graduating.

If you plan to do a placement as part of your degree:

  • You will need to be on the correct degree course (for example, G401 BSc Computer Science with Industrial Placement, G421 BSc Computer Science (Mobile and Distributed Systems) with Industrial Placement, etc.
    • If you are not yet on that programme, you will need to complete a Degree Programme Change form, available from CS Reception, to be signed by the Degree Programme Director. But you don’t need to do this until after you have secured a placement – there’s no need to rush into doing it until then.
  • You are responsible for finding, and applying for, the placement. You can get help from the School, by looking at the information provided on these pages, by talking to the Placements Co-ordinator (Steve Riddle) and signing up for alerts from the Careers Service (Vacancies Online) as well as making full use of all the resources (a list and guidance can be found here).
  • Once you’ve secured a placement, you must complete a Placement Approval Form, to be signed by the Placements Co-ordinator and the Degree Programme Director.
  • Once you have started your placement, we will enrol you in a community on e-portfolio where you can share your experience with other students on placements. A member of academic staff will also come out to visit you.
  • During your placement you’ll also need to complete some short assignments and a Report Form giving updated contact details and more information about your work to date, and a Learning Agreement recording the initial objectives as discussed and agreed with your employer.

Further information about placements can be found: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/careers/workexperience/placements/