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Applications Open for Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

The Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities is part of Google’s commitment to help innovators of the future make the most of their talents. Scholarships are aimed at computer science students with disabilities and are provided in partnership with EmployAbility, a non-profit organisation dedicated to assisting students with disabilities while they pursue education and promising careers.

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be university students studying computer science, computer engineering, informatics, or closely related technical field at a university in Europe or Israel with a disability.
  • Be enrolled as full-time or part-time students for the 2018/2019 academic year, or intend to be enrolled or accepted as a full-time student at a university in Europe for the 2019/2020 academic year.
  • Maintain a strong academic record.
  • Exemplify leadership and passion for computer science and technology.
  • Be 18 years of age or older as of 17 September 2018.

Scholarship amount is €7,000 (or equivalent).

Candidates should apply via EmployAbility’s website by the deadline of 6 December 2018.

For more information and to apply:

https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/scholarships/google-students-with-disabilities-scholarship/#!?detail-content-tabby_activeEl=detail-overview-content

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AWE Graduate Scheme

AWE is a unique place to learn and grow. Whatever you set your mind to, with us you can make it remarkable. Join our mission to keep our world safe and secure and, whatever your role, you’ll help us rise to extraordinary challenges and create ground-breaking solutions.

You’ll discover techniques, facilities and equipment that you’re unlikely to see anywhere else. And you’ll find an expansive range of development opportunities and career paths, under one roof.

Graduate opportunities span the whole of our business including:

  • Finance and Business Management
  • HR
  • IT
  • Security
  • Project Management
  • Nuclear Threat Reduction
  • Engineering (Electrical/Electronic, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Systems, Civil & Structural, Nuclear Safety)
  • Physics (Theoretical/Computational/Mathematical/Experimental)
  • Material & Analytical Science
  • Environmental Specialist

Please click on link below to find out more information:

https://www.awe.co.uk/careers/future-careers/graduate-scheme/

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Big Data Program Manager

Following a very successful pilot in conjunction with Newcastle University’s Data Innovation Centre, LKQ is recruiting a Program Manager to join the European Big Data/Machine Learning team based out of Newcastle with European travel.

What is the Big Data Program Manager?

  • Join a new team to exploit the latest data techniques and technology in business
  • Provide input and feedback to the team based across different cultures and countries
  • Work proactively with business stakeholders across Europe and with third parties

For the position of Program Manager, we are looking for an exceptional individual who understands data, cloud computing and machine learning who wants a career in project management. You will be result driven and will actively contribute to successful delivery of the project.

Big Data Program Manager Role

A motivated and enthusiastic Data Scientist/Technologist/Mathematician with an understanding of data, technology and project management.

Skills, Experience and Educational requirements are:

  • A highly motivated committed individual who wants to learn, deliver, grow and succeed
  • Knowledge of software, hardware and cloud computing
  • An understanding of/willingness to learn the planning, coordinating, managing and documenting projects
  • Proficiency in general IT work packages such as MS Office Suite
  • Strong written, presentation, communication skills and can articulate complex solutions.
  • A positive attitude, an inclusive approach to building partnerships and well organised in a fast-moving technological environment.
  • The ability and willingness to travel across Europe
  • A BSc/MSc/PhD in Data Science/Computer Science/Maths & Statistics/Technology

NOTE: we may be prepared to work with the right individual while they finish their education

What we offer

  • The opportunity to join and contribute to a very exciting team at its early stage
  • The opportunity to work with Google and our technology partners
  • The opportunity for European travel
  • The opportunity for ongoing learning and education in project management
  • A very competitive salary

Salary

£27,500 -£32,000 plus benefits

Who are LKQ

LKQ are the worlds leading distributor of car parts, with operations in North America, Europe and the Far East. LKQ Europe has a turnover of c. €6.5 billion and operates across 23 countries, leading brands include Euro Car Parts (UK), Stahl Gruber (D), Rhiag (I) and Sator (NL). To maintain LKQ’s world leading position they are investing in leading edge technologies across distribution, data analytics and machine learning. The Big Data team, who lead analytics and ML are now rolling out the capability across Europe and growing the team to 20, and have agreed a partnership deal with Google to support machine learning.

Contact Details: Alan.Timothy@Eurocarparts.com

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Developer

Developer – Back-end

Engie is working with North Tyneside Council on an extensive programme of change, the aim of which is to make the council’s online services easier for the borough’s residents and businesses to use.

Working as part of a multi-organisation, multi-disciplinary agile team, you will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of a range of modern back-end services.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, and on offer is a salary of £25,000 to £34,000 per annum, dependant on skills and experience.

This role will be based at North Tyneside Council, The Silverlink North, Cobalt Business Park, North Tyneside, NE27 0BY.

What are we looking for?

You should have experience within one or more of the following areas:

  • Developing within modern cloud-based infrastructures, such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure.
  • Developing service-based back-end platforms, exposed through Restful/RPC/GraphQL APIs.
  • Developing web-services in Python or similar.
  • Working with SQL and NoSQL databases (we primarily use MySQL), and in-memory storage (Memcached and Redis).
  • Developing using CI/CD pipelines, and deploying to the likes of Docker, Kubernetes, or Google App Engine.

Qualifications

A first/higher degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or 1-5 years’ experience delivering back-end services.

Applying for this role

For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. There is no re-location package with this job role. Engie do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications for all sections of the community.

To apply for this role, send your CV to simon.smith@northtyneside.gov.uk

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NASA International Space Apps Challenge at the University of York

For the fifth year running the University of York is hosting NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge!

What is NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge? 

NASA is on a mission to foster innovation around challenges affecting us at home and in space. As one of the world’s largest international annual hackathons, we designed Space Apps for problem solvers like you. This 48-hour event inspires citizen teamwork for positive change across every skill level and discipline.

We invite engineers, coders, makers, artists and storytellers to connect over mission-related challenges. The growing Space Apps community represents the core of NASA’s Open Innovation Initiative. Together, citizens like you have developed thousands of open-source solutions. Your big ideas are shaped using data visualizations, hardware, code, design and more!

The Hackathon is free to attend, with free food and drink and prizes for the best projects at a local, national, and international level. Form a group and join us for a weekend of frantic coding!
More information on the event can be found here

This year’s challenges can be found here

You can sign up to take part at York here

Space Apps 2017 Poster