Category: Undergraduates

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Placements: Northumbrian Water Group

Northumbrian Water Group plc Pity Me, Durham £17,000 pa

The Information Services team, based in Durham is critical to the effectiveness of the business; developing, implementing and supporting technologies to enable and support our operational activities, customer services, infrastructure security and regulatory commitments. You’ll join the Intelligence & Analytics Team and get involved in cutting edge project and business-as-usual work using data science and analytics to drive decision making, collaborating with major organisations in the water, IT and engineering sectors.

Very comfortable with numbers, you’ll be part of a team of motivated, competent undergraduate placement students with strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and a genuine desire to develop and learn, to play a key role in delivering projects across a number of our teams. You’ll need to be good at interacting with different people; be an effective communicator verbally and in writing; interested, flexible and open to making the most of new experiences; motivated to get involved, get things done, take on responsibility and make a contribution; willing to ask for help and advice when you need it and to get on with things when you don’t.

OPEN TO ALL DISCIPLINES.

https://www.nwg.co.uk/careers/nwg-academy/undergraduate-and-graduate-placements/

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The Year in Industry (YINI) Scheme – Opportunity within Computer Science in London

The Year in Industry (YINI), part of the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), is a not for profit organisation offering Undergraduate students a free extra resource when searching for year out, paid placements as part of their degree studies. Candidates placed through the YINI scheme have access to additional mentor support, one day master classes and industrial accreditation. We work with partner companies all over the UK and have received the following opportunity:

Company Overview

This company develops a range of cloud-based enterprise solutions to make business activities simpler and more efficient.

We aim to develop software with exceptional usability, rich functionality and strong integration capabilities. Our solutions aim to drive the efficient communication and collaboration of business information, and our current solutions are aimed at allowing local government to deliver excellent customer service.

Job Description

The Year in Industry (YINI) scheme have two 12-month Placement opportunities commencing Sept 2018 ideally suited to students studying Computer Science with an interest in programming, ideally with experience with PHP and JavaScript.

Department: Development Team

Across the locations: London

Salary: £15,000 TBC

APPLY direct to YINI now for consideration

We are looking for highly motivated applicants to become members of our development team. The placement will involve the candidate in the development and maintenance of new and existing solutions. Through this they will become skilled in our development environment and involved in our product release cycle.

Ideal candidates are likely to have a background in computing, they will be scientifically minded and have a desire to increase their technical proficiency.

From a technical perspective, successful candidates will be given the opportunity to work with various web technologies such as PHP, JavaScript, Drupal, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and .Net languages. We also have our own development language.

As a member of the development team you will also have some responsibility in supporting our current customers and solving queries that they might have regarding our products.

To Apply:

  1. Complete an online application via http://www.etrust.org.uk/the-year-in-industry/apply-now
  2. Email your interest to Lidia Harrington on harrington@etrust.org.uk

Please note that you will need to be registered with the YINI scheme to apply for placements (you can register by using the link above).

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Sage 12 month Software engineering internship: Newcastle/Manchester

Sage is a market leader in accounting, business management and people management software. If you are looking to gain experience in a fast growing sector, then Sage is the right choice. Sage’s Internship scheme will enable you to develop the skills within various functions and work with some of the most advanced technologies on the market.

Our Product Engineering teams consist of highly skilled software architects, developers, business/compliance analysts, UX, test technicians and technical authors all operating as an integrated unit in a dynamic and customer focused environment. As an intern you could take up a role in any of the above areas, or alternatively in project management or release management.

Our Interns can be based in Manchester or Newcastle.

To apply, go to https://www.sage.com/en-gb/company/careers/emerging-talent/internship-scheme/

Responsibilities

You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and technologies, gain an understanding of some of the wider aspects of the development process, and get invaluable experience working in the only FTSE100 software company in the UK.

The Internship scheme will run for approximately 12 months, and will include a fast start onboarding into roles within our organisation allowing you to make a significant contribution to our business quickly.

You will spend the 12 months working with one of our product development teams, working on the front line of developing products for different market segments.

As well as encouraging innovation and agility we also look to embrace the latest technologies to provide ever increasing business benefits to our customers in 23 countries worldwide.

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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

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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STFC industrial placement positions

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is one of Europe’s largest science research organisations. We’re trusted to support, enable and undertake pioneering projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people, we’re driving ground-breaking advances in science and technology.

Each year we offer opportunities to undergraduate sandwich students to gain practical experience, working alongside technical experts at the forefront of scientific research. We offer an invaluable experience with exposure to world class science and technology and the opportunity to develop working relationships that continue well after your placement has finished.

See https://stfccareers.co.uk/students/ for further details