Now there is plenty of societies and groups that the university
hold. Event workshops for CV’s, languages lessons and I think I’ve even seen
gaming societies. I’ve attend very interesting guest lectures which aren’t apart
of the curriculum but generally everyone attends. It gives you a better insight
on how companies work and what to expect when going into industry. We’ve had
quite a few of these guest lectures and I’m certain they have them for all
aspects in computer science.
I’m attending another gamesJam/hackathon at Cambridge
University next week (first weekend of July). Although this isn’t held by the
University of Bedfordshire, a team of Bedfordshire students are going up and
participating it. In computer science there are more technical user groups
dotted all around. For example, there’s specific software user groups, operating
system user groups and just general monthly/weekly tech events. Now it’s very
difficult to compete with events which are held by in most cases experts or
even creators of that software. It’s a place where people go to share ideas, contacts
and get expert/peer advice.
What’s amazing about being a Computer Science student at the
moment is there is so much free knowledge and really plenty of events which
relate to what you prefer. You may argue that you don’t need to be at university
to attend these yes, but it’s amazing to have experts in the field very local/
most probably London. From the ones I’ve
attended everyone is very friendly and probably can answer any burning questions
you have. Though I wouldn’t personally ask trivial questions which you can just
research yourself and maybe not ask university assignment question answers.
Rather techniques/tips to learn more on a specific area. Generally at these user
groups there’s presentations that take places for some free extra knowledge!
Below are some links that you may find useful, studying at the
University of Bedfordshire it’s a very quick journey to London. So there’s
really no excuse to be attending these what mostly are free events. In some
cases there’s a digital live steam you can watch if you can’t attend in person.
Useful related links
List of societies running at Luton Campus
Search for Microsoft related user groups
Search for Apple related user groups
UK Linux User groups
Autodesk events, workshops and seminars
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