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Funded Research Studentships

The School of Computer Science at the University of St Andrews has funding for students to undertake PhD research in any of the general research areas in the school:

http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/research

We are looking for highly motivated research students with an interest in these exciting research areas. Our only requirements are that the proposed research would be good, we have staff to supervise it, and that you would be good at doing it. We have up to 6 funded studentships available for students interested in working towards a PhD. The studentships offer costs of fees and an annual tax-free maintenance stipend of about £13,590 per year for 3.5 years. Exceptionally well qualified and able students may be awarded an enhanced stipend of an additional £2,000 per year. Students should normally have or expect at least an upper-2nd class Honours degree or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

For further information on how to apply, see our postgraduate web pages. The closing date for applications is March 1st 2012 and we will make decisions on studentship allocation by May 1st 2012. (Applications after March 1st may be considered, at our discretion.) Informal enquiries can be directed to pg-admin-cs@st-andrews.ac.uk or to potential supervisors.

Sword Ciboodle presentation

Sword Ciboodle will be visiting the University of St. Andrews on Tuesday 1st November between 1pm and 2pm. Come and join us in Jack Cole 1.33A to gain an insight into the Company and for information about graduate opportunities within the Research & Development and Professional Services teams. Opportunities exist for summer placements and full time roles following graduation. You will also be able to meet some of our most recent graduates to understand their experiences of working with the Company. Lunch will be provided.

Sword Ciboodle, with over 300 staff based in five offices around the world (Chicago, Sydney, Jakarta, Johannesburg and Glasgow), has its headquarters in Renfrewshire, near Glasgow in the India of Inchinnan building, the only commercially used Grade-A listed building in Scotland. Apart from the impressive surroundings, Sword Ciboodle employees also benefit from a competitive salary, excellent benefits and the opportunity to work with some of the best Software Engineers in the industry.

Further information can be found at www.sword-ciboodle.com.

Please register your interest with Jenna at Jenna.Currie@sword-ciboodle.com. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.

Event details

  • When: 1st November 2011 13:00 - 14:00
  • Where: Cole 1.33a

Amazon presentation

Amazon is looking for outstanding software developers to join their development centre in Edinburgh. Come and learn about the company, and about our work in Scotland, devising, creating and growing major features and websites for Amazon worldwide. Our developers, designers and leaders work in small teams across the company, contributing to Amazon’s systems which are used by over 144 million active Amazon customer accounts, over 2 million active seller accounts and hundreds of thousands of external developers. From interactive UI design to large-scale distributed systems and machine learning, we do whatever it takes to deliver great experiences for our customers. Our freedom to execute effectively against broad, ambitious goals offers boundless opportunities for talented, innovative engineers.

Target students all software development engineer students, in particular final years, however we are keen to start developing a relationship with all high performing students in this space.

Event details

  • When: 25th October 2011 13:00 - 14:00
  • Where: Cole 1.33a

St Andrews Student wins prize in Scottish Software Engineer of the Year Awards

St Andrews student Thomas Grimes won 3rd prize in the Scottish Software Engineer of the Year Award 2011. He received a trophy and a cheque for £1500.
Tom graduated from Computer Science from St Andrews in 2011 and currently studying in America towards a Masters in Computer Forensics.
Tom’s project involved creating screen replication software for the Macintosh lab although his final product also works on Windows and Linux.
Tom follows in the footsteps of other prize winners from St Andrews who in recent years have included Alistair Scott,  Craig Paul, Angus MacDonald, Ben Catherall and Graeme Bell.

Award presentationPhoto: Tom Grimes receiving his award from comedian Kevin Bridges

Bada Challenge Competition

We’re participating in the bada Student Developers Challenge 2011/12 – the ultimate coding challenge event run across the UK & Ireland in connection with other universities leading the way in Computer Sciences.
Giving student coders from first year to masters the chance to create their own Apps for Samsungs new bada platform and have those very apps uploaded to their stores. Whilst doing so, impressing people from one of the worlds biggest mobile phone manufacturers and standing the chance of winning a share of a £15,000 prize fund.

Sign up your teams and Make It ‘Appen

For any queriees or to find out more, visit our website, Twitter feed or Facebook page:
http://www.badastudentdeveloperchallenge.com/ or www.badachallenge.com
@badastudent
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bada-Student-Developer-Challenge/221130171247152

Event details

  • When: 29th September 2011 14:00 - 15:30
  • Where: Honey 104 - Hons Lab