[eas_cs_seminars] 10th October 2017

[Luca Rossi]

...and of course I meant Antonio, not Diego. Apologies for that.

Also, please note that the date of the seminar is Tuesday the 10th of
October.

Best,
Luca

On 4 October 2017 at 10:55, Luca Rossi <l.rossi at aston.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Next week Diego and Tony will hold a talk/discussion on Google's Faculty
> Curriculum Workshop they attended in the end of July.
>
> The talk will be in MB231 from 3pm to 4pm (note again the unusual time -
> from the next seminar we will resume the 2-3pm slot).
>
> For more details about the talk see the text below
>
> In July, Google invited two members of staff from several UK universities
>> to their pilot of the week-long Faculty Curriculum Workshop to participate
>> in a series of talks and discussions about Google's hiring process and
>> working conditions, what they are looking for and how we could tweak our
>> teaching to make our graduates more attractive to Google and other similar
>> employers. We went there on behalf of Aston. In this talk, we will talk
>> about how the week went before opening a discussion on how we could best
>> benefit from the FCW conclusions by integrating Google staff into our
>> teaching and events, letting students know about opportunities at Google,
>> and improving our teaching in terms of project-based learning, data
>> structures and problem solving.
>
>
> Best,
> Luca
>
> PS: Ulysses, I can't find your aston email so I've cc'ed you using your
> gmail address. If you let me know your address I'll add you to the seminars
> mailing list.
> --
> Luca Rossi
>
> Lecturer in Computer Science
> School of Engineering and Applied Science
> Aston University
> Web: http://www.cs.aston.ac.uk/~rossil/
> <http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~rossil/>
>



-- 
Luca Rossi

Lecturer in Computer Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Aston University
Web: http://www.cs.aston.ac.uk/~rossil/ <http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~rossil/>
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