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We’ve notified all winners in Period 1 who won one of the bright shiny Nokia Lumias. We did have  people register with invalid Publisher Names. We are doing a sanity check to see if there are any obvious typos but some people registered with a “made up name” . If you have already registered here...

Imagine you want to build your own house; you’ve managed to acquire your piece of land, got your planning permission and grabbed a few raw materials. Now, do you grab your trowel and bricks cementing away with just a vague idea of what you want your finished house to look like? Of course you wouldn’t...

Nokia and Microsoft have launched a new programme seeking innovative Windows Phone 7.5 apps to feature in their latest advertising campaign. Now whilst this is open to all developers it would be great to see some UK Student apps featured! If you fancy the chance to promote your app to consumers throughout...

As just announced on the Windows Phone Developer Blog , we have released the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Update. Immediate download is available on the Microsoft Download Centre and DreamSpark soon. So rather than me duplicate all that good stuff here – check out blog and install the update. One last thing...

We know you love the way Windows Phone puts People First. Do you want to win one? Course you do! We have put together a competition for those people who like writing Apps for mobile devices. With our latest programme, only available to students aged 16 or over in the UK, we want to encourage you to write...

The D&AD Awards deadline is coming up fast. We have, in conjunction with the Widows Phone team, sponsored an award – but why should you enter?            76% of Student Awards winners walk into a job or placement within 3 months. Entering will help you find your first...

Since this is the UK Student Blog, we;ve asked a few of our new Microsoft Student Partners to write guest posts for us - and first up is Tom Dwyer . Tom is a 19 year-old technology enthusiast with a passion for writing from Manchester. You can follow him on twitter and check out his own writings on Neowin...