UK Academic Team Blog

We think this is a fun way for us all to test our IT Pro skills. * Text edited 6/2/08* Just when you thought your eyes had finally healed from years of straining to make out pixilated adventure game graphics, Server Quest rolls into your browser...

* Post edited 4/2/08 to add Greenwich to the University list - sorry for missing you off Greenwich* We are pleased to announce that the following have been selected to go through to the next round of the Software Design Challenge of the UK Imagine...

You seem to have taken very well to XNA Games Studio Express; many of you have attended events, requested Getting Started DVDs (I still have some left if anyone else wants any), have introduced it to students and into the curriculum and have been enthusiastic...

The natural cynic in me was not too enthused about the relevance or the fun of blogging until fairly recently. I have now been bitten by the bug though and enjoy finding articles and information to pass on. Our statistics show that you enjoy reading our...

The MSDN Code Gallery is a new resource that we have just launched. Somasegar describes the gallery as: The MSDN Code Gallery is a portal for snippets, samples and other resources. In it you can find pages that describe samples and supporting documents...

Introducing tne new HHH ( Heroes Happen Here ) Comic Series. This is a new daily web comic by Microsoft and Seagate that adapts tech stories from actual IT Professionals and Developers - a web comic that reflects the real lives of IT Hero's such as you...

Last week we announced that we are accepting registrations for our Silverlight Academic Day at Bletchley Park on March 12th. This event is aimed at both designers and developers and we are pleased to say that we are almost sold out of developer seats...

Have your students been inspired recently? Our Inspiration tour sold out early on and continues to be a huge success. If your students missed it then they can now see it online because we are releasing the sessions on Channel8.com , our international...

Many of you will have met or be about to meet Ed Dunhill as he tours the country with Ben Coley delivering the Inspiration Tour . When not on the road, Ed has been working on a great deal for students - Free ASP.NET hosting for all UK Students provided...

This practical site offers great advice and resources for both current and potential Computer Science students. With categories such as: Advice Money Organisations Careers Artificial Intelligence Hacking and Security Programming Information Sources and...

Steve Lamb , our resident security evangelist, told me about this free security lecture entitled, Computer Security: What's the point! which is being held at the Institute of Engineering and Technology in Edinburgh on the evening of February 13th . Please...

Oh yes. Following up from his earlier announcement , Scott Guthrie has just announced the broad availability of the .NET Framework library source code for debugging in Visual Studio 2008. Full details can be found on Scott's post , including a comprehensive...

UK Academics teaching in both technology and design departments are invited to the Microsoft “Silverlight for Academics” event at Bletchley Park on the 12 th March . Hear from leading Microsoft staff and academics on how Silverlight can be used in teaching...

We are now working with a number of Universities with regards embedded technologies and held our 3rd meeting at the University of Westminster just before Christmas. Several actions have come out of this meeting, one of which being to help keep you informed...

Mashup is one of those widely used buzzwords that we all think we understand but sometimes struggle to explain to our less technical friends. Eileen Brown is at the BETT show this week and saw a great demo and heard a beautifully simple explanation.....

Today is a good day to achieve your 15 minutes of fame because the XNA team are looking to showcase your XNA games! You'll find all the details on the XNA blog but you'll need to hurry as the deadline is next week. In the light of how popular XNA has...

Rob Miles at the University of Hull had one of his brainwaves: Why not set up a Messenger alias so that students entering the Imagine Cup can ask their questions? Great idea Rob! Ed Dunhill has embedded the Academic Team Messenger into his blog so click...

We invite you to join your colleagues from over 50 universities who have already registered to attend this event. What is it all about? The Software Entrepreneurship for Students Curriculum has been developed by Microsoft specifically for technical universities...

One of the exciting new projects being demonstrated at the BETT show this year is the Films for Learning Project. I know that many of you work with your feeder schools to establish links, provide extra curricular activities and to foster enthusiasm for...

Due to popular demand we have extended the deadline for submission of round one entries into the Software Design Challenge for one week. The new date is January 16th . We hope this will meet your requests for a little more time so that you can talk to...

www.howsoftwareisbuilt.com is a blog that was launched last year to gather perspectives on both the Open Source and Closed Source Development Models and to encourage wide audience feedback and inputs. It contains numerous detailed interviews with various...

In 2004, the Microsoft European Science Initiative launched the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme and sponsored a first batch of 10 PhD Scholars. Since then Microsoft has awarded another 68 scholarships. We are now in the process of making...

Why not come along to one of this month's MSDN events? Please click on the links to get full info and to register. MSDN: Windows Server 2008 for developers Date: 17 January 2008 Location: Manchester MSDN: Windows Server 2008 for developers Date: 23 January...

Happy New Year to all! While many a student is still sleeping off the effects of their festivities we are aware that a dedicated few are polishing up their ideas for their entry into the Software Design Challenge of the Imagine Cup. A minority are sleeping...