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XNA Creators Club codes in MSDN AA now
07 May 08 10:31 AM
Andy has posted about XNA CC codes going into MSDN AA - great news if you are teaching games programming (or want to) and want to get your students building games on Windows and Xbox 360. XNA Creators Club Codes are now in MSDN AA! Read More...
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The Ultimate Steal...or Office for £38.95 is now available to university staff as well
07 April 08 04:57 PM
There is only a little while left to get your copy of Office Ultimate for £38.95 if you are a university student studying in the UK. And the good news is that Lee and Ray over in the Education team have opened it up to staff as well!! The Further Read More...
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Imagine Cup Day on 5th June 2008 - Celebrating the best in UK student talent
20 March 08 10:49 AM
It's been a busy couple of months for the Imagine Cup and we have a good 200-odd students fighting it out for great prizes and the opportunity to travel to Paris (in style) to compete at the worldwide finals. And to celebrate the best year for the Imagine Read More...
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Silverlight event for *UK* Academics - 12th March 2008
28 February 08 05:10 PM
We are holding an event for UK academics (students supplying a . ac.uk email will be allowed to attend) at Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes to help teaching staff understand Silverlight and how it can be applied in teaching. +  The event will have Read More...
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How to get your students registered for the Imagine Cup
08 November 07 01:19 PM
We've received a lot of positive feedback from our faculty contacts about the Imagine Cup this year. Just to recap why it's such a great year : More competition focus in the UK including great prizes Easier to get involved in the Software Design (just Read More...
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Faculty: Promoting Imagine Cup to your students
29 October 07 12:14 PM
We get a lot of requests from faculty to promote the Imagine Cup to their students. To that end, we've pulled together several resources that will make it easier to promote to your students. URL to promote to students to register http://www.microsoft.co.uk/uk/academia/imaginecup/2008/quiz/default.mspx Read More...
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Xbox 360 + Students + Paul Smith = Freeplay lounge and GamesCity event
28 October 07 04:49 PM
Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend but it looked like a cracking event (pulled together mainly by Claire on our team !). A great event hosted by Nottingham council and Nottingham Trent University. We hosted a bunch of academics and students at two Read More...
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Are you interested in teaching Silverlight? Then read on...
25 October 07 03:44 PM
Kate put up a post on our Academic blog around a new teaching program we are planning to roll out in the next couple of months and she is looking for feedback and a gauge of interest with any UK academics - specifically both our traditional audience of Read More...
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MSDN AA System Administrator event in UK: 6 September. Register Now!
24 July 07 01:24 PM
Back after a great week in the US attending the annual sales and marketing funfest that is MGX. I've come back really buzzed about the job I do and ready to make a big difference in the coming year. And what better way to start than an event for some Read More...
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Microsoft UK Student page goes live - built on Silverlight
13 July 07 01:32 PM
I haven't been part of the development but it's good to see this finally go live. We've been hankering for a 1-stop-shop for students wanting to see what Microsoft has to offer for ages and finally have it at: www.microsoft.com/uk/students It highlights: Read More...
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Me = Evangelism -> Marketing
18 May 07 02:07 PM
It's finally public knowledge, that I am moving away from pure evangelism (yeap, that's my job title!) and over to marketing! I currently spend a lot of time deep in technology (primarily Silverlight and WPF ) coding, learning it and talking about it Read More...
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An introduction to WPF for academics
03 May 07 09:52 AM
In my old job, I used to spend a lot of time talking to academics about curriculum development covering a number of subject areas. Unfortunately, WPF was never really on the agenda due to timing and it being a beta product - now that it is prime time Read More...
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UK Imagine Cup 2007
31 March 07 12:13 AM
The local Imagine Cup software design finals are over once again. I was lucky enough to be involved, this year in a much more relaxed capacity doing "demo dolly" with my team mates showing the latest and greatest in developer tools and platforms, and Read More...
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Birmingham University Talk - Lap around WPF
10 November 06 10:32 AM
Yesterday, I travelled north to visit Birmingham Computer Science department to give a guest presentation on WPF to a large lecture theatre's worth of students. I think that will be my 4th presentation there in 3 odd years so it's kind of a regular gig, Read More...
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XNA Express BETA released - games industry 2.0
04 September 06 10:04 AM
I've been following the development of XNA for a long time since it's introduction at GDC a couple of years ago and was aware of the developments with XNA Express and the possibility to develop games for the Xbox 360. In my old job I used to spend a lot Read More...
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