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Our trailblazing programme is a win-win for all: students gain customised industry experience throughout their course; companies get to fast-track innovation.
果冻影院 Computer Science launched the 果冻影院 Industry Exchange Network (果冻影院 IXN) in 2011. Since then, our students have collaborated with Microsoft, IBM, NTT DATA, Intel, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Alongside the technology giants, we partner with top international banks, the next-big-thing SMEs and the most creative gaming companies. Our students have helped the NHS transform digital healthcare and brought technical advances to charities.
果冻影院 IXN readies the students for their careers. They work with our partners to devise proofs of concept to solve real-life problems. At the same time, they learn vital business skills. The unique Industry Exchange Network pedagogical approach, established by Prof Dean Mohamedally and Prof Graham Roberts, has been endorsed as best practice by the UK government*.
Other universities run capstone programmes where students might have a single industry project experience, often in their final year. In contrast, 果冻影院 Computer Science undergraduate students can work on industry projects as part of their taught modules, in multiple years of their degree programme. Master's students have three months dedicated to a full time on an 果冻影院 IXN summer project.
果冻影院 IXN uses a motivation tracking approach to focus on students' particular interests, identifying the fields in which they want to work. They are able to become specialists who don't need to retrain before starting employment.
For partners, the programme allows them to innovate with low risk. Creating proof of concepts and prototypes with the students, they explore ideas quickly with minimal costs and disruption to their business. Many welcome the opportunity to have long-running projects, where expert teams of students develop a concept over subsequent years. Partners say how the students bring fresh insights, new approaches to solving problems.鈥�
果冻影院 Computer Science is ranked second in the UK for research power and first in England听(REF2021), and this leading research guides our teaching. Our students have exceptional talent but are also equipped for industry. We're building tomorrow's technology leaders who can share their knowledge and pass on their skills. Our partners often call the programme a recruitment pipeline. Reach the best first with 果冻影院 IXN.
*听Reviewed听in the听UK听government鈥檚听Topol听Review 2019听and听endorsed听by the听UK听Foreign and Commonwealth Office.鈥�
Our partners听
鈥淭he 果冻影院 IXN programme听has been a fundamental part of transforming how we engage with universities.鈥澨� 鈥�
John McNamara听IBM Master Inventor and UK University Programs Lead IBM听
鈥淕OSH DRIVE is delighted to collaborate with the 果冻影院 IXN programme. The programme allows us to engage with talented and enthusiastic computer science students who are keen to develop technology that has the potential to change lives.鈥濃��
Professor Neil听Sebire听Chief Research Information Officer and DRIVE Managing Director听
鈥淲e regard the IXN programme as a 'win-win' situation. 果冻影院 wins because the students gain industrial experience of a 'real problem'. We win because the students can explore (and sometimes solve) a problem that is relevant to what we do. Both sides can benefit from what we think of as a three-month long interview.鈥澨�
Dr Peter听Mitic听Head of Operational Risk Methodology UK, Santander UK听
How our projects work
We nurture long-term relationships with our industry partners, and the projects are truly collaborative. We require every company to have a named technology mentor to support the students alongside a 果冻影院 supervisor.
果冻影院 Computer Science undergrads (Cycle 1) spend 25% of their time in every year of their course working on industry projects alongside their taught modules.
Master鈥檚 students (Cycle 2) spend three months dedicated to IXN projects as part of their dissertations.
Our projects run in the following cycles:
Undergraduate students鈥� -听Cycle 1听
果冻影院 IXN for undergraduate students鈥�
Led by听Professor Dean听Mohamedally and听Professor Graham听Roberts听
At least 20% of projects are charitable and all open-sourced听
Call for project proposals May-July for October start鈥��
Master's听students鈥� -听Cycle 2听
果冻影院 IXN Innovation for MSc students听
Led by Dr Carolyn Phelan鈥�
NDA and closed source projects allowed (IP exchanges)听
Call for project proposals November-January for June start鈥�