Calling all engineering students! Digital prodigy? Mechanically minded? Team up with multi-talented engineers and explore your potential. Siemens, the world-leading engineering brand, is inviting you to join MindSphere Live!, a powerful experience and the premise of the annual Sir William Siemens Challenge – the student engineering event of the year. Date: 16 – 18 November, 2018 … Continue reading “Sir William Siemens Challenge”
Category: Past events
JISC Hackathon – building a chatbot in further and higher education
Chatbots are already employed by lots of companies to front conversations on smartphones and other computing devices. Live chat options are emerging on many websites, including at universities, and some have reported that a significant number of clearing enquiries came through live chat rather than telephone calls during August. A recent survey conducted by Jisc … Continue reading “JISC Hackathon – building a chatbot in further and higher education”
Innovation Centre: An audience with Dr Umar Daraz – a talk on innovation from Birmingham City University
You’re invited! Join us for an informal talk about innovation and the commercialisation of prototypes The IT Innovation Centre would like to invite all staff across IT Services to attend an informal talk delivered by Dr Umar Daraz, Director of the Institute of Sustainable Futures at Birmingham City University (BCU). Dr Daraz will be speaking … Continue reading “Innovation Centre: An audience with Dr Umar Daraz – a talk on innovation from Birmingham City University”
IT Innovation Centre: Come and meet us in our new location – drop-in
IT Innovation Centre: Come and meet us in our new location – drop-in session Thursday 28 June You’re invited! Find out where the heart of Innovation within IT Services is located at our open afternoon on Thursday 28 June The IT Innovation Centre moved to a new location within the ERI Building last week. Although … Continue reading “IT Innovation Centre: Come and meet us in our new location – drop-in”
Innovation Fest 2018 – Birmingham City University
Innovation Festival is in its fifth consecutive year at the Birmingham City University. It is an annual event to showcase of projects from the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at the Birmingham City University. This year, IT Innovation team at the University of Birmingham were invited as judges to attend the fest. … Continue reading “Innovation Fest 2018 – Birmingham City University”
Events Calendar
IT Innovation Centre Past Events Calendar Event Description Date ITIC Workshop Art & Technology Workshop 16 March 2018 ITIC Workshop ETech Competition Drop-In Session 7 Feb 2018 ITIC Workshop ETech Competition Drop-In Session 31 Jan 2018 ITIC Workshop ETech Ideation Workshop 22 Nov 2017 ITIC Seminar ITIC Intern Project Demos 13 Sept 2017 ITIC Seminar … Continue reading “Events Calendar”
JISC intelligent campus hackathon
Get involved with the JISC Intelligent campus hackathon As part of of the JISC edtech launchpad programme, they are looking for student teams from universities and colleges across the UK to join us in building the campus of the future. The aim of the hackathon is for student teams to design, develop and build “something” that … Continue reading “JISC intelligent campus hackathon”
Live, Work & Travel Abroad – CI Summer 2018
City-Internships (CI) is a not-for-profit accelerated learning provider offering immersive, in-person programs that combine practical work experience-based training with cohort-based career workshops and seminars. This year’s CI Summer 2018 offers opportunities for students to intern, learn and grow in the global city, with 3 programs, 18 cities and 9 industries to choose from. There are limited places remaining … Continue reading “Live, Work & Travel Abroad – CI Summer 2018”
Innovation Team features in Arts & Science Festival with virtual reality art
The IT Innovation team held the ‘Art & Technology’ workshop at the Arts & Science Festival on Friday 16th March 2018. Over the past decade, new technologies have had a revolutionary impact on our ability to create art. No longer bound by the physical limitations of the gallery, technology has provided artists with new ways … Continue reading “Innovation Team features in Arts & Science Festival with virtual reality art”
Ideation Workshop – Emerging Technology Competition 2017-2018
For the Emerging Technology Competition 2017-2018, IT Innovation Centre is organizing Ideation Workshop to spark ideas and to bring collaboration. When: Wednesday, 22nd Nov 2017, 2:00-4:00pm Where: IT Innovation Centre, Room 106, ERI Building (G3 on Campus Map), University of Birmingham To register for the event, please go to the eventbrite link.