Congratulations to Vimukthi Mudiyanselage (BSc Computing) from this school for winning the Vice Chancellors Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Volunteering on 31st May 2012 for his volunteer work over the last few years on and off campus.
At the same ceremony Rashmi Dravid also won an award for her achievements in volunteering; in particular here activities to raise the profile of Women in Computing.
For more detail see: http://www.northampton.ac.uk/news/article/306/university-students-and-staff-volunteers-worth-470k
Another good month for publications in teaching and learning in the school.
Two chapters in the recently published book Software Industry-Oriented Education Practices and Curriculum Development: Experiences and Lessons edited by Drs. Matthew Hussey, Xiaofei Xu and Bing Wu. ISBN: 978-1609607975 IGI Global
- Bing Wu(Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland), Kamal Bechkoum(University of Northampton, UK), Deirdre Lawless (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland), Xiaofei Xu (Harbin Institute of Technology, China) Chapter 2: Education to Meet the Requirements of Software Industry and Beyond - Establishing, Implementing and Evaluating an Industry-Oriented Education Model in China see chapter sample. Sample of the chapter available at Chapter 2 sample.
- Gary Hill (University of Northampton, UK) and Scott Turner (University of Northampton, UK) Chapter 7: Problems First . Sample of the chapter available at Chapter 7 sample
Rashmi Dravid (University of Northampton) and Catherine Klimes ( University of Northampton). Redefining Women in IT ‘Gender and Interdisciplinary Education for Engineers - GIEE 2011’, UPMC - Campus des Cordeliers, Paris, France. Their poster received special commendation at the Conference.
Terry Tudor (University of Northampton) Issues associated with the internationalisation of curricula: a case study of the development of a collaborative Masters programme between the University of Northampton (UK) and the University of Madras (India) Enhancing the Learner Experience in Higher Education (Vol. 3 No 1 2011, ISSN 2041-3122). The full article can be found at: http://journals.northampton.ac.uk/index.php/elehe/article/viewFile/22/33
At the same ceremony Rashmi Dravid also won an award for her achievements in volunteering; in particular here activities to raise the profile of Women in Computing.
