Volunteering, good for students, communities and the University

Volunteering, It is good for the students, communities and the University: Reflections on STEM volunteering

This Invited Talk presented at the "Higher Education for the Development of Iraq Conference" 14-15th September 2018 London; revolves around reflections on student volunteering. Considers the experience from one university in the UK on using volunteering to enhance the employability of computing students, but also includes some insights into the benefits for the wider community of students volunteering. Are the lessons that can be transferred to Iraq?

The conference was aimed at looking at the integration between the work of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the development needs in Iraq; by identifying problems in all sectors and contributing to the creation of a knowledge economy. 
This talk fitted under "This section is about the problems and challenges face the Iraqi economy which can be resolved by higher education outcomes." https://www.farismedia.co.uk/read-more  

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• https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29166-6_10

Volunteering, It is good for the students, communities and the University : Reflections on STEM volunteering from Scott Turner

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Student wins Volunteering award

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