Transcript Professor William Scanlon, School of Electronics, Electrical
OPEN DAYS
11 – 13 SEPTEMBER 2014 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Professor William Scanlon
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Text here. THE QUEENS EXPERIENCE - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
ENVIRONMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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CURRICULUM
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT - PEOPLE
Proud of our Ethnic Diversity Staff and Students from all (inhabited) continents and 80 countries 13% of total workforce are international 23% of academic staff Within School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lecturers from countries such as Brazil, China, Greece, India, Indonesia, Korea, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, Spain, Vietnam More than 50% of Professors are from outside NI Students in UG programmes from as far away as Brazil and China
GLOBAL RESEARCH
INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (ECIT)
£40m research facility in Titanic Quarter Also home of CSIT:
UK Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security FINANCIAL MARKETS SPACE APPLICATIONS CONNECTED HEALTH
GLOBAL RESEARCH IMPACT 1 st in the UK & Ireland for spinout revenues 60+ spin-out companies created £146M combined turnover 1200 employment £68.5M from outside investors in the spinouts Portfolio includes/included: ActivWireless; Amphion Semiconductors; Analytics Engines; Andor Technology; APT; Avalon Instruments; Fusion Antibodies; Hughes & Mcleod; Kainos; Lagan Technologies; Maarenco; Meridio; PathXL; Warner Chilcot
GLOBAL CURRICULUM - EEECS
Highest UG intake in the University (435) National Student Survey: 91% CS; 86% EEE (sector average 82%, 83%) Best employability performance in the University, 84% EEE Course more scholarships than any other Queens degree programme Flagship BEng/MEng Software and Electronic Systems Engineering Developed with industry to meet global demand Societal challenges – Healthcare, Transport, Internet of Things Skills development – team work, practice, entrepreneurship
BELFAST WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE SCANLON - born and bred in North Belfast Attended Belfast Royal Academy Worked for General Electric Company, Siemens and Nortel (English, German and Canadian) Just completed a 5 year Professorship in the Netherlands Conduct globally leading research @ ECIT (“wearables”) Completed an international lecture tour for NATO Examined PhDs in Singapore, Australia, Sweden and more Evaluated EU wide funding proposals and also Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Australia, US, Canada… Worked for global medical device companies, electronics multinationals, mobile phone multinationals
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
600+ international study or work placement Our Target: 20% 22 nd in UK for Erasmus placements (out of 169) of UG students £75k International Opportunities Fund
Because
students who study abroad more likely to be either in employment or further study six months after qualifying, with higher than average salaries
PLACEMENT IN EEECS Industrial Advisory Panel – several international companies Dedicated Careers & Placement Adviser and Placement Assistant Currently work with 1200+ employers 57% (691) – NI 29% (359) – National 14% (167) – International Almost 300 students undertaking placement in EEECS (2014/15) Almost 20% of them outside of NI Recent examples include: Yamaha Motors Amsterdam Unity, Germany IAESTE (Barcelona, Sri Lanka, China)
GLOBAL EXAMPLE: InStep Global software consulting company - 160,000 employees / US $8bn InStep is Infosys' flagship global internship programme 3-month placement in India Queen’s is only one of 9 universities in the UK (100 worldwide) Queen’s has 6 placements this year (most others 2)
CURRENT STUDENT STORIES Diane: MEng Computer Science: Level 1 – summer internship with Infosys,
India
(Summer ‘12) Level 2 – Easter Vacation scheme - Goldman Sachs London (Apr ‘13) Placement – Citi, Belfast (2013/14), 2 week QUB City Scholars programme
New York
(June 2014) and QUB London Study Tour (Sept. 14) Cormac: BEng Computer Science: Level 1 – short Citi Quest, Belfast Easter Vacation Scheme, (Apr ‘12) Kainos App Camp, Belfast (Summer ‘12) Level 2 – summer internship with Infosys,
India
(Summer ‘13) Placement – Kainos, Belfast (2013/14) and summer internship with Generation UK in
China
(Summer 2014)