The search is on to find the most innovative student IT projects
in Coventry, Warwickshire, Solihull and South Leicestershire.
The Coventry branch of the British Computer Society (BCS) has
been running this popular IT competition since 2005 but has focused
only on website development.
However, this year it has broadened the scope of categories and
they now include digital animation and design for a mobile phone
application.
The competition is open to student teams aged 11 - 19 to design
or develop one of the topics of their choice. Teams are allowed two
entries per category which must be registered by 18 November.
Schools and colleges in the local region will be receiving
application forms over the next few weeks and final submissions
must be back with the organisers by 3 February 2012.
Irene Glendinning, from Coventry University, is the organiser of
the competition. She said:
"This year, we have decided to widen the choice of projects that
the students can enter because technology has evolved over the past
six years and we wanted to make sure that all skills were catered
for.
"We recommend that each team member spends no more than 10 hours
in total working on the team entry between October 2011 and March
2012 and teams will be notified by 20 February next year if they
have qualified for the final."
The competition finals will take place at Coventry University
and teams will be invited to the finals exhibition, judging event
and awards ceremony.
Everyone taking part in the finals will be presented with
certificates but there will also be prizes for the school and
individual prizes for students.
A panel of judges, which include IT professionals from local
organisations as well as members of the BCS, will decide on the
prize winners based on the assessment criteria and the awards will
be presented on 15 March 2012.
To find out more about the competition visit: http://coventry.bcs.org/competition.php