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Two events, four days, inspiration aplenty

Two events, four days, inspiration aplenty

At the end of March/beginning of April we held a couple of student focused events. In total we had 350 students attend 2 events across 4 days. Let me fill you in…

BCS Lovelace Colloquium, March 30 2021:
This year’s Lovelace Colloquium took place on March 30th (virtually) via GatherTown, YouTube and Discord. We had 100 abstracts submitted and 163 general signups which was well over and above the attendance levels of the face-to-face Colloquiums.

Member Groups Review - including ‘Local Hubs’.

Having attended the last three conventions, I am very pleased that we are now firmly moving into this call to action phase.

Our “member groups review” working group is seeking proactive individuals that want to work together to suggest positive improvements in how member groups operate - creation, governance (rules), relevance, collaboration (within BCS and externally), innovation, onboarding new members, mentoring and promotion of good practice.

Communications Review

At the members’ convention earlier this year, a theme came out of BCS feedback relating to improvements in communications.  This included communications through the public website, as well as in mechanisms for communication between members within and across member groups.

BCS Hellenic Section Distinguished IT Graduates Awards

On 17/9/2020 the first Distinguished IT Graduates Awards was held by the BCS Hellenic Section, for graduates of Universities, who achieved a first in their graduate and postgraduate studies in Computer Science.

The award ceremony took place at the British Ambassador Residence.

BCS Experts Directory

The Policy and Community teams continue to invite submissions for the forthcoming BCS Experts Directory – a group of committed and responsive individuals we can call on to help promote the organisations’ insights and knowledge on a range of relevant topics, in a variety of ways.

Professionalism roundtable

“How can we create the expectation in society, government and business that all IT staff should be members of an accredited, professional body?”

Get Involved - Role Opportunities

Senior Volunteer Role Opportunities

Membership Assessors

Assessors are critical to the success of BCS awarding professional registration and admitting individuals to the highest grade of membership.  The roles make use of your skills, experience and knowledge and support the next generation of IT professionals.  All BCS Assessors are Chartered members or Fellows of BCS.
 

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