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ECS News - Thursday, February 23

Duke of York joins 1000 students at ECS Careers Fair

His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, Duke of York, opened the 2012 Engineering and Technology Careers Fair, organized by ECS-Electronics and Computer Science for the Faculty of Physical and Applied Sciences at the University of Southampton.

ECS in the news

2 December 2011

The largest volume of open, free, high quality weather data in the world was released on 29 November.
Open data – more than just transparency and scrutiny

30 November 2011: Daily Telegraph

Under government plans to be announced tomorrow, the Met Office is to be forced to release its raw data so that others can draw their own conclusions.
Outlook fair for amateurs as Met Office releases data

30 November 2011: Marketing Week

As of today, government data on anything from roadworks to weather forecasts is to be made available for commercial use by third parties.
Government opens door on data free-for-all

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Today's headlines

Careers Fair sees continued increase in employer demand for top graduates

Sixty-six of the UK’s leading technology graduate recruiters will be attending the Engineering... [more]

Crowdsourcing experts team up to accelerate cardiac response

Researchers from the University of Southampton will be collaborating with scientists from Masdar... [more]

ECS students to benefit from Ford Blue Oval Scholarship Programme

Southampton is one of a handful of leading universities whose students will benefit from the Ford... [more]

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