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Thoughts on Mobile Word Congress 2012; Why you should be there #mwc12

I returned from Barcelona on Friday after a week of lead generation, market positioning research and generally being a booth bloke at Mobile World Congress for my employer The Centre for Secure Information Technology (CSIT), an innovation and knowledge centre specialising in cyber security research based at Queen’s University of Belfast.  I have spent the weekend mulling over the experience …

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Industrial placement; Unpaid internship or start a business?

As financial pressures continue to bite, and with many more students and graduates chasing after work experience, employers have found themselves in a strong position with regards to offering unpaid work placements. Many degree courses expect their students to have completed some element of industrial placement enable them to proceed to final year. In the current environment demand for placements outstrip supply. Are the universities missing a trick?