compsoc-freshers January 2014

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Week 2 Newsletter
by Sam Lanning 26 Jan '14

26 Jan '14

Hello Everyone! This week we have something a little different arranged. We'll be hosting a lightning talks session, where you can come up on stage and talk about anything you think may interest the audience! (Don't worry, you don't have to give a talk to attend, besides we wouldn't have enough time!). All details below! Lightning Talks <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2014/hilary/lightning_talks/> Date: Wednesday Week 2 - 29 January 2014 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/811196865572848/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Lightning Talks <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/lightning_talks/> Committee Speaker <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/committee_speaker/> /Note: you do *not* need to give a talk to come to this event, the larger the audience / number of questioners the better!/ Have you got an interesting talk or idea you would like to share with a technically-minded / geeky audience? Well let's see if you can get your message across in under 10 minutes! (We'll also give some time afterwards for questions) We'll be using Lecture Theatre A, and so projectors will be available. Surprise contributions are welcome, but we would appreciate it if you can let us know beforehand if you are doing a talk and what it will be on. And of course, there will be pizza and drinks! Learn to Code: Session 2 <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2014/hilary/learn_to_code_2/> Date: Saturday Week 2 - 01 February 2014 Time: 05:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/236119573235450/>Place: Room 379 - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_379/>Tags: Learn to Code <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/learn/> *Note: Remember to bring your laptop to these events!* About Learn to Code During these events, there will be a mixture of interactive workshops and talks. We will be teaching you the basics of programming using Python <http://www.python.org/>. These events are good if you have zero coding experience, but they are also valuable if you already have started coding and would like to better your skills. We also welcome people who already have good coding experience as the more volunteers the better! These events are always followed by our weekly Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/>. You can find out more information about this series of events over at ox.compsoc.net/learn <http://ox.compsoc.net/learn/> We also have a facebook group for discussion if you are taking part in this course: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCode <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCode/> ...and a group for those who would like to volunteer: fb.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers <https://www.facebook.com/groups/OXLearnToCodeHelpers/> Geek Night 2 (Members Only) <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/2014/hilary/geek_night_2/> Date: Saturday Week 2 - 01 February 2014 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/638525359542340/>Place: Undergraduate Social Area - Dept. of Computer Science <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_social_area/>Tags: Geek Night <http://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/geek_night/> Note: Starting this term, Geek Night is a *MEMBERS ONLY* event. -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Week 1 Newsletter
by Sam Lanning 20 Jan '14

20 Jan '14

Hi Everyone, Hope you all had a great break away from uni! This week is going to be a bit of a quiet one, so we have decided to host a film night, along with the usual learn to code events and geek night (which is now members only, details of how to become a member can be found here: https://ox.compsoc.net/join/) Later on in term, we will be having Facebook, Google, Ensoft and Entrepreneur First hosting events with us, other events are still to be finalised. In the meantime, I hope to see you at the film night! =) Film Night <https://ox.compsoc.net/events/2014/hilary/film_night/> Date: Wednesday Week 1 - 22 January 2014 Time: 07:00 PM Facebook Event <https://facebook.com/events/202811879916461/>Place: Lecture Theatre A - Dept. of Computer Science <https://ox.compsoc.net/events/venue/compsci_lta/>Tags: Film Night <https://ox.compsoc.net/events/tags/film_night/> We're kicking off this term with a film night! We'll decide the film on the night, so if you have any movies you think you'll be able to persuade everyone to watch, bring them down! There will of course be food as per usual -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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Hackathon run by King's College London
by Sam Lanning 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Hi Everyone! Hope you have had a great festive holiday and new-years celebration! =) King's College London Tech Society and King's College London Business Club have kindly invited CompSoc and it's members to attend a Hackathon that they are going to be running in cooperation with Codecademy. > Students representing different societies from the best UK > universities will be competing over 24 hours for various rewards, > which include exclusive recruitment networking invitations, cash > prizes and internship opportunities at our partner, Codecademy. > See www.hackkings.org <http://www.hackkings.org/> for further information. The event has limited places, so if you are interested, I suggest you sign up ASAP! This looks like it is going to be an extraordinary event, and a great opportunity to meet people from other techy societies and to have good fun. The event is free to attend, but the organisers have said we will need to find our own way there. If there is enough interest from CompSoc members, and enough sign up, we may be able to arrange something with regards to travel. We'll announce anything regarding this when we can. Please drop us a line if you sign up to this so we can keep a list of who is attending. Hope to see many of you there! -- Kind Regards, Sam Sam Lanning President - Oxford University Computer Society president(a)ox.compsoc.net <mailto:president@ox.compsoc.net>

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