Hi everyone,

Firstly, welcome to all our new members! Several hundred of you signed up over at the Freshers' Fair and we're really looking forward to meeting you all over the coming year. Thanks to all of those who helped out on the CompSoc stall. To everyone else, welcome back! We send out a weekly e-mail, but feel free to like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/oxcompsoc/.

This term, we've got talks from Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, Palantir, G-Research, Metaswitch and Facebook, along with regular geek nights, a coding challenge, and a LAN party.

Our introductory Python course, Learn to Code, will be back in Hilary.

*Edward and the rest of the committee* EventsIntroduction to Oxford University Computer Society https://www.facebook.com/events/343011032777780/

*7pm Wednesday 1st Week - Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science*

CompSoc is one of the oldest computer societies at any British university, and this year we're looking forward to welcoming our 40th intake of freshers! We welcome anyone passionate about computers, programming, or anything geeky and we're always happy to point beginners in the right direction. Regardless of whether you're a fresher or an existing member we'd love to welcome you to our society.

We're holding a drinks and pizza reception to give you the chance to meet the committee and existing members before our first talk in week 2. The event is open to everyone and we'll have membership forms available if you're interested in joining (£3 for an annual membership, or £5 for life). Geek Night 1 https://www.facebook.com/events/132785950704505

*Undergraduate Social Area - 19:00 Saturday (1st Week)*

Geek Night meets Wikipedia: In the "Wikipedia Game" you click the random article link and aim for another Wikipedia page in the fewest clicks possible.

We're going to be writing bots to play the game and compete with one another, but without downloading the entirety of Wikipedia.

Bring your own laptop and we'll provide the pizza :).

Please see here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Game if you've never played the Wikipedia Game before. Other eventsBloomberg CodeCon Qualifiers - 13th October 2017

CodeCon is coming to the University of Oxford on the 13th of October!

CodeCon is a live programming contest developed in-house at Bloomberg.

Push your programming and problem solving skills to the limit against the clock to win the title of Bloomberg CodeCon champion against your peers across the UK and Europe!

Your school's top winners will be invited to our Bloomberg CodeCon Global Finals in our London office in January 2018 for a chance to win an amazing prize and compete against the best students from Europe and the US!

Please make sure you *register* with your *university email address* and *bring your laptop*.

- The event will take place at:

Saïd Business School Seminar Room A Park End Street OX1 1HP

- Kick-off at 6.30pm, come early to get a seat! - Food and refreshments will be provided! - To sign up, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/ydd45ygr

The Bloomberg CodeCon team look forward to seeing you there. Become a Microsoft Student Partner today!

If you are considering a technical career at Microsoft, the Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) programme is for you! Get a head start over the competition and join the growing number of student ambassadors who partner with Microsoft to run hacks, tech talks and other technology focused events on campus. We will be looking out for outstanding MSPs to join our global team.

*Reasons to be an MSP:*

- Build your network - CV worthy experience - Expand your technical knowledge - Training from industry experts - Access to professional courses https://academy.microsoft.com/en-us/professional-program/ for free - Publish blogs to our developer page https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/uk_faculty_connection/ - Opportunities for international travel https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/uk_faculty_connection/2016/11/21/a-view-from-redmond-by-a-uk-microsoft-student-partner/ - Enhanced recruitment opportunities

This opportunity is exclusively available to technical students at Oxford, Cambridge, UCL and Imperial. We have between 10-20 MSPs at each University who work together to organise events on topics they are passionate about... All with technical speakers, promotional goodies and pizza provided by Microsoft.

If you are ready to join the team send us your CV https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/mailto:embyle@microsoft.com?subject=%3cInsert%20Name%3e,%20University%20of%20Oxford%20-%20MSP%20Application. We will then invite you to a 20 minute Skype interview to understand more about you, your passions, as well as your motivations for applying. *The programme will start in October 2017*, with a trip to our Microsoft UK HQ in early November to meet the team, your MSP peers and to start training!

*Send your CV to apply here <embyle@microsoft.com?subject=%3cInsert%20Name%3e,%20University%20of%20Oxford%20-%20MSP%20Application>* ------------------------------

The Oxford University Computer Society (CompSoc) aims to organise meetings and events for our members to use and further their computing interests. See all of our upcoming events on our Facebook Page https://facebook.com/oxcompsoc/ or visit our Website https://ox.compsoc.net for more information about the society.