University Reachout - The Role of Guest Speakers in Communicating with Industry and Other Institutions A Position Paper

Young, Michelle, Edwards, Helen and Thompson, Barrie (2006) University Reachout - The Role of Guest Speakers in Communicating with Industry and Other Institutions A Position Paper. In: 19th Conference on Software Engineering Education & Training, 19-21 Apr 2006, Turtle Bay, Hawaii.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Abstract

The importance of external inputs into academic environments is highlighted and the
actions that have been taken by the School of Computing and Technology at the University of
Sunderland to ensure that external speakers are invited from industry and academia to come
and give a fresh view on issues related to computing and technology are outlined. Details are
then presented on the three series of guest lectures that have been instituted by the School: (i)
Distinguished Speaker series, (ii) Practitioner Series, (iii) BCS SocioTech (North) series.