Term has Begun | UWCS T1W1 Newsletter

I hope you all enjoyed welcome week, whether you are actually a fresher or not! I think it was the only time in the past few years that I actually needed an afternoon nap, apart from running WASD. Anyway, teaching is beginning, but somehow, our events haven't slowed down! We have our usual social pub meetup (now back to its regular spot) and friday gaming.

Our academic events are no slouch too: follow our Git Good Talk with a Workshop to put it into practice or start our Python course. This course is for complete beginners only -- but if you are fairly experienced, our Rust course is starting next week!

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🍔 Weekly Pub Meal

🕖 Mon 3 Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 Dirty Duck
After the first full day of teaching, how about a meal? Last time, we gave the Phantom Coach staff quite a scare after 40 people descended on them in the late afternoon. So for this week, we're staying on-campus, and going to The Dirty Duck. See you there!

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🌐 xSoc Python Course START

🕖 Tue 4 Oct 7pm - 9pm 📍 OC0.03 then OC0.01
Aimed at complete beginners to computer science! Week 1 is kicking off with a talk from us outlining the course and some basic Python concepts, followed by a workshop session to put them in practice. We'll be collaborating on these sessions with Warwick AI and Coding Society.

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💾 Git Good Workshop

🕒 Wed 5 Oct 3pm - 5pm 📍 CS0.01
Following on from our rapid-pace Git Good talk, we will be giving you hands-on experience with Git. You'll get practice on everything in the talk, which really helps understand everything. We'll also have some experienced exec members on hand to answer any of the many questions that arise from your first(?) journey into version control.

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🎮 Friday Night Gaming

🕗 Fri 7 Oct 8pm - 11:59pm 📍 Department of Computer Science
Join us Friday for a night of fun! With a ton of games and consoles, plus our VR setup. Last week was quite crazy! Loads of you came along, so much so our pizza order cost £250. There will be our regular pizza order, but our bank account cannot keep it free!

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🥳 STEM Social

🕔 Sat 8 Oct 5pm - 8pm 📍 Copper Rooms
Party and meet some fellow STEM students! We'll see what BioSoc come up with for you all to do!

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Thanks for reading (as far as our sponsors as concerned) issue #1, hopefully campus is not too terrifying,

⁠— Owen (he/him)

Links: 💬 Discord | 📷 Instagram | 🎟️ Join the Society

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Sponsors

The society relies on sponsorship to fund events, infrastructure, and all that free pizza you all love so much, so go check out our three sponsors we have lined up for this academic year:

Student Roost - The Oaks The Oaks is a student accommodation in Coventry with more brand new rooms for 2022. Situated less than a 10-minute walk from the University of Warwick and the only purpose-built student accommodation next to Warwick’s 750-acre main campus on the outskirts of Coventry, the accommodation is a popular choice among Warwick students. The Oaks Coventry combines the best of campus living within studio and en-suite rooms and easy transport links to and from nearby places of interest Coventry, Warwick, and Leamington Spa. Sound good? Book early to avoid disappointment for next year, or if you're still looking for a place for this year, The Oaks still have rooms available, including their new en-suite rooms for only £159pw! Find out more at https://www.studentroost.co.uk/locations/coventry/the-oaks.

Nettitude Founded in 2003, Nettitude is an award-winning global provider of cybersecurity services, bringing innovative thought leadership to the cybersecurity marketplace. Through their research and innovation centres, they provide threat led services that span technical assurance, consulting and managed detection and response offerings. Considering a career in Cyber Security? They're looking for deeply passionate and enthusiastic people with a meddlesome nature and self-starting, driven attitude to join the Accelerator Program. Visit https://www.nettitude.com/ to find out more, or contact the team at recruitment@nettitude.com.

Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, they offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Their 710,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. They embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for their clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit them at https://accenture.com/.

Find out more at https://uwcs.co.uk/sponsors