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Student Recruitment & Schools outreach activities

If you would like to engage in activites which

• help promote informatics (computer science, AI, software engineering, etc) as a discipline to school children,
• inspire more school chidren to come into higher education,
• promote the School of Informatics as a good place to study computer science

then email Diana Sisu to apply for a demonstrator job during these forthcoming events:

Date	Event	Location	Time
6 June 2006	University Open Day	Central Area	9 - 16
4 September 2006	University Open Day	Central Area and King's Buildings	as above
30 September 2006	University Open Day		as above
14 February 2007	UCAS Visit (for prospective undergraduate students who have been made an offer to study with us)		10 - 16
7 March 2007	UCAS Visit		as above
9 March 2007	Visit by primary school	George Square	12 - 12:50 repeat at 13-13:50
14 March 2007	Visit by primary school	King's Buildings	12 - 12:50 repeat at 13-13:50
21 March 2007	Visit by primary school	King's Buildings	as above
21 March 2007	UCAS Visit		10-16
23 March 2007	Visit by primary school	King's Buildings	10-10:50 repeat at 11:30-12:20
29 March 2007	Beath and Newbattle residential school for S2 (age 14) kids	George Square	9:30-11 repeat at 11:30-13
2 - 15 April 2007	Science Festival	Royal Museum	all day
13 April 2007	UCAS Visit		10 - 16
15 June 2007	University Open Day	Central Area	9 - 16
16 July - 20 July 2007	Kickstart Summer School for S6 (age 16 - 17)  students	Central Area	one afternoon for 2.5 hours
7 September 2007	University Open Day	Central Area and King's Buildings	9-16
29 September 2007	University Open Day	Central Area	9-16

What the jobs entail

You will run a simple workshop or simply stand by a demo and supervise/help school kids use it.  You will get training in how to run an invididual demo/workshop as well as science communication in general.

For each job you will be paid at demonstrator rate unless a fixed rate is advertised in advance.

Sometimes, the jobs involve travelling to schools within Edinburgh and the surrounding areas, with travel expenses baid for by the School.