The cloud specialist and leading university join forces once again for the Novosco Cloud Camp.As Northern Ireland’s booming
IT sector announces a wave of new jobs, its future engineers and analysts are participating in an innovative IT infrastructure summer camp this week (July 30 – August 3).
First launched in 2016, the Novosco Cloud Camp, in partnership with Ulster University, returns today (July 30) at Ulster University’s Jordanstown campus.
The five-day summer camp, which is free to students aged 16-17 and enrolled at schools and colleges across Northern Ireland, provides first-hand, practical experience in the management and development of IT infrastructure and systems in a fun and engaging learning environment.
“We are delighted to have been able to increase this year’s intake as the Novosco Cloud Camp continues to grow from strength to strength," said Novosco Managing Director Patrick McAliskey. “We are proud of the team we have built at Novosco, professionals who are some of the finest in their field, and it is a priority of ours to retain this expertise and provide opportunities for continued development and growth within the company as we expand our horizons."
Professional IT engineers from Novosco, experts from the Connected Health Innovation Centre (CHIC) at Ulster University and lecturers from the Ulster University School of Computing are facilitating the camp, which also includes a tour of Novosco’s state-of-the-art Belfast headquarters at Catalyst Inc.
A mix of theory and hands-on experience, the camp covers networking, programming, IoT (Internet of Things), cloud computing, AI (Artificial Intelligence) and more. The camp will also utilise Ulster University’s smart environment labs, which include some of the latest smart technologies, as well as a state-of-the-art robot, Sandy.
In a bid to nurture future IT talent during the camp and beyond, each student is also provided with a third-generation Raspberry Pi, a small and affordable computer used to learn programming, which they can keep.
McAliskey added: “We remain firmly committed to providing the resources and experience necessary to equip Northern Ireland’s IT engineers, programmers and developers of the future with the skills they need to find employment in the sector and, ultimately, to drive forward its continued success and reaffirm Northern Ireland as a hub of industry-leading talent."
Dr Nicola Ayre, Associate Head of the School of Computing at Ulster University commented: “Ulster University nurtures world-class IT and computing talent every year, students we are proud to say are industry-ready and sought-after by global companies, industry disruptors and local technology firms.
"Hosting the Novosco Cloud Camp allows us to showcase the breadth of opportunity a degree in computing at Ulster University offers to potential students. The knowledge and experience the budding IT professionals in attendance will gain about how Novosco – a successful IT company rooted locally and competing globally – stays ahead of the curve is invaluable.”
Novosco, an IT infrastructure and managed cloud provider with clients in the public, private and voluntary sectors across the UK and Ireland, recently secured a seven-year,
£107million contract with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and announced the creation of 150 new jobs over the next three years.
