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Get £300 off any Summer Experience booking before midnight 1st April! Use code 300EASTER at checkout.

Get £300 off any Summer Experience booking before midnight 1st April! Use code 300EASTER at checkout.

The Future Computer Scientist Weekend

The Ultimate Work Experience in Computer Science

InvestIN Education
InvestIN Education

The Future Computer Scientist Weekend

The Ultimate Work Experience in Computer Science

Overview

The Future Software Engineer Weekend gives students aged 12-14 a chance to test-drive life working in the world of tech. Learn from top software engineers as they guide you through a series of interactive activities: take a coding masterclass, design a web app, and learn how to understand the mind of a user. You will also get expert advice on how to become a successful software engineer, with guidance on university choices, with guidance on subject choices, extra-curricular activities, work experience and more.

You can attend either in-person in London or live online. Register now to gain an edge over other aspiring software engineers, and a super-curricular experience to add to your university application.

 

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An Interactive Masterclass:
  • Professional software engineers will coach you through a range of interactive activities:
  • Design an exciting new web app for your client 
  • Create engaging layouts using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Learn how to create the ultimate user experience 
     
Expert Career Coaching:
  • Step-by-step guidance on how to become a software engineer
  • Advice on subject choices, extra-curricular activities, work experience and more
An Audience With Top Professionals:
  • Hear from successful software engineers and ask them all your burning questions
  • Q&A panel with software engineers from a range of backgrounds
Boost Your Career Potential:
  • Attendance demonstrates you’ve gained key skills such as teamwork, problem-solving and logical thinking
  • Complete the online assessment after the programme and receive a personalised certificate to include in your applications
     
A Whole Year of Career Development:
  • Included in your programme fee is one year’s access to our work experience platform, AmbitionX
  • Over 100 hours of live and interactive online sessions with professionals from 15 different industries
  • Gain experience points and certificates for every session you complete
11.00am

The World of Software Engineering

  • The qualities of a successful software engineer
  • The variety of career paths
  • The pressures and expectations
11.30am

User Experience

  • Know your audience: breaking into the minds of your consumers
  • Creating world-class user experience on any device
     
12.15pm

Mastering Front-End Development

  • Use your new-found knowledge to develop the front-end of your application 
  • Create layouts with HTML, CSS & JavaScript
  • Optimise functions using the Test Driven Development (TDD) approach
     
1.15pm

Lunch Break

  

2.15pm

Mastering Back-End Development

  • Discover how to think algorithmically and solve programming problems efficiently
  • Learn how to store data in a relational database
  • Use these tools to create or contribute to web applications with clean, portable, well-documented code
4.30pm

Career Coaching

  • Your path to becoming a tech superstar, starting now
  • Career paths for front-end, back-end or full-stack developers
  • Which languages to learn and how to build a portfolio
  • Building an action plan for your next career steps
     
5.00pm

Panel Q&A

  • Live panel Q&A with software engineers from a variety of backgrounds
  • Get all your burning questions answered
  • Make contacts and receive valuable advice
     

This programme is for students aged 12-14. No prior knowledge or experience is required. The programme involves a mixture of interactive simulations, exercises and Q&A sessions. You can choose to attend the programme either in-person in London or ‘Live Online’; the content is the same for both.

Programme Fee:

In-Person: £195/student for full day

'Live Online’: £165/student for full day

There is no application process, and you can secure your place simply by clicking “Register Now”. We operate on a first-come first-served basis and programme places are limited.

Choose a location below:

In Person

Available dates:

  • 28th January 2024

Venues:

  • University College London (UCL)

Accommodation location:

  • University College London (UCL),
    Bloomsbury,
    London

Included in your programme fee is one year’s access to our work experience platform, AmbitionX. This gives you access to 100+ hours of live and interactive online sessions with professionals from 15 different industries. This is an excellent opportunity to gain a huge variety of professional experience to include in university and job applications. For each session you attend, you will receive experience points and a certificate!

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY ABOUT US

Covid-19

In the unlikely event that the in-person programme is completely cancelled because of Covid-19 then students will receive a refund. We have never yet had to cancel a London summer experience, having successfully delivered programmes during the summers of 2020 and 2021, with strict social distancing and excellent feedback. We shall of course adhere to all Covid-related government guidelines in place at the time of the programme and keep student safety as the highest priority.

If you pay via credit because you postponed a previous booking then the credit note will be reissued to you in full.

 

Support

If you are trying to register and the registration box is not appearing it is likely because of firewall restrictions on your desktop device.

You may wish to try on your mobile device instead. Alternatively, please email info@investin.org with details of the programme you want to register for. We will reserve your place immediately and send you a link to pay by card online.