The Young Software Engineer Summer Experience

Name: The Young Software Engineer Summer Experience
Brand: InvestIN Education
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The Young Software Engineer Summer Experience

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Overview

You can get a 15% early-bird discount by using the code SUMMER15 at checkout before midnight on 31st December

The Young Software Engineer Summer Experience gives students aged 15-18 a fully-immersive experience of working as a software engineer in London

Over the course of 15 days, students will have some of the most exclusive experiences of software engineering that one can imagine: programme robots, design your own video game and create your own app from start to finish.

Join us for a life-changing experience that set you up for a future as a successful software engineer.

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Immersive Software Engineering Experiences:

Build and programme your own robot
Work with doctors to design an app that will revolutionise the healthcare industry
Use data science and machine learning techniques to fight climate change
Take part in a 2-day Game Jam to design your own indie video game
Visit at a top cybersecurity agency and work with experts to protect a company’s network
Put a company's IT security to the test as you search for weaknesses and develop remediation strategies
Take part in a private networking event at one of London's top Fintech firmsreate your own app from start to finish

Meet Senior Software Engineers:

Be coached through the immersive experiences with software engineers from world-renowned firms specialising in front end development, cyber security, data science and more
Private networking sessions with these professionals, who can become vital connections for your future career

Career Coaching:

Receive training on how to land the most desirable jobs in software engineering
Advice on subject choices, university selection, work experience, extra-curricular activities and more
World-class professional development training: dedicated coaching on all the soft skills you need to become a top software engineer: logical thinking, problem solving, leadership, teamwork, communication, time management and more

Competitive Advantage In Your University Applications:

Attending the Experience demonstrates that you have gained key skills which are highly-valued by top universities
Complete the online assessment after the programme and receive a personalised certificate to include in your university applications.

World-Class Universities And World-Class People:

Experience two of the best universities on the planet: University College London (UCL).
Meet talented and ambitious students from around the world who fly in for the internship, creating an invaluable lifetime network.

Design Your Own Summer Experience:

Select your preferred length of experience. You can choose to attend for:
- 1. days 1-15 (the full experience); or
  2. days 1-10 only; or
  3. days 1-5 only
Accommodation, meals, guardianship and airport pick-up are available if required and can be added at checkout

Immersive Experiences Days 1-5

Software Architecture

- Explore the first phase of the software development life cycle, software design
- Explore the principles and concepts involved in the analysis and design of large software systems
- Learn about the best approaches to conceptualizing software structure and constraints, and you master the art of software architecture patterns in object-orientated design

UX and UI

- Explore how colour and shape impact customer behaviour
- Find the strengths and weaknesses in a website’s design and determine whether it will help or hinder the customer’s user journey
- Become the UX designer: learn how to gather a client’s requirements, build a prototype and pitch it
- Working with a prototype: learn the different approaches and techniques used when creating a new design

Front-End Engineering

- Explore the ‘front-end’ (also known as client side) of software engineering
- Discover the most important software-building tools: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and more
- Compete in teams to develop a front-end application for an exciting new start-up

Back-End Engineering

- Explore the main algorithms and discover how to solve programming problems efficiently
- Get hands-on: create the back-end of a full-stack project using Python
- Learn how to store data in a relational database and apply it in your full-stack project
- Learn common methodologies, tips and tricks to perform better when coding

Robotics and AI

- Meet the pioneers turning science fiction into reality
- Discover the different software used in robotics
- Examine the most high-functioning robots in existence today
- Learn the future of AI
- Discuss the moral dilemmas of robotics: can robots have a positive impact on society?
- Devise a unique application for robotics and automation

Immersive Experiences Days 6-10

Enter the Cyber Security Agency

- Discover cybersecurity: an essential service for the security of nation states and businesses
- Understand the threat of cyberattacks and the key steps you can take to protect yourself
- Secure the network of a tech giant: conduct an analysis of the company’s security systems to identify vulnerabilities
- Anticipate future attacks and develop remediation strategies
- Advise the company’s IT team by proposing improvements to their security system

The Game Jam

- Collaborate with video game designers as you compete in a 2-day Game Jam
- Script your very own game to take home and play using Unity/Scratch
- Develop your concept, decide the flow of your game and put your ideas into action
- Discover the tools used by professionals to craft unique gameplay features
- Present your game to industry-leading game developers and see if it has what it takes – the winning team will receive a professional mock-up of their video game to take home!

Become the Software Engineer

- Step into the shoes of a software engineer
- Compete in teams as you race to design your own health-tech app
- Present your projects to industry-leading prodessionals and get live feedback!

The Fintech Forum

-Pool together all the skills you’ve learnt as you team up with finance experts and entrepreneurs at InvestIN’s ‘Fintech Forum’
-Use your expertise to help develop a pioneering fintech app
-Display your team’s project to industry-leading professionals at an exclusive Fintech fair
-Receive live feedback on your work from the experts and reflect on your team’s performance

Networking Event with Top Software Engineers

-Take part in a private networking session with top software engineers, QA testers, UX/UI professionals and product managers
-Put your newfound knowledge to the test
-Have your burning questions answered by those in the know
-Receive valuable advice from experts in the field

Immersive Experiences Days 11-15

CAREERMAX

Over the next five days, we will prepare you to outperform others in the race to become a top software engineer. You will be given dedicated coaching on how to become a world-class professional in any industry, with training on the most crucial skills that universities and employers are looking for: public speaking, leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, communication, time management and negotiation. Expect hands-on, interactive activities led by professional development experts, to help turn you into a confident young software engineer, right now.

Leadership & Teamwork Coaching

-How you can build a high-performance team
-The most effective styles of leadership you can adopt
-What makes the ultimate team player?
-Inspiring and motivating others
-Leading vs managing
Leadership & Teamwork Challenge: work with your team to try and devise how to create a city fit for human habitation on Mars

Public Speaking & Communication Coaching

-Public speaking coaching by a specialist who trains CEOs
-Perfecting enunciation, tone, pace and body language
-How you can engage an audience and read the room
-The art of persuasion
-How to communicate effectively in a team environment
-Understanding emotional intelligence and using empathy
-Building strong interpersonal skills
-Influencing others
-Communication challenge: use your communication skills to guide a blindfolded team member to safety on an obstacle course
-Public speaking challenge: critically analyse public speaking performances

Negotiation Coaching

-Understand the art of negotiation and its importance
-How to identify when you are actually in a negotiation
-The typical stages of a negotiation
-Key negotiation styles
-Building relationships
-Key tactics: anchoring, tradeable concessions, commitment tactics, bluffing, injecting urgency, varying pace and more
-Negotiation challenge: enter a simulated hostage negotiation scenario. Work with your team to get the hostage released

Problem-Solving Coaching

-How you should approach problems and solve them decisively
-Analytical skills: identifying and structuring problems
-Creative and lateral thinking
-Effective decision-making
-Implementing solutions, analysing results and making changes
-Problem-solving escape room: work through a series of complex problems under time pressure

Time Management Coaching & Reflection

-How successful people manage time
-The time management quadrant
-Setting goals, prioritising, simplifying and re-evaluating
-The power of hyper-focusing
-Eliminating distractions
-Practising the ‘4Ds’: doing, deferring, delegating and deleting
-Implementing solutions, analysing results and making changes
-Time management challenge: enter a humanitarian crisis simulation. Identify your goals, decide your priorities and execute them under time pressure

You can get a 15% early-bird discount by using the code SUMMER15 at checkout before midnight on 31st December

This Summer Experience is for students aged 15-18 and you do not require any prior knowledge to attend.

The programme starts on 28th July 2023. You can choose to attend for either days 1-5, days 1-10 or days 1-15; and either with or without accommodation. Pricing for all options is set out below.

Click “Register Now” to book your place. Alternatively, if you wish to pay via invoice/instalments, please complete this form and a member of our team will reach out to you.

	London 5-Day	London 10-Day	London 15-Day
Length	Days 1-5	Days 1-10	Days 1-10
Explore the principles and concepts involved in the analysis and design of large software system. Explore UI/UX, front-end and back-end engineering, in a 2-day coding masterclass. Visit a leading robotics department.
Compete in a Game Jam and design your own video game. Discover cybersecurity: an essential service for the security of nation states and businesses.Develop a fintech app at InvestIN’s ‘Fintech Forum’.Private networking session with top software engineers.World-class professional development training: 5 days of coaching on all the skills you need to become a top software engineer.
Private networking session with top software engineers.
World-class professional development training: 5 days of coaching on all the skills you need to become a top software engineer.
Summer Experience fee	£1475	£2850	£3950
Optional fee for University of London accommodation (private single rooms) with all meals and guardianship included	Available for an additional £900	Available for an additional £1650	Available for an additional £1650
Optional fee for London airport pick-up and drop-off (each way)	Available for an additional £150	Available for an additional £150	Available for an additional £150
Alternative 7 day ‘Live Online’ version of the Summer Experience (7 days for £795)

In Person

28th July 2023
The programme is based at UCL and the surrounding University of London campus. Certain days take place in other key industry locations in London.

Accommodation Location

Students who choose accommodation will reside in University of London halls of residence. We occupy 3 different halls close-by to each other (listed below). The vast majority of students will be placed in Garden Halls

Garden Halls, London, WC1H 9EN,

College Hall, London, WC1E 7HZ

International Hall, London, WC1N 1AS

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As part of your booking, you will receive 12 months’ access to our state-of-the-art tech platform, AmbitionX. Here you will find all of your programme materials and complete post-programme assessments to gain coveted ‘experience points’ to demonstrate your levels of professional development. You will also be able to access any of InvestIN’s Live Online weekend and evening programmes through AmbitionX at no extra cost.

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.

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