Symbian University Engagement

Symbian University Engagement has three principal aspects - Symbian Academy, University Research Relations and Graduate Recruitement.

Symbian Academy

• website: developer.symbian.com/academy
• Primary goals:
1. Increasing the innovation and popularity of mobile software development
2. Grow the number of Symbian skilled graduates available to the Symbian ecosystem
• Provides teaching support; course material and other teaching resources, and support through SDN
• Symbian Academy jobs board ties students with employers in the Symbian ecosystem
• Growth in specific regions based on Symbian ecosystem needs

University Research Relations

• contact email: research@symbian.com
• Primary goals:
1. Promote awareness and use of Symbian as a platform among academic researchers
2. Increase Symbian presence in research on ubiquitous computing & converged devices
• Engages with universities’ research programmes
• Supports research on Symbian-related topics or other research that uses Symbian as a platform
• Also promotes Symbian presence and presentations at academic conferences & journals
• A new role in the Symbian Research dept, created June 2008

Graduate Recruitment

• website: www.symbian.com/graduates/
• Primary goals:
1. Recruit excellent graduates from universities for positions in Symbian
2. Provide structures for training, networking and career development participating graduates
• Engages UK universities in a series of recruitment events
• Manages the graduate recruitment process and Bootcamp training programme
• Works with universities to provide student placement & internship in Symbian