Join us for a cosy winter get-together to connect with fellow volunteers, trainees, applicants, participants for our Basic online skills course, and alumni from our Sheffield community. This event is also open for family and friends from our community and/or people interested in joining a tech-for-good community in Sheffield.
About CodeYourFuture:
Code Your Future, is a free code school for refugees and other people excluded from education. All our classes are free, and all our teachers are volunteers. We are a registered charity in the United Kingdom. Since 2016 we have supported over 290 engineers into great jobs in tech, and we are growing every year.
CYF students are trained in web development by volunteers from the tech industry, putting a strong emphasis on collaboration and product development through tech projects.
Date: Friday, November 22nd
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: Learn Create Sell - 108 The Moor, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S1 4PD
Enjoy delicious food, warm drinks, and great company.
Let's celebrate the festive season together!
We look forward to seeing you there!
[🏫 In-Person] Evil Tech: How Devs Became Villains with Sergès Goma
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This event will be a single talk on Evil Tech: How Devs Became Villains with Sergès Goma
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is TBC.
Agenda:
🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 Evil Tech: How Devs Became Villains with Sergès Goma (18:35ish)
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talk)
👉 Evil Tech: How Devs Became Villains
Once upon a time, developers were the unsung heroes of our world. The stereotypical developer, with glasses perched on the nose and an innate talent for science, even inspired the alter egos of superheroes.
However, today, software engineers often find themselves under scrutiny for their roles in creating data-gathering apps, facial recognition software in CCTV systems, and the constant tracking of citizens through GPS, among other issues.
From being heroes to becoming modern-day Dr. Frankensteins, tech creators face an unenviable dilemma: to embrace malevolence or strive for heroism.
During this talk, we will delve deep into the complex relationship between technology and ethics, and explore how developers navigate the fine line between progress and principles.
This is our villain’s origin story, told with a touch of dark humor.
[🌐 Online] Container-based development for C# developers with Tobias Fenster
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Container-based development for C# developers with Tobias Fenster
❗❗ 🌐 This is an online event, we'll be hosting the event on Zoom, the link for the meeting is below, however, we'll only announce the password just before the event.
🔗 TBA
🔑 TBA
📅 Agenda
👋 Welcome
🗑️ Housekeeping
👩🏫 Container-based development for C# developers with Tobias Fenster
🍻 Virtual Bar
👩🏫 Container-based development for C# developers
Containerization has taken the world of software development and application operation by storm in recent years. And the basics of "somehow" doing containerization are also easy and quick to learn and implement. But what are the pitfalls, how do you really get your own container images ready for production and can I actually develop directly in containers? This session answers all these questions using practical examples with a focus on C# / .NET
[🌐 Online] Azure Static Web Apps with Stacy Cashmore
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Azure Static Web Apps with Stacy Cashmore
❗❗ 🌐 This is an online event, we'll be hosting the event on Zoom, the link for the meeting is below, however, we'll only announce the password just before the event.
🔗 TBA
🔑 TBA
📅 Agenda
👋 Welcome
🗑️ Housekeeping
👩🏫 Azure Static Web Apps
🍻 Virtual Bar
👩🏫 Azure Static Web Apps with Stacy Cashmore
Azure Static Web Apps. An easy way to get a hobby site into the world for very little cost.
But that's not all they can do! With a few changes to the out of the box experience, and using the standard, paid, tier we can use these Azure Resources in our enterprise architecture!
We will touch upon infrastructure as code, to make reliable deployments to a known environment.
We'll look into how to change the default pipeline to allow unit tests etc for the code, and deploying the same build applications into multiple environments.
Finally, we'll take a look at Custom Authentication - using Auth0 to authenticate and a custom Azure Function to provide the roles for our users.
Come celebrate six years of Sheffield DM with us! 🎉
Featuring a lineup of incredible talks, free food and drinks, and plenty of extras to celebrate our special day; we hope to see you there.
Featuring AMAZING speakers, our talks are to-the-point, with actionable takeaways and appropriate for anyone involved in marketing, regardless of background, skill or experience level. From marketing directors through to media students, Sheffield DM is a diverse and welcoming place for everyone who loves marketing.
Socialise with industry experts and other members of the Sheffield marketing community, gain valuable insights, and stay ahead of the curve in the world of digital marketing.
Are you a Christian working in tech, or just someone curious about the relevance of faith to tech? FaithTech is a community of like-minded people who love Jesus and love tech. Join us for a social evening of community building. All are welcome.
November meetup
We will be meeting again at Sheffield Technology Parks, located in the heart of the city centre. Free pizza included! 🍕 As always, our FaithTech meetups are structured into three distinct sections:
1) Meet: Arrive any time from 18:00 to meet, mix and mingle over free pizza and soft drinks.
2) Learn: From 19:00 we’ll dive into a talk or discussion exploring the intersection of faith and technology.
3) Build: The final section of the evening will focus on what we can do to help. We will spend time praying and also talking about current labs projects.
There is a hard limit on how many people the meeting room at Sheffield Technology Parks can hold so please book early. Also, if you find that you’re unable to attend, please cancel your ticket in good time so someone else can take it.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Andy, Dan, Matt and Nicola
FaithTech Sheffield team
Please join us for an empowering event designed to connect and inspire Women in Technology (WiT)!
This skills exchange is more than just a learning opportunity but a chance to build a supportive community where Women in Tech can come together to share skills, knowledge, and experiences. Whether you are looking to change technical careers, gain a fresh perspective or build new collaborations, this event promises to be a place of networking and professional growth. Connect with like-minded women, expand your network and leave feeling inspired to take your career to the next level! This event is organised in partnership with BCS South Yorkshire, Sheffield Digital, Home Office Digital Data and Technology WiT and our sponsors PA Consulting.
AGENDA
17:00 - Event start and ice-breaker activity to kick off the event!
17:30 - Lightening talks
19:00 - Light refreshments and networking
19:30 - Event close*
*There's an opportunity to unwind and continue networking after the event
What to Expect:
Ice Breaker activity to kick off the event!
Lightening talks:
You will hear from women from various technical backgrounds who will share their journeys insights, and experiences. These short talks will hopefully motivate you and offer a fresh perspective on navigating the tech world.
Networking Opportunities:
Connect with women from a diverse technical background. These will be informal meet and greets designed to create meaningful connections. Gain valuable insights into various technical roles, career paths, and the skills needed to excel in your career. Expand your network, exchange ideas, and explore potential career opportunities. There will be light refreshments served throughout the event.
Evening Network Social:
Wrap up the event by socialising and networking over drinks. This is a chance to unwind and continue the conversation from 19:30 onwards.
Please note, if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via groups@bcs.uk and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.
For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
BCS South Yorkshire branch with collaboration from:
UK Home Office Digital, Data and Technology
Sheffield Digital
PA Consulting
🛠️ Charles Boisvert - How Visual Functional #programming can make software dev more accessible to non-experts.
🧪 @glenathan - Glenn shows us what a recent migration to the @playwrightweb testing tool looks like.
After the continued success of the show-and-tell sessions we'll be meeting again for another in November.
So far we've had wonderful demonstrations of live coding systems for education, deterministic game character generation, realtime analysis techniques for modelling signals, projection-mapping, code hygiene analysis, an introduction to manipulating visuals with Tooll3, generating 3D terrain images of the UK from open data, convolution cellular automata, breathing life into an ancient plotter, an introduction to VJing with Touch Designer, AI generated music videos that worked with the beat, a web-based guitar tutor aid, raved to an amazing jungle live coded music performance, explored the mathematics of infectious diseases through the analogy of a card game, played colour games with AI, explored visual programming languages and more. It's been huge fun and there was lots to experience and learn. I'm expecting this month to be just as exciting.
This will take place upstairs in the Rutland Arms. Please ask at the bar for directions. We have the upstairs room exclusively booked out for us to use to share and talk about the projects we're planning or working on.
If you have something to show or share with us, please do bring it along. We have a projector and a speaker for you to use.
Also, if you're just curious and want to see what others are doing - there's absolutely no pressure to show anything - just come along.
The core idea is to draw inspiration from, encourage and ultimately learn from each other. No project is too basic or too sophisticated - we welcome it all.
There's no formal format for this event - it will very much be adhoc and unconferency. However, if you do have something you'd like to show and have any questions - feel free to reach out to me beforehand and Ill help you in any way I can.
Note that you'll be able to bring drinks from the bar upstairs as well as order food should you fancy that.
Really looking forward to seeing what you're all creatively coding!
NEW (sort of) VENUE ALERT!: We're back at SHU and we're once again in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE
Look for the FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor, and please sign-in when you arrive.
This month: Gergő Kocsis and Tom Johnson
Our event is free and inclusive; we welcome people of all backgrounds and experience levels to join. We will be checking in people at the door so be sure to sign up online.
Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: http://bit.ly/fes-coc
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This month we'll be welcoming:
Gergő Kocsis - Automated product verification: A road to faster and safer releases
In web development, competition creates a necessity for innovation which means increasingly frequent updates and features alongside high quality. How can we -- mortals -- verify product integrity to a reliable standard in such a capricious environment? We can’t. Instead, we can rely on automated quality assurance to do the heavy lifting for us, guaranteeing to exceed a customer's expectations for performance, quality, and durability. In this talk, I will cover the benefits of QA automation using Cypress and Applitools Eyes.
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Tom Johnson - React on your TV: front end at Prime Video
[Talk description pending]
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Post-meetup social
After the talks we'll head to socialise at the nearby Triple Point Brewery + Bar. They serve a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, plus food from Twisted Burger Co. See https://triplepointbrewing.co.uk/ for more details. One of our volunteers will show you the way.
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Running order
6:15pm - Doors open (please tick yourself off on our sign-in sheet as you enter the room)
6:30pm - Welcome
6:40pm - Talk 1
7:05pm - Break
7:15pm - Talk 2
7:40pm – Open mic
7:45pm – Social
Marketing & Traction on a Tight Budget. By Founders, For Founders
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Marketing a startup is hard. Shoe string budgets, competitive markets, and seemingly never enough time.
How can you cut through the noise effectively? How can you min-max your efforts and get your innovation out there whilst reaching the right people?
Join us to hear from some of the brilliant Founders who’ve launched and executed exceptional marketing campaigns despite limited resources. Learn from the best to understand how you can follow in their footsteps and emulate their successes.
dotnetsheff: [🏫 In-Person] On-call Engineering and Events and Messaging In The Wild
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This event will be a double talk, Using Events and Messaging In The Wild with Paul Michaels and On-call Engineering with Irene Sarigu
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is Sheffield Tech Parks.
📌 Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xm9z5Wr97QbefVCP7
🚗 Parking: Sheffield Tech Parks have limited parking, however provide free parking to our guests! Once at the barriers phone 0114 221 1800 and they'll let you in.
Agenda:
🍕 Pizza/Drinks (18:15 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 On-call Engineering (18:35ish)
👉 Using Events and Messaging In The Wild
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talks)
👉 On-call Engineering
TBC
👉 Using Events and Messaging In The Wild
Distributed systems are great! However, they tend to need some 'glue' to work properly. Usually, that's a backbone events or messaging system.
In this talk, we'll talk about some practical considerations for using a message broker in a real-life scenario. We'll talk about message tracking, versioning, strategies for dealing with large messages, and dealing with failures and dead-letters.
👩🏫 Paul Michaels
Paul Michaels is a Microsoft MVP and Head of Development at MusicMagpie, working mainly with Asp.Net Core and Azure Services. He's been programming professionally since 1997, and likes finding neat solutions to problems.
After a somewhat unintended extended summer break (sorry about that!) AWS Sheffield is back this November. Join us for our meet up where we'll be kindly hosted by Airwalk (https://airwalkreply.com) @ electric works (https://www.electric-works.net). We've got 2 fantastic speakers, a great venue, food & drink and the opportunity to meet & network into the evening. Full details coming soon...
Our event is free and inclusive; we welcome people of all backgrounds and experience levels to join. If you require any accommodations please reach out and we will do what we can.
Rough Schedule
6.00pm - Doors, food, drinks
6.30pm - Welcome
6.40pm - Speaker 1
7.10pm - Break
7.20pm - Speaker 2
7.50pm - Open Mic/Community News
7.55pm - Continue the conversation at the Sheffield Tap (https://sheffieldtap.com/).
Making music with synths and code - Pattern Club & Distribution of Power workshop
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Come and make music using synthesisers and live coding in this workshop hosted by Pattern Club and Distribution of Power <3
Live coding is where people make music by executing code in real-time (we will be using Strudel.cc to do this). Synthesisers are electronic music instruments. Synths can also be controlled using live coding which is fun and cool !
In this workshop we'll be making music intuitively, trying things out and seeing how it sounds. It's 100% suitable for people who have never even looked at anything to do with synths or code. But it would also be fun if you do have a bit of experience or if you've been to one of our live coding workshops before :)
If you haven't done live coding you could take a look at this simple tutorial that runs in the web browser https://strudel.cc/workshop/getting-started/
Distribution of Power are bringing loads of synths for you to work with. Please bring your own headphones (wired not wireless) and laptop if you have one. Also if you do have any synths bring them along (absolutely no expectation of this!) and let us know what you’re bringing in the check out form: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/patternclub/1416934
The ‘Distribution of Power’ programme and this workshop is open to all but specifically aims to carve space and prioritise participants who identify as having visible and invisible disabilities, being neuro-divergent, female, LGBTQI+ identifying and carers.
Please let us know accessibility needs by emailing patternclub@mail.slab.org
*** Gut Level is a members space and you'll need membership to attend. Membership is open to all and starts from just £2 per year. More info at https://www.gutlevel.co.uk/membership. ***
Gaming & Esports Technologies of the Future - Tech UK
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Discover the Next Wave of Gaming & Esports Innovation
The UK stands at a critical juncture in its leadership of technology and creativity, driving rapid growth as a global hub for video games. After a year of in-depth conversations with leading gaming and technology companies across the UK, we've gathered valuable insights to shape techUK's highly anticipated Gaming & Esports report.
Join us for an exclusive in-person event where we’ll reveal key findings from the report, followed by a panel discussion with industry leaders exploring cutting-edge technologies poised to revolutionise the video gaming and Esports sectors, as well as strategies to strengthen the UK's position as a global leader in the development, application and commercialisation of these innovations.
Attendees will also network over lunch with key stakeholders across these sectors and have the chance to explore the museum and its exhibitions.
Meetup #4 at Electric Works (in front of the coach station and just up the road from the central train station).
We're still working on speaker selection but expect an exciting mix of sessions on your favourite analytics topics along with good food and company.
Doors open from 5:30 to give you time to grab a drink and chat to fellow attendees. Talks running from 6 and a break for food provided by sponsors Simpsons Associates.
Close at 8:30 with a chance to continue conversations at the Sheffield Tab by the train station.
Hello! Welcome to the Sheffield Chapter of R-Ladies. We are hosting our first meet up on the 23rd of October to introduce ourselves, talk a bit about the R-Ladies goal and what we'll be doing in this chapter. We will finish with an autumnal Tidy Tuesday activity together so bring your laptops if possible but we can also share.
After the session which we've planned to take an hour, we'll move on to a more relaxed setting at the University Arms where we can just take some time to get to know each other!
In the Hicks Building, we'll be in Lecture Theatre 11. See you then! :)
Hacktoberfest is an annual “month-long celebration of all things open-source” that runs across GitHub and GitLab which “welcome[s] anyone who is interested in diving in, and everyone who’s already part of the open-source software community.”. These sessions are open to all regardless of your skill level and experience with writing R code, documentation or using Git, GitHub or GitLab.
Our second session will be held this Fridays at lunch time from 12:30-13:30 in the University of Sheffield’s Students Union. You can come along and seek support and offer help to those who have questions, whether that is with some aspect of R, documentation, continuous integration, linting, tests or anything you have been working on as part of Hacktoberfest.
Hacktoberfest is an annual “month-long celebration of all things open-source” that runs across GitHub and GitLab which “welcome[s] anyone who is interested in diving in, and everyone who’s already part of the open-source software community.”. These sessions are open to all regardless of your skill level and experience with writing R code, documentation or using Git, GitHub or GitLab.
Our second session will be held this Fridays at lunch time from 12:30-13:30 in the University of Sheffield’s Students Union. You can come along and seek support and offer help to those who have questions, whether that is with some aspect of R, documentation, continuous integration, linting, tests or anything you have been working on as part of Hacktoberfest.
Hacktoberfest is an annual “month-long celebration of all things open-source” that runs across GitHub and GitLab which “welcome[s] anyone who is interested in diving in, and everyone who’s already part of the open-source software community.”. These sessions are open to all regardless of your skill level and experience with writing R code, documentation or using Git, GitHub or GitLab.
Our second session will be held this Fridays at lunch time from 12:30-13:30 in the University of Sheffield’s Students Union. You can come along and seek support and offer help to those who have questions, whether that is with some aspect of R, documentation, continuous integration, linting, tests or anything you have been working on as part of Hacktoberfest.
NUX Sheffield - Cognitive Bias & Participatory Research Methods
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Welcome back to NUX Sheffield! This event will be hosted by Sheffield Hallam University and food will be sponsored by Find A University on the 7th November. Once you enter the Charles Street building head for the lifts and floor #4 and look for NUX volunteers.
We're thrilled to welcome two excellent speakers: Adel Kalman, Specialist User Researcher at EE and Rebecca Partridge, Senior User Researcher at NEC Digital Sudio.
This event is a great opportunity to meet like-minded professionals and share ideas. Whether you're just beginning your journey into UX or have spent several years in the field, everyone is welcome to join and share their experiences.
Thanks to our sponsor FindAUniversity for generously supplying food and drink and Hallam University for hosting the event.
Are you a Christian working in tech, or just someone curious about the relevance of faith to tech? FaithTech is a community of like-minded people who love Jesus and love tech. Join us for a social evening of community building. All are welcome.
We will be meeting again at Sheffield Technology Parks, located in the heart of the city centre. Free pizza included! 🍕 As always, our FaithTech meetups are structured into three distinct sections:
1) Meet: Arrive any time from 18:00 to meet, mix and mingle over free pizza and soft drinks.
2) Learn: From 19:00 we’ll dive into a talk or discussion exploring the intersection of faith and technology.
3) Build: The final section of the evening will focus on what we can do to help. We will spend time praying and also talking about current labs projects.
There is a hard limit on how many people the meeting room at Sheffield Technology Parks can hold so please book early. Also, if you find that you’re unable to attend, please cancel your ticket in good time so someone else can take it.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Andy, Dan, Matt and Nicola
FaithTech Sheffield team
After the continued success of the show-and-tell sessions we'll be meeting again for another in October.
So far we've had wonderful demonstrations of projection-mapping, code hygiene analysis, an introduction to manipulating visuals with Tooll3, generating 3D terrain images of the UK from open data, convolution cellular automata, breathing life into an ancient plotter, an introduction to VJing with Touch Designer, AI generated music videos that worked with the beat, a web-based guitar tutor aid, raved to an amazing jungle live coded music performance, explored the mathematics of infectious diseases through the analogy of a card game, played colour games with AI, explored visual programming languages and more. It's been huge fun and there was lots to experience and learn. I'm expecting this month to be just as exciting.
This will take place upstairs in the Rutland Arms. Please ask at the bar for directions. We have the upstairs room exclusively booked out for us to use to share and talk about the projects we're planning or working on.
If you have something to show or share with us, please do bring it along. We have a projector and a speaker for you to use.
Also, if you're just curious and want to see what others are doing - there's absolutely no pressure to show anything - just come along.
The core idea is to draw inspiration from, encourage and ultimately learn from each other. No project is too basic or too sophisticated - we welcome it all.
There's no formal format for this event - it will very much be adhoc and unconferency. However, if you do have something you'd like to show and have any questions - feel free to reach out to me beforehand and Ill help you in any way I can.
Note that you'll be able to bring drinks from the bar upstairs as well as order food should you fancy that.
Really looking forward to seeing what you're all creatively coding!
NEW (sort of) VENUE ALERT!: We're back at SHU and we're once again in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE
Look for the FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor, and please sign-in when you arrive.
This month: Gergő Kocsis
Our event is free and inclusive; we welcome people of all backgrounds and experience levels to join. We will be checking in people at the door so be sure to sign up online.
Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: http://bit.ly/fes-coc
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This month we'll be welcoming:
Gergő Kocsis - Automated product verification: A road to faster and safer releases
In web development, competition creates a necessity for innovation which means increasingly frequent updates and features alongside high quality. How can we -- mortals -- verify product integrity to a reliable standard in such a capricious environment? We can’t. Instead, we can rely on automated quality assurance to do the heavy lifting for us, guaranteeing to exceed a customer's expectations for performance, quality, and durability. In this talk, I will cover the benefits of QA automation using Cypress and Applitools Eyes.
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Speaker #2: TBA
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Post-meetup social
After the talks we'll head to socialise at the nearby Triple Point Brewery + Bar. They serve a range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, plus food from Twisted Burger Co. See https://triplepointbrewing.co.uk/ for more details. One of our volunteers will show you the way.
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Running order
6:15pm - Doors open (please tick yourself off on our sign-in sheet as you enter the room)
6:30pm - Welcome
6:40pm - Talk 1
7:05pm - Break
7:15pm - Talk 2
7:40pm – Open mic
7:45pm – Social
Sheffield Startup Meetup is back with a refreshed format and a new location!
Founders at every stage of the journey join us month in, month out to learn and meet fellow founders. Whether you’re a new founder looking for inspiration and advice or a seasoned veteran looking for community and support, join us for a hot chocolate (with or without Baileys) at Bullion's new Chocolate Bar in Leah's Yard.
Every month we'll bring you a short but sweet, punchy mix of panel discussions, founder interviews, and group thought experiments.
Sheffield Startup Meetup is back with a refreshed format and a new location!
Founders at every stage of the journey join us month in, month out to learn and meet fellow founders. Whether you’re a new founder looking for inspiration and advice or a seasoned veteran looking for community and support, join us for a hot chocolate (with or without Baileys) at Bullion's new Chocolate Bar in Leah's Yard.
Every month we'll bring you a short but sweet, punchy mix of panel discussions, founder interviews, and group thought experiments.
Sheffield Startup Meetup is back with a refreshed format and a new location!
Founders at every stage of the journey join us month in, month out to learn and meet fellow founders. Whether you’re a new founder looking for inspiration and advice or a seasoned veteran looking for community and support, join us for a hot chocolate (with or without Baileys) at Bullion's new Chocolate Bar in Leah's Yard.
Every month we'll bring you a short but sweet, punchy mix of panel discussions, founder interviews, and group thought experiments.
Higher and Degree Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair - Sheffield Hallam University
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Invitation to employers to join the annual Degree Apprenticeship Fair by Sheffield Hallam University on Wednesday 4th December, 16:00 to 19:00 at city campus. It's free to attend and catering is provided.
The event gives an opportunity to network with prospective candidates ahead of their 2025/26 intake. You will also be able to meet with apprenticeship leads across different departments to discuss course content/delivery.
Testing Your Ideas - Design Thinking Workshop by Hive IT
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Testing Your Ideas - Design Thinking Workshop
No matter how well you think you’ve solved a problem, users can surprise you! In this workshop, we’ll show you how to create testable prototypes, run effective user tests and gather feedback.
You’ll learn how to maintain a cycle of testing and refining your ideas, ensuring that your solutions are user-friendly and effective.
This workshop will be led by Lauren Tolley, UX Researcher at Hive IT and Martin Waite, Design Director at Hive IT.
This is the first workshop of our three-part series. All of the workshops have been designed to be engaging, hands-on and packed with practical insights that you can start using right away. You can attend one, two or all three sessions - whatever works best for you!
Who should attend
These workshops are designed to be inclusive and for everyone, whether you’re a designer, researcher, product manager, business owner or simply curious about Design Thinking. We welcome anyone interested in improving their approach to user-centered design and problem-solving.
What to expect
The session will take place on Zoom and you will:
How to create something testable - prototypes can take many forms
How to test them with users and observe how they interact with it them
Methods of gathering feedback, identifying and prioritising problems to make necessary improvements
Maintaining a cycle of testing and refining - this is crucial for developing successful projects and services over time
Why you should attend
These workshops are more than just presentations, they are interactive experiences where you can ask questions, participate in activities and apply what you are learning immediately. You will have the chance to connect with industry experts and like-minded people, expanding both your knowledge and your network.
You can sign up for one, two or all three workshops. Spaces are limited, with only 8 free spaces available on each workshop.
We can’t wait to see you there and are excited to help you on your Design Thinking journey.
Ideas Generation - Design Thinking Workshop by Hive IT
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Ideas Generation - Design Thinking Workshop
Once you understand your users, it is time to brainstorm solutions! This workshop will introduce you to various techniques for generating a wide range of ideas, including brainstorming, co-creating and sketching.
You’ll leave with a toolkit of methods to help you creatively solve your users’ problems and explore multiple avenues for innovation.
This workshop will be led by Martin Smith, UX Director at Hive IT and Lauren Tolley, UX Researcher at Hive IT.
This is the second workshop of our three-part series. However, you do not need to attend all three. You can just attend this one workshop, whatever works best for you!
All of the workshops have been designed to be engaging, hands-on and packed with practical insights that you can start using right away.
Who should attend
These workshops are designed to be inclusive and for everyone, whether you’re a designer, researcher, product manager, business owner or simply curious about Design Thinking. We welcome anyone interested in improving their approach to user-centered design and problem-solving, whether you are a complete novice or well experienced in using design thinking principles.
What to expect
The session will take place on Zoom and you will:
Learn techniques to generate a wide range of ideas, like brainstorming, co-creation and sketching
Find out how to work together to select and improve the most promising ones
Use different techniques to group and prioritise these ideas based on a range of things like feasibility and impact
Why you should attend
These workshops are more than just presentations, they are interactive experiences where you can ask questions, participate in activities and apply what you are learning immediately. You will have the chance to connect with industry experts and like-minded people, expanding both your knowledge and your network.
You can sign up for one, two or all three workshops. Spaces are limited, with only 8 free spaces available on each workshop.
We can’t wait to see you there and are excited to help you on your Design Thinking journey.
Understanding your users - Design Thinking Workshop by Hive IT
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Understanding Your Users - Design Thinking Workshop
To define what your users really need, we have to carry out research in a way that avoids any biases or preconceptions you might have. It is vital to have a documented, evidence based understanding of who you’re creating for and what problems you are solving for them.
This workshop will be led by Allan Noy, Head of Creative at Hive IT and Martin Smith, UX Director at Hive IT.
This is the first workshop of our three-part series. All of the workshops have been designed to be engaging, hands-on and packed with practical insights that you can start using right away. You can attend one, two or all three sessions - whatever works best for you!
Who should attend
These workshops are designed to be inclusive and for everyone, whether you’re a designer, researcher, product manager, business owner or simply curious about Design Thinking. We welcome anyone interested in improving their approach to user-centered design and problem-solving, whether you are a complete novice or well experienced in using design thinking principles.
What to expect
The session will take place on Zoom and you will:
Learn research techniques to gather insights directly from your users
See ways of analysing your research to give useful real world insights
Use what you’ve learned to create artefacts to understand your users and their experiences
Why you should attend
These workshops are more than just presentations, they are interactive experiences where you can ask questions, participate in activities and apply what you are learning immediately. You will have the chance to connect with industry experts and like-minded people, expanding both your knowledge and your network.
You can sign up for one, two or all three workshops. Spaces are limited, with only 8 free spaces available on each workshop.
We can’t wait to see you there and are excited to help you on your Design Thinking journey.
Workshop for employers to provide input into a new set of Higher Technical Qualifications at Sheffield Hallam University
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SHU are hosting a workshop for employers to provide input into a new set of Higher Technical Qualifications they are looking to offer, inclluding four in digital subjects:
Digital Accessibility
Digital Community Management
Network Engineering
Software Development
The workshops will take place on Friday the 25th October at the Hallam i-Lab, Aspect Court, Pond Street, and will run from 10am followed by a lunch at 1pm.
Higher Technical Qualifications are classroom-based, student-funded courses delivered in FE Colleges at levels 4 and 5, They are designed to offer a route into high-quality technical careers, without the need for students to study for a full undergraduate degree at level 6. Employer engagement at the curriculum design stage and ongoing is required to ensure the courses are and remain useful to employers as the sector develops.
Get in touch with Lynsey Jefferies (Lynsey.Jefferies@shu.ac.uk) if you’d like an invitation to attend.
