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New role: The 30-60-90 plan – The first 30 days

Prior to starting my new role recently as Technical Marketing Manager at Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) I tweeted a link to a guest post titled “A 90-day Plan for New Product Managers” by Ninon LaForce writing on one of my favourite blogs: On Product Management.  The post struck a cord with me …

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Google Nexus Twitter account suggests surprise is coming today

Google have just posted the following to the @googlenexus twitter account: We have a surprise for you today. Stay tuned! Can’t wait to find out what it is. Couldn’t be the Honeycomb update for the Nexus S could it?  Or perhaps some exclusive new apps perhaps. Alternativly it could just be a spoiler to steal …

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Industrial placement; Unpaid internship or start a business?

As financial pressures continue to bite, and with many more students and graduates chasing after work experience, employers have found themselves in a strong position with regards to offering unpaid work placements. Many degree courses expect their students to have completed some element of industrial placement enable them to proceed to final year. In the current environment demand for placements outstrip supply. Are the universities missing a trick?