Internet bankEgghas made
theUniversity
of Derbyits first call in the search for
young people to join its new Information Technology
Academy.
Egg, based in Derby, is one of the largest employers in the East
Midlands and has an IT department of more than 300 people,
including 60 programmers.
It is now boosting its computing skills knowledge still further
with the establishment of a new IT Academy.
Its search for computing students - particularly with a
knowledge of database design and compliant web mark-up - for its
new academy began with a visit to the University of Derby's
Kedleston Road site, to talk to students from the
School of Computing
about work placement opportunities.
An initial four University of Derby placements - more may follow
once these placements have been assessed - will begin this
summer.
They will offer students:
13 months' work experience as part of their degree course
A "competitive" salary package
Mentoring by experienced Egg staff
Opportunity for a permanent position after the course's final
year
Roy Aston, head of IT development for Egg, said that the
university had been approached first in its recruitment drive for
the new IT Academy because of the reputation of its School of
Computing.
He said, "It is a fantastic opportunity for the students to gain
real-life experience of working in their chosen discipline and
receive targeted training to develop their IT and business skills.
It enables us to find the talent of the future for our
organisation."
One of the successful applicants' first projects will be to
construct a website giving information about the IT Academy.
Dr Kamal Bechkoum, head of the university's School of Computing
said, "Our partnership with a hi-tech employer like Egg presents
our students with an exciting opportunity to enrich their learning
experience.
"We are delighted with this fantastic link, which will no doubt
help us maximise the benefits for our learners, employers, the
economy and society."
Egg was sold by
Prudential to
Citigroup last year. Citigroup is
now planning up to 25,000 redundancies across its operations, with
many of them hitting its various IT divisions.
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