CSI Academy 2009 - sign up now! Deadline 19th September

Dear CSI newsletter subscribers,

The University of Auckland’s CSI Academy internship programme is running again this year, and we are seeking company involvement.

The CSI Academy is a structured summer internship scheme, organized by the Centre for Software Innovation and aimed at facilitating academic and industry interaction. You, as a company, propose projects, provide project sponsors and mentors and a small monetary contribution. We supply high performing, motivated students, an academic mentor, professional project management, and we assist you to apply for TechNZ Capability Funding. We also provide a seminar programme of interest to students and company representatives alike. A minimum of two senior undergraduate students, each with well defined roles, will participate in each project. The scheme runs over the summer period (from the 23rd November 2009 to 12th February 2010). Students work in your company for approximately 400 hours (10 weeks full time working and 2 weeks holiday over the Christmas/New Year period).

The CSI Academy (originally the "ICT Innovation Academy") commenced in the summer of 2004/2005. It has operated extremely successfully with close to 200 students and over 65 companies participating since that time. We have had excellent feedback from companies and students alike over their experience with the last five years of the academy programme and very much look forward to your participation this year. Benefits for companies include:

• Working with and helping to develop potential new hires
• Access to high calibre students (the Academy selects only high achieving students for participation)
• Fully recoverable student wage via Capability Funding if your company is eligible for TechNZ funding
• Efficient assistance for gaining Capability Funding from TechNZ
• Advancing in-house investigative projects
• Developing staff mentoring and project management skills
• Networking with other New Zealand ICT companies
• Relationship building with the University and its staff

Full details of the programme, together with company and project registration details can be found on our Academy website: http://www.csi.ac.nz/academy

Please go to the Company Sign Up page, register your company, then login to register your proposed project description(s).

If you have enquiries about any aspect of the programme, please don't hesitate to contact the CSI Academy programme manager Richard Li (l.li@cs.auckland.ac.nz).

We very much hope you take part in the Academy programme this year. Those who have taken part in previous years have found the experience rewarding. The scheme provides an excellent opportunity for you to build a relationship with a group of bright young future staff members. If you know of others who may benefit from the scheme, please don't hesitate to pass this email on to them.

The deadline for applications is 19 September, 2009