Bursaries for Text Hackathon-Leicester

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Inserito il 10/09/2017

Bursaries for 48-Hour non-stop Text Hackathon

 

De Montfort University in Leicester, England, is holding a Text Hackathon from 12.30pm on Friday 10 November to 12.30pm on Sunday 12 November 2017. Everyone who is interested in searching and analysing large bodies of digital text is welcome to come. All levels of ability and all ages are welcome and will be catered for, from those who know nothing about this topic to those who study it, teach it, or research it. Free high-quality food--with vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, kosher, halal, and coeliac options--will be served throughout the event. There are bursaries available to help with the costs of individuals and groups attending the event. Full details of the event, including how to register, are available at

 

   http://cts.dmu.ac.uk/events/hackathon

 

Students and tutors at all levels of Higher Education may apply for a bursary to help with their costs in attending this event. We are offering the following:

 

* 15 x 100 GBP Individual Bursaries are available for individual students to attend the event. All that applicants have to do is write to the Hackathon organizer, Prof Gabriel Egan <gegan@dmu.ac.uk>, stating in 100 words why they want to attent the event.

 

* 5 x 600 GBP Group Bursaries are available for groups of at least

4 students to attend the event. All that a group has to do is write to the Hackathon organizer, Prof Gabriel Egan <gegan@dmu.ac.uk> stating in 100 words why they want to attent the event and naming a 'challenge' (an interesting textual question) that they want to explore.

 

* 5 x 300 GBP Subject Matter Expert Bursaries are available for tutors from Higher Education to attend the event and lead a group of attendees in the exploration of their 'challenge'.

All that applicants have to do is write to the Hackathon organizer, Prof Gabriel Egan <gegan@dmu.ac.uk>, stating in 100 words what their Subject Matter Expertise consists of.

 

The judgement of the Hackathon organizer in choosing the successful applicants will be final. The deadline for bursary applications is

25 October 2017 and all applicants will be notified of the outcome by 30 October 2017.

 


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