VALS Semester of Code
Hi,
Someone on #krita brought this to my attention yetserday:
http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/05/23/vals-semester-of-code-foss-pro...
"The VALS Semester of Code is an upcoming project that will work with universities andFOSS communities to give students real-world experience working in software projects. Unlike Google Summer of Code, Semester of Code students will be participating for academic credit as part of their degree courses, and we hope that after completion of their project will go on to be effective contributors to the FOSS community.
The VALS initiative is a partership of European universities and SMEs who have been working for several months to plan the pilot of Semester of Code, which will run during the next academic year. We have now reached the stage where we are signing up FOSS projects who are willing to provide mentored projects of students. We have already seen interest from smaller, single-company projects to larger software foundations, and would like to see more.
If you are part of a FOSS project, large or small, that would be willing to provide one or more mentored projects, we’d love to talk to you about joining Semester of Code. In return, you’ll get an enthusiastic student providing a valuable contribution to your project. The VALS team will be on hand throughout the project to answer any questions and help unblock communication issues between mentors, students and academic supervisors."
Opinions?
Alex
This could be interesting but their web page seems to indicate that they are looking at interactions between Universities, Students, and Employers. We are not an employer!
On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 16:27 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Hi,
Someone on #krita brought this to my attention yetserday:
http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/05/23/vals-semester-of-code-foss-pro...
"The VALS Semester of Code is an upcoming project that will work with universities andFOSS communities to give students real-world experience working in software projects. Unlike Google Summer of Code, Semester of Code students will be participating for academic credit as part of their degree courses, and we hope that after completion of their project will go on to be effective contributors to the FOSS community.
The VALS initiative is a partership of European universities and SMEs who have been working for several months to plan the pilot of Semester of Code, which will run during the next academic year. We have now reached the stage where we are signing up FOSS projects who are willing to provide mentored projects of students. We have already seen interest from smaller, single-company projects to larger software foundations, and would like to see more.
If you are part of a FOSS project, large or small, that would be willing to provide one or more mentored projects, we’d love to talk to you about joining Semester of Code. In return, you’ll get an enthusiastic student providing a valuable contribution to your project. The VALS team will be on hand throughout the project to answer any questions and help unblock communication issues between mentors, students and academic supervisors."
Opinions?
Alex
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Definitely interesting.
Where do you get that the VALS Semester of Code is only for universities, students, and companies, Tav?
-Johan
On 14-6-2014 15:13, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
This could be interesting but their web page seems to indicate that they are looking at interactions between Universities, Students, and Employers. We are not an employer!
On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 16:27 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Hi,
Someone on #krita brought this to my attention yetserday:
http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/05/23/vals-semester-of-code-foss-pro...
"The VALS Semester of Code is an upcoming project that will work with universities andFOSS communities to give students real-world experience working in software projects. Unlike Google Summer of Code, Semester of Code students will be participating for academic credit as part of their degree courses, and we hope that after completion of their project will go on to be effective contributors to the FOSS community.
The VALS initiative is a partership of European universities and SMEs who have been working for several months to plan the pilot of Semester of Code, which will run during the next academic year. We have now reached the stage where we are signing up FOSS projects who are willing to provide mentored projects of students. We have already seen interest from smaller, single-company projects to larger software foundations, and would like to see more.
If you are part of a FOSS project, large or small, that would be willing to provide one or more mentored projects, we’d love to talk to you about joining Semester of Code. In return, you’ll get an enthusiastic student providing a valuable contribution to your project. The VALS team will be on hand throughout the project to answer any questions and help unblock communication issues between mentors, students and academic supervisors."
Opinions?
Alex
HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
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On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 15:47 +0200, Johan Engelen wrote:
Definitely interesting.
Where do you get that the VALS Semester of Code is only for universities, students, and companies, Tav?
They don't say it explicitly. It is more inferred from looking at their website:
Overall mission statement: http://virtualalliances.eu/ What is Semester of Code?: http://semesterofcode.com/?p=5
They do mention OSS Foundations.
I do think we should follow up on this and see if we qualify to mentor students.
Tav
-Johan
On 14-6-2014 15:13, Tavmjong Bah wrote:
This could be interesting but their web page seems to indicate that they are looking at interactions between Universities, Students, and Employers. We are not an employer!
On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 16:27 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Hi,
Someone on #krita brought this to my attention yetserday:
http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/05/23/vals-semester-of-code-foss-pro...
"The VALS Semester of Code is an upcoming project that will work with universities andFOSS communities to give students real-world experience working in software projects. Unlike Google Summer of Code, Semester of Code students will be participating for academic credit as part of their degree courses, and we hope that after completion of their project will go on to be effective contributors to the FOSS community.
The VALS initiative is a partership of European universities and SMEs who have been working for several months to plan the pilot of Semester of Code, which will run during the next academic year. We have now reached the stage where we are signing up FOSS projects who are willing to provide mentored projects of students. We have already seen interest from smaller, single-company projects to larger software foundations, and would like to see more.
If you are part of a FOSS project, large or small, that would be willing to provide one or more mentored projects, we’d love to talk to you about joining Semester of Code. In return, you’ll get an enthusiastic student providing a valuable contribution to your project. The VALS team will be on hand throughout the project to answer any questions and help unblock communication issues between mentors, students and academic supervisors."
Opinions?
Alex
HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
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Hi tav
it depends what we call employer. In France we have already have french students that has worked for Inskcape (cf. spray tool), and even last summer we were to have 2 students mentored by jazzynico (as tech tutor) where i would have been the "employment" validation. if there were opportunities in France, i think there would be few troubles to build such a thing.
if you think it worth the effort, why not ?
----- Mail original ----- De: "Tavmjong Bah" <tavmjong@...8...> À: "Alexandre Prokoudine" <alexandre.prokoudine@...400...> Cc: "Inkscape Devel List" inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Envoyé: Samedi 14 Juin 2014 15:13:23 Objet: Re: [Inkscape-devel] VALS Semester of Code
This could be interesting but their web page seems to indicate that they are looking at interactions between Universities, Students, and Employers. We are not an employer!
On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 16:27 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
Hi,
Someone on #krita brought this to my attention yetserday:
http://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2014/05/23/vals-semester-of-code-foss-pro...
"The VALS Semester of Code is an upcoming project that will work with universities andFOSS communities to give students real-world experience working in software projects. Unlike Google Summer of Code, Semester of Code students will be participating for academic credit as part of their degree courses, and we hope that after completion of their project will go on to be effective contributors to the FOSS community.
The VALS initiative is a partership of European universities and SMEs who have been working for several months to plan the pilot of Semester of Code, which will run during the next academic year. We have now reached the stage where we are signing up FOSS projects who are willing to provide mentored projects of students. We have already seen interest from smaller, single-company projects to larger software foundations, and would like to see more.
If you are part of a FOSS project, large or small, that would be willing to provide one or more mentored projects, we’d love to talk to you about joining Semester of Code. In return, you’ll get an enthusiastic student providing a valuable contribution to your project. The VALS team will be on hand throughout the project to answer any questions and help unblock communication issues between mentors, students and academic supervisors."
Opinions?
Alex
HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from LexisNexis Risk Solutions Find What Matters Most in Your Big Data with HPCC Systems Open Source. Fast. Scalable. Simple. Ideal for Dirty Data. Leverages Graph Analysis for Fast Processing & Easy Data Exploration http://p.sf.net/sfu/hpccsystems _______________________________________________ Inkscape-devel mailing list Inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel
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