Careers

The University Careers Service Computer Science specialist, David Ainscough, provides Laboratory students with careers advice and circulates vacancies. Summer placements are encouraged and can be found, along with permanent jobs, through the Laboratory Supporters Club annual jobs fair. The Supporters Club is administered by Jan Samols who can be contacted at jan.samols@cl.cam.ac.uk.

The “Cambridge Computer Lab Ring” is the department’s Graduate Association. Named by Sir Maurice Wilkes, it is a non-profit, independent and voluntary members’ association funded by members’ subscriptions providing former students with a lifetime benefit from their time in the Laboratory. Our 3,900 graduates are now widely dispersed in the computer industry and other fields. As well as those doing technical roles in computer and software companies, there are others in IT and management in large end users in fields as diverse as finance, industry and the public sector. 170 companies have been founded by Laboratory graduates, the most of any department in Cambridge University. The Association makes this valuable graduate community accessible to its members through regular social events, talks, tri-annual newsletter, online contact directory and a network of informal volunteer careers advisers whom members can contact after they leave Cambridge. The Association also organises volunteers to go into schools to talk about careers in computing and studying in the Laboratory. The Association is governed by a Council chaired by the Head of Department. Details at http://www.camring.ucam.org/or e-mail jan.samols@cl.cam.ac.uk.

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Careers