On 14 Jul 2014, at 23:04, Eduard Moraru wrote: > Hi Scott, > > According to the FAQ, "Institutions and FOSS projects can join from now > until the end of June". Is the registration period over, or does it span > until the end of August? > > Thanks, > Eduard >
Hi Eduard, Thats a mistake - we'll fix that now :) Project ideas can be submitted from when the platform opens up on July 21st up until the 12th of September. Registration can happen any time from when the platform opens. S > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Scott Wilson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I'm working with an initiative similar to Google Summer of Code, called >> Semester of Code, and I think it would be great to have students work on >> XWiki. Below is more detailed information, but basically its like GSoC, >> except students are involved as part of their courses or industrial >> placements, so receive academic credit rather than money for their work. >> >> Hopefully this is of interest to the XWiki community! >> >> If any questions aren't answered by the FAQ[1] or invitation below, feel >> free to ask. >> >> All the best, >> >> - Scott >> >> ~~~ >> >> The VALS Semester of Code [1] project is working with European >> universities and FOSS communities to give students real-world experience >> working in open source software projects while receiving academic credit. >> The benefit to your projects will be valuable and hopefully ongoing >> contributions. VALS will also benefit the wider sector by helping to >> produce graduates with the skills and experience needed to engage with open >> development. >> >> Our first Semester of Code will involve approximately 75 student >> placements, starting in September. We would like to invite your >> organisation to participate in this pilot by offering mentored placements >> within your projects. >> >> If you have participated in Google Summer of Code before, you will find >> our process similar; we will seek placements for student projects, and will >> use the a system similar to Google's Melange platform to manage placements. >> However, VALS differs from Summer of Code in that instead of receiving >> money for their participation, students will receive academic credit. For >> this reason the mentors from your project will need to liaise with the >> student's academic tutor. The VALS project will support this process to >> ensure it runs as smoothly as possible. We also ensure the admin overhead >> is minimal. >> >> The VALS initiative is a partnership 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 >> mentors. We have already seen interest from smaller, single-company >> projects to larger software foundations, and would like to see more. >> >> If you'd 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. >> >> To join in the Semester of Code or to simply find out more you can email >> [email protected], or you can sign up to our mailing list directly >> by using the web form [1]. >> >> More detail about the Semester of Code are available on our FAQ page [2]. >> If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask on the mailing list, >> and one of the VALS team will get back to you! >> 1: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=VALS-SOC&A=1 >> 2: http://semesterofcode.com/?p=22 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
