Sounds very interesting so +1 to have XWiki participate to it. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Scott Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
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