Sponsors

The following sponsors have so far confirmed their involvement in BrainAcademy 2007. We are in negotiations with a range of other sponsors.

Image Queen Mary is one of the largest Colleges in the University of London. Its roots lie in four historic colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College. Pooling strengths, expertise and resources, Queen Mary is now fully integrated. The College currently has over 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students, with an academic and support staff of around 2600. It is organised into the four faculties of Arts; Engineering and Mathematical Sciences; Law and Social Sciences; and Natural Sciences, and Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry. It is a research university, with over 80 per cent of research staff working in departments where research is of international or national excellence (RAE 2001). It has a strong international reputation, with over 20 per cent of students coming from over 100 countries. For more information on the Department of Computer Science, please visit: www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk .



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Image Established in 1957, the British Computer Society (BCS) is the leading body for those working in IT. With a world-wide membership now over 60,000 members in over 100 countries, BCS is the qualifying body for Chartered IT Professionals (CITP). BCS was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984. Its objectives are to promote the study and practice of computing and to advance knowledge of and education in IT for the benefit of the public. BCS is also a registered charity. BCS is licensed by the Engineering Council to award Chartered Engineer status (CEng) and Incorporated Engineer status (IEng); and more recently by the Science Council to award Chartered Scientist status (CSci). Through our specific Professionalism in IT programme, BCS is leading and building IT professionalism. Visit www.bcs.org.



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Image cs4fn is a webzine and linked magazine that promotes the fun side of computer science. It contains articles, games, puzzles, interviews, quizes and other interactive activities, that all have a link to Computer Science, including leading edge research. Its aim is to introduce computer science to a new generation in a fun, non-patronizing and exciting way. It is about a lot more than just using computers. It was launched in the summer of 2005 at the Royal Society Summer Exhibition. Feedback from students, teachers and even TV science presenters has been overwhelmingly positive: "I very much enjoyed the magazine. Refreshing and spot on for students!", "very readable". cs4fn is the creation of members of the Department of Computer Science of Queen Mary, University of London with the aim of sharing their passion about all things to do with Computer Science. They hope you will enjoy exploring cs4fn as much as they enjoy writing it. Visit: www.cs4fn.org.

 
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