16 Current opportunities
Any internship or placement you do will help your CV stand out from the crowd. Any EXPERIENCE
you get before you graduate will be a key part of your story enabling you to build your knowledge, improve your skills and gain professional experience through paid employment. Any co-curricular or extra-curricular PROJECTS
you can do alongside or outside your University curriculum, will also help you stand out from your competition.



Figure 16.1: If you’re a University of Manchester student, the Wednesday Waggle is your weekly roundup of opportunities before and after graduation. The jobs newsletter is delievered to your inbox by email (search for waggle
in your inbox) and is also archived at waggle.cs.manchester.ac.uk. What’s with all the bees? Bees symbolise community and work ethic and have been a Manchester icon since the industrial revolution in the 19th Century. Waggle dance artwork by Visual Thinkery is licensed under CC-BY-ND 🐝
16.1 Current opportunities for students of Computer Science
Current opportunities and vacancies to help you build your future are highlighted below. If you’ve been redirected to this page from somewhere else, it’s because the opportunity you saw is no longer available. The opportunities below are taken from the Wednesday Waggle, shown in figure 16.1, which gets updated weekly during term-time.
- Opportunities to build your portfolio with codecrafters, see chapter 17
- Opportunities with the Bright Network, see chapter 18
- Opportunities to help your CV stand out with some extra certifications, see chapter 20
This is not a comprehensive listing, just some highlights. To find more opportunities like this, see chapter 11: Finding Your Future and particularly section 11.3.
If you’re a University of Manchester student in Computer Science, search your email inbox for Waggle
. 🐝