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The Weekly Round-Up: 24.10.08
Round-Up Another goody from those Oxbridge types is a test called 'Monkey Beans' in which the contestant, sorry student, has to solve a puzzle as follows: As it surveys the scene outside silicon Towers this week (mainly rain and... [24 Oct 2008]
Inbox: Banking on tech, ID cards, Oxbridge answers
Comment Last up, are chocolate death matches and bean counting enough to get you into Oxbridge these days? Are you an Oxbridge grade techie? The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking... [24 Oct 2008]
Are you an Oxbridge grade techie?
News But what kind of questions can prospective students expect to be dealt in the interview - often the most feared part of the Oxbridge assessment process? As well as getting top GCSE and A-Level grades, would-be computer... [22 Oct 2008]
Dear silicon.com... 'me hearties shun Vista… techies on the move?… bosses out of tune
Comment Must have CCIE, MCSE, PhD in Agile Programming Methods (Oxbridge pref) and have 25 yrs' experience. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our... [06 Dec 2007]
Q&A: Microsoft UK head of innovation Jim Lawn
Comment Lawn recently co-judged an Oxbridge version of Dragon's Den that saw students pitching their business ideas and facing an eight-minute grilling from the panel.silicon.com: There has been a lot of criticism that computing... [01 Mar 2007]
Photos of the month - February 2007
Photo Reporter Gemma Simpson went along to an Oxbridge Dragons' Den-style event where budding Oxbridge entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to win a £5,000 cheque to get their businesses off the ground. Honda's... [01 Mar 2007]
Photos: The business boat race
Photo A 'vision mitt' which its inventors claim enables wearers to see via touch has survived an Oxbridge Dragons' Den and scooped a £5,000 cheque to help get its budding business off the ground. The competition was hosted by... [21 Feb 2007]
'Free iPods for students' unveiled
News One of the top US universities has decided to give every one of its first year students an iPod, saying the music player will "encourage creative uses of technology". Duke University in North Carolina has said that each of its freshmen -... [20 Jul 2004]
What does it take to become a CEO?
Comment There has been a dramatic fall in the number of Oxbridge graduates taking CEO posts. Perhaps you've heard mutterings that it might become available soon and you reckon it's time to step forward. But before you embarrass... [14 Jun 2002]
The answers:
News There has been a dramatic fall in the number of Oxbridge graduates taking CEO posts. 1A. Oh dear.you're off to a bad start I'm afraid. The only thing you're old school tie will gain access to these days is School Disco. [31 Dec 2001]
The IT girl: Rubbing egos in the premier league
Comment The BBC, for example, is packed with arts graduates and the nearest any of them came to a computer at Oxbridge was when they took the college magazine down to Prontaprint. I don't care how many Joe Pesci films you've... [07 Dec 1999]
