UCOL IT students show and tell

Friday 29 November 2013

UCOL IT students show and tell

With clients as diverse as a fitness centre, the New Zealand Defence Force and a tattoo parlour, this year’s UCOL Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology student showcase was one of the most interesting yet.

Twenty four third year Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology (BICT) students recently presented their final, IT industry-based projects at a function at UCOL.

For the BICT students, the project showcase is the culmination of their three year degree programme. Each project gives a student the opportunity to apply their IT skills to a real life situation and the chance to work closely with a ‘client’ in the form of a local business or organisation.

BICT is aimed at students interested in pursuing a career as a technologist. Students develop general skills in networking, software development, hardware installation and troubleshooting, user support, web development, systems analysis, and database development before choosing a particular area to specialise in during second and third year. The programme is especially popular for its ‘applied’ focus and providing students with skills that are in high demand in the ICT industry.

The wide range of projects undertaken this year included: software testing, mobile apps, smart TV app development, SharePoint intranets, software development, dynamic websites, and IT internships.

The students’ final assessment challenged them to each present their project in poster form for judging. This year’s Dean’s Award for the best poster was awarded to Alex Bunning for his Intranet Sharepoint development project for local firm Computercare.

The Best Industry Project winner will be announced at the UCOL Graduation Ceremony in March.

Head of School for Business and Computing, Catherine Snell-Siddle says, “The BICT industry projects provide invaluable experience for students to manage a project in a real-life environment while benefiting their sponsors. We are very grateful to those businesses for their support.”

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