Nortel funds new software laboratory at University
Posted on 25 October 2000
The laboratory will be opened by Philip Hargrave, Chief Scientist of Nortel Europe on Friday 27 October.
The £67,000 refurbishment of all the work stations in the software laboratory will enable 96 students to receive software instruction on an almost one-to-one basis.
Nortel has a growing relationship with the University: it currently funds research in the departments of Mathematics and Electronics and takes a number of Computer Science students on work placements.
Professor Alan Burns, Head of the Department of Computer Science said: "We are immensely grateful to Nortel for their generous help in equipping this laboratory. It will be of great value to our students, nearly all of whom go on to careers in leading IT companies. It is also a pleasure to welcome our friend and colleague, Philip Hargrave, to York."
Notes to editors:
- Photocall: Friday 27 October at 2.15 pm Opening of new software laboratory by Philip Hargrave, Computer Science Building, University of York
- The Department of Computer Science at York is arguably the leading centre for research and teaching in computing. It has an official Teaching Quality Assessment of 'Excellent' and the highest possible research rating of 5*. The University of York was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in 1996 for the quality of its work in computer science, particularly in technology transfer to industry.
- The Department of Computer Science has a good reputation both for collaboration with industrial partners and for the creation and fostering of "spin-off" companies. Industrial partners include: British Aerospace plc; Glaxo Wellcome; Matra Marconi Space France; Rolls-Royce plc; Silicon Graphics Ltd; The Environment Agency; and The Post Office.
- Companies which have accepted York students for one-year placements, or summer internships, in recent years include: BAE Systems; Deutsche Bank; ESSO; Hewlett Packard; IBM; Microsoft; Nortel; and Siemens.
- Nortel Networks is a global leader in telephony, data, wireless, and wireline solutions for the Internet. Nortel Networks is creating a high-performance Internet that it hopes will be more reliable and faster than ever before. Nortel Networks has offices and facilities in Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Caribbean and Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. The company also funds research in the departments of Mathematics and Electronics at the University of York.