IT businesses are being invited to the event where they can watch demonstrations and presentations from around one hundred Swansea University computer science students and learn how the cream of this young IT talent can help solve real life business dilemmas.‌

The event run by Swansea University’s Computer Science Department and Software Alliance Wales will be held on Thursday 5 June 2014 from 5.30pm – 7.30pm at the Techhub Swansea 11 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1DP. 

At the event prospective employers will have the chance to discuss their business requirements with talented computer science students like Ryan Wong who has designed a mobile application for the Android platform. Ryan’s app allows the user to record their location and then visualise the length and efficiency of their route.

He said: “As my project was in collaboration with an industrial partner, I had access to additional resources, help and advice as well as the support of my academic supervisor. I have learnt to develop web applications using a variety of different languages such as HTML, PHP and CSS. The knowledge and experience gained will hopefully stand me in good stead when I start my career, ideally as a Software Developer or Engineer, as I really enjoy planning and building software and finding solutions for computational problems.”

Dr Neal Harman Project Director at Software Alliance Wales and Head of Teaching, Computer Science, Swansea University said: “The ‘Project Fair’ provides an ideal forum for employers to recruit from the pool of Swansea University’s home-grown talent with the high-level IT skills required to help businesses grow sustainably in the increasingly competitive marketplace. They can also meet with the academic and industry representatives who supervised the project work; and, as importantly, to network with like-minded tech companies, innovators and entrepreneurs.”