Extended Deadline for Microsoft Scholarship Applications

The Microsoft European Product Development Centre has generously offered to give scholarships of  £1000 (€1270 approx.) to FOUR second-year CA students. If you gained a first in your exams last year you are eligible to apply for one of these scholarships. The scholarships will be awarded to the writers of the FOUR best essays on the following topic:

Computers and Culture.

In your essay you should describe how computing has opened up new opportunities for artists, writers, musicians or film-makers. How do you think this will develop in the future? Will computing allow new art-forms to emerge? 

The essays will be judged by a committee of staff members of the School of Computing. The deadline for submission is 25 Feb 2002. The essays should be no more than 5000 words. The essay should present your own original ideas expressed in your own words except where otherwise stated. We encourage you to do some background reading and to quote briefly from other sources but you must acknowledge them in every case. You can include images in your essay if you wish. We hope to publish the winning essays on the School web-site.