Hi Ian, I'm a 2nd year CS student at the University of Bristol. Out of everyone I know on the course, I'm the only one that regularly reads HN/Techcrunch and ha

Hi Ian, I'm a 2nd year CS student at the University of Bristol. Out of everyone I know on the course, I'm the only one that regularly reads HN/Techcrunch and has an interest in start-ups; it's also how I found out about siliconmilkroundabout. The start-up path isn't at all prominent here and I think there's a few reasons for this: Lack of presence of start-ups at recruitment/careers fairs (it's all the big names). The compulsory Hi-Tech units on the course aren't done right - hours of lectures filled with slides rather than guest speakers from start-ups, case studies, or any interactive processes whatsoever. Little to no communication between start-ups and students (groups or individuals) using social media or otherwise. Everyone sees messages posted on our CS FB group but nobody really reads the emails sent through the CS HR. I think your best bet is to communicate directly with Society heads (i.e. students) such as Computer Science society or entrepreneurship society and to organise some guest speaker events. Lastly I think it's really important for students to know how they can help your start-up - specifically what skills they would need and what they would learn as well.