there are individual user groups as well. NEBytes for Microsoft: http://www.nebytes.net/ http://www.nebytes.net/ Ruby NorthEast: http://rubynortheast.com http

there are individual user groups as well. NEBytes for Microsoft: http://www.nebytes.net/ http://www.nebytes.net/ Ruby NorthEast: http://rubynortheast.com http://rubynortheast.com PhP NorthEast: http://phpne.org.uk/ http://phpne.org.uk/ Ask your profs when you get back to Uni. I found out about these by chatting with a Newcastle Uni grad student. They tend to help each other out so if you follow them on twitter, you'll get info on what's going on.