hackathons.qmd

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title: "Hackathons"
subtitle: Collaborative and Competitive Coding Competions
bibliography: references.bib
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Our students compete in many different local, national and international competitions. This page summarises some of them and outlines how you can get involved as an employer.

## Hackaton = Hacking + Marathon {#hacking}
Many competitions are run as [hackathons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon), an event where participants rapidly prototype solutions to given problems. *Hackathon* is portmanteau of *hacking* + *marathon*, reflecting the intensity of development over a set period of time, such as a day or weekend.

## Hackathons UK and Major League Hacking {#mlh}

In the UK, many hackathons are supported by 

* [mlh.io](https://mlh.io)
* [hackathons.org.uk](https://www.hackathons.org.uk)

Their events pages summarise hackathons taking place in the UK, Europe and beyond. Examples include

* greatunihack (Manchester)
* studenthack (Manchester)
* [durhack.com](https://durhack.com) in Durham
* hacklondon in London
* hacksheffield in Sheffield
* etc

Other events include 
* Imperial College London Hack [ichack.org](https://ichack.org)
* Hack Europe [hackeurope.com](https://www.hackeurope.com)
* Hack Zurich [hackzurich.com](https://hackzurich.com)

## Other competitions

## Hackathon fatigue
Host your own?