University of Lincoln, UK
At the end of September, Jackie Withey takes a well earned retirement. Students and Staff in the School of Computer Science will all miss you so much Jackie. Thanks a million for everything you have done. Please keep in touch with us! At the graduation ceremony we held a little thank you ceremony. …
Well done to all graduates in the Class of 2014!!! We hope you enjoyed your day at the Cathedral. After the ceremony we also gave out awards to our prize winners: The Longhurst Prize (best project) John McDonagh (BSc Games Computing Level 3) Best Graduate in the School of Computer Science Level 3…
Congratulations to every one of our graduates in the Class of 2014!
Local Lincoln resident Eric Hair had no further use for his old BBC Model B microcomputer so telephoned the School of Computer Science to see if it would be of interest. Head of School, David Cobham was quick to agree to accept the thirty year old device and along with Senior Lecturer John Murray helped…
The School of Computer Science (SoCS) at the University of Lincoln has taken a lead in helping secondary schools to develop their computing curriculum. It has become one of the Universities that constitute the “Network of Excellence” – this is a set of hubs connected to the schools that operate in their region. The driver…
Students and staff from the University of Lincoln were invited to a prestigious event at the House of Lords this week to showcase work being done at the University in STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). SoCS postgraduate student Derek Foster was given the honour of making a welcome speech to the invited audience…
A party of students travelled to the new BBC Media City in Salford last week to discover latest trends in software development at the BBC. The students were the quickest to respond to an offer of free tickets that the BBC made available to the School of Computer Science. Final year student Jake Brown said “The…
SoCS students enjoyed a productive and informative day at BBC Media City in Salford last week. The theme of the event was latest trends in software development at the BBC. Second year Web Technology student Owen Pierce said of the day “The event’s most interesting parts for me was the noSQL talk (“Not Only SQL”) and…
SoCS students enjoyed a productive and informative day at BBC Media City in Salford last week. The theme of the event was latest trends in software development at the BBC. Spokesperson Sam Newman outlined one of their key issues: “We have lots of information available about our systems. CPU, disk IO, orders placed, error rates,…