Once again the School of Computer Science ran a stand at this year’s Waddington Air Show this weekend. The stand was run by staff, students and representatives of the new MSc in Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Management. Prince Edward visited the hangar where we were based and as he and the Waddington Station Commander toured the exhibits, Head of School Dr David Cobham had a good opportunity to explain to the Prince that the School was demonstrating its research both to the military and to commercial companies, and also to run fun technology activities for the youngsters. The Prince was interested in the robot football activity and he called across to two of the School’s military students who had volunteered to help on the stand and joked with them to make sure they let the kids have a go – which produced a good laugh from all! After that Dr Cobham described to the Prince the School’s collaborative programmes with the military, and the Station Commander showed he was fully aware of our new MSc in ISR Management, which launched last month, by explaining to the Prince what a good partnership this was.
