1. Paul Carden Computer science and Informatics, School of Engineering
NNCO Advisor Event
Paul Carden
Computer science and Informatics,
School of Engineering

2. Snapshot: LSBU in numbers

3. School of Engineering
First engineering department early 1900

4. School of Engineering
Technical training for the local industry

5. School of Engineering
Virtual teaching tools/platforms (3-D)

6. School of Engineering
Engineering contributes 27% of all UK turnover and has seen a 2.2% growth over the last four years (> 35% by 2022).
The engineering sector employs over 5.4 million people.
There are over 565,000 engineering enterprises in the UK with 98% either small or micro companies (BT, RR, Tfl, IBM…)

7. School of Engineering Computer Science Computer Systems Management
Information Technology
Data Science
Business Information Technology
Applied Computing
Web Development

8. School of Engineering > 100 academic staff 1900 UG students
> 110 company sponsored part-time students
Overall student satisfaction of 81% - 89%

9. 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF)
School of Engineering
2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF)
80% of our research has been awarded the highest quality ratings of 4* or 3* for its 'impact‘;
1st in General Engineering research for post-92 Universities in London;
4th out of 23 in ‘research impact’ for post-92 Universities in UK;
25th out of 62 Engineering Schools in ‘Research intensity’

10. Careers Paths Software Development Internet Engineering
Software Engineering
Database Administration
Big Data
Cloud Computing
Web Development
Internet Engineering
Mobile Computing
Systems Administration
Network Administration
Information Technology

11. Employment and career paths

12. Structure of UG Courses
To gain an Honours degree have to accumulate 360 credits normally 120 credits in each year
These are broken down into modules and semesters
Either 6 or 8 modules per year, 3 or 4 per semester
Top-up takes 1 year

13. Entry Criteria A Level BCC or; BTEC National Diploma DMM or;
Access to HE qualifications with 9 Distinctions and 36 Merits or;
Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 112 UCAS points
Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English or equivalent.

14. Courses

16. Curriculum Focus Software Computing Languages (C, JAVA, Pithon)
WEB (CSS, XML)
Software Engineering
Technologies
Networks
IT System Management
Mobile Computing
Cloud Computing
Management
Innovation
Project Management
Entrepreneurship

17. Teaching Flipped learning Lynda.com Industry event visits, e.g. IPExpo
Guest speakers
ITIL service design
Virtual reality

18. Assignments Individual-based Group-based Examples
Expo visits - as research for a known exam question
Academic blogging
Technical report writing for a real client

19. Access to Specialized Software
Microsoft Dreamspark
Adobe Creative Cloud
Cisco
GNS-3
Packet Tracer
IBM
Bluemix
IT System Administration
Citrix server
Lab software USB

20. Specialised Laboratory
Data Science
Data Warehouse
Data Visualization
System & Cyber Security
Penetration Testing
Ethical Hacking
Future Internet
Mobile Computing
Cloud Computing (NFV, SDN)
IoT

21. Support Personal tutor Course director Student Centre Societies
Informatics Society
BCS (Free Subscription)
IEEE (Student Branch)

22. ... and finally
Any Questions?

23. I hope this has been informative.
Contact details:
Paul Carden, ,
Open day Saturday 12th November 2016, 11am to 3pm.