1. Your Start with Informatics* at Leicester
Reiko Heckel
Head of Informatics
* Yes, you are in the right place …

2. Welcome to the Department
Get excited, engaged, employable
Your first modules
Continuous assessment
Help and advice
A 1st highlight

3. Get excited, engaged, employable
Foundations
Programming languages
Algorithms
Software engineering
Human computer interaction
Computational intelligence
Data analytics
Business and Entrepreneurship
CompSoc: Join our Computing Society (see their activities on social media). Get involved planning your new lab. WiCS: Female students can join our Women in Computer Science forum SSC: Course representatives meet us in the Student Staff Committee Research talks will give an insight into the other half of our work We’ll have lunch together once per term to get to know each other better

4. From Hardware and Requirements …
Computer Systems
Computer Science Year 1
Computing Year 2
Requirements Engineering and Professional Practice
All Year 1

5. … to Java, the Internet and GUI Design.
Program Design
All Year 1
Internet Computing
BSc Computing Year 1
User Interfaces and HCI
Year 2 Only

6. So it’s up to you now … 6

7. Continuous Assessment (Coursework) requires Continuous Attention
All assessments scheduled and announced at the start of the term.
Relevant content delivered during lectures, surgeries, labs and supplementary materials.
Samples discussed in surgeries, published with model solutions.
Worksheets are published or tests announced with marking criteria.
Answers are submitted or tests sat.
Marking either within 10 working days or 3 weeks of assessment.
Feedback, general and individual, provided and explained.
Opportunity for questions about feedback by student before marks are finalized.
Often in a 2-weekly cycle, so
check lectures, module pages and regularly for updates
attend classes, and let us know if there are any issues because …

8. There is help! Module convenors and teaching assistants
Year Leaders: Roy for Y1 and Tom for Y2 and Irek for Y3
Your Personal Tutor, who you’ll meet later today.
Welfare Tutor, Fer-Jan if your PT is not around or if you need special support
Progression Tutor Tom watches your performance, might send a friendly letter …
Open door policy: happy to talk when we are free.
Sally, Tony, and Gavin at – our admin team in the Departmental Office at College House
or me at 8

9. … and advice, with best wishes from our IAB
Have a side-project outside your studies. Develop other interests, volunteer.
Be a programmer, or be programmed.
Take the lid off technology.
Be prepared to learn for the rest of your life.
Learn to reflect. Start a diary, record your successes and failures.
There are some great people out there, interested to meet you. Get to know them, start building your network.
Find the part of the course that you enjoy and go for it.
Be ambitious, prepared to try and fail.

10. A 1st Highlight on Thursday
15.00 Presentations by Placement Students
16.00 Departmental Welcome Event and Prize Giving
Introduction to Computing Society
Prizes and distinctions
Guest lecture by Tejash Chouhan from Teachers2Parents
Buffet with wine and soft drinks 10