1. Making the transition - title
Philip Hanna, QUB

2. The future will be interesting.

4. First sit programming failure rate for first year computing students
Student intake:
Year 2 Performance:
Computer Science and Software Engineering students study a range of more advanced computational thinking modules.
400 UG computing students admitted each year
2016
2017
2018
SSD 21 56 57
Any computing 62 79 84
Programming
DSA
All Students
60.8%
59.9%
with Computing
68.2%
+7.4%
70.3%
+10.4%
with SSD
69.5%
+8.7%
65.6%
+5.7 %
Year 1 Failure Rate:
All students must pass a core 40-credit programming module to proceed
2017
2018
All students
20.7%
20.6%
with Computing 0%
5.3%
with SSD
3.6%
First sit programming failure rate for first year computing students

5. Some students struggle with the transition…
… whilst others benefit from a smooth transition.

6. “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Winston Churchill