Spotlight on Computing

Term 1 is now well under way and our students are hard at work preparing for their mid term assessments.  Students on the Undergraduate Foundation Programme (UFP) study English along with 3 academic subjects of their choice to best prepare them for the Undergraduate degree that they will progress onto next year at UCLan.

This week our UFP Computing class have been learning about Different Programming Languages.  To help them understand computer programming languages groups of students acted out different parts of a language and presented it to the class. 

To support the theoretical classroom based learning, Computing students also have practical lessons in a University Computer Lab 4 hours per week. 

Computing students are set to progress onto a variety of degree courses next year including BSc (Hons) Computer Games Development, BSc (Hons) Computer Network Technology, BEng (Hons) Robotics and Mechatronics and BEng (Hons) Electronic Engineering.

Computing Tutor Susan Clark said; "My aim in teaching Computing is to encourage each student to work to the best of their ability.  When students work hard, I try to be really kind.  Work can always be improved - there is no such thing as having finished with nothing more to do.  I believe in aiming high but I like the class to laugh and find learning fun.  As long as students study the work and pass their examinations, I don't mind if they think I am slightly crazy."

Keep up the good work class!