School of Computing News

Kate Buchan recently joined the School of Computing as Employability Coordinator. She is based at the Canterbury campus but will also be regularly visiting the Medway campus. Kate will be working closely with the placements team, the careers and employability service and employers to help all computing students improve their employability and get the career they want. 'I am delighted to be working in the School of Computing and am looking forward to wor...

The School of Computing is taking a national lead in improving employability for computing graduates. Kent is one of 25 universities which shared their best practice in a series of national workshops which culminated in the report Building a Graduate Employability Community in Computing (GECCO). The Kent placement team highlighted the importance of one-to-one meetings with each student, to plan their job search. In the meet...

The University of Kent is building relationships with universities in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Professor Ian McLoughlin (Head of School at Medway) and Dr Palani Ramaswamy (Reader) from the School of Computing visited the region in June. The purpose of the trip was to increase overseas student numbers and raise Kent’s international profile. The academics also discussed research collaborations and provi...

Computer scientist Professor Simon Peyton Jones has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Kent. Professor Peyton Jones is a British computer scientist who researches the implementation and applications of functional programming languages, particularly lazy functional programming. He received a Doctor of Science degree at Canterbury Cathedral on 13 July. He was awarded the degree after an oration by Professor Simon Thompson who cited...

Students from the School of Computing were awarded prizes for outstanding achievements at their graduation ceremony at Rochester Cathedral. Project Prizes were awarded to Martins Irbe and Eunan Camilleri for the project Controlling a Drone with an EEG Headset and James Morrison for Nowcasting River Levels Using Artificial Neural Networks. The drone project created an application to allow a drone to be controlled by brain signals. The project s...

The School of Computing is looking for talented staff to add to its academic and administrative team. There are four roles that will form part of the student administration team: Exams and Assessment Coordinator Research Student Support Coordinator Student Support Officer Undergraduate Student Support Assistant There are also two positions available for Lecturers / Senior Lecturers. All roles have the closing date of 30 J...

Graduating Canterbury students and staff had celebrated the success of prize winners at a reception for graduating students. Deputy Head of School, Peter Rodgers presented the awards. William Riches – winner of the Janet Linington Prize William chose the final year option of Computing in the Classroom which required him to spend a day a week in a local school.  He was assessed by staff both in the school where he worked and at the University as h...

Dr Julien Lange has joined the University of Kent as a lecturer in the School of Computing. Julien is a member of the Programming Languages and Systems Research Group and is based at the Canterbury campus. Julien was a Young Graduate Trainee at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands from 2008 to 2009 and went on to do his PhD at the University of Leicester. His research centres on the verification of concurrent systems and programs using mathematically...

The School of Computing placements team are pleased to announce 100 students have secured industry placements for the next academic year. The Placement Officers, Sian Robson and Katie Van Sanden are delighted to reach the century milestone again this year and hope to see this number rise over the next few months. The students will undertake a range of roles from business analysts and project-management to web-development, software/application development, so...

The University of Kent has been awarded a gold rating, the highest, in the UK Government's Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Head of School, Professor Richard Jones, said: ‘I am delighted that this award recognises the excellent teaching within the University, and within the School of Computing. ‘In particular, I am pleased that the wonderful employment prospects for Kent students have been given recognition. We have played an a...