School of Computing News

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...

As part of the University of Kent Think Kent series – a collection of YouTube videos celebrating research with international impact at the University – Professor David Chadwick explores why identity theft is so easy to enact today over the Internet, and how it can be prevented by utilising the latest research in verifiable credentials. Verifiable credentials can prove your entitlements to an Inte...

Final year student Aaron Cross was a double winner at the Kent Student Awards on Friday 5 May. Aaron, who is studying Computer Science (Networks) with a Year in Industry, won the award for Outstanding Contribution to Media and Communications. It was awarded to him ‘for consistently providing an amazing service behind the scenes as CSR's (Canterbury Student Radio) Technical Manager and Kent Union's Tech Presi...

George Lowe, a second-year Computing and Business Administration with a Year in Industry student, has had an end of season promotion from the Football Association. George has a Kent Sport scholarship and is the first and only referee scholar. The scholarship scheme has given him access to coached sessions to help develop him to perform better in the fitness aspects of refereeing. He has spent this season refereeing for teams such as Ramsgate U21, Sutton...

The excellent research at the School of Computing has been recognised with a high position in the Complete University Guide 2018. The league table assessed 107 computer science departments in the UK across a range of measures. The University of Kent scored highly in research intensity, a measure of the proportion of staff involved in high-quality research in the University. Kent came 8th nationally and 1st in the ...

Student Experience Manager, Daniel Clark will be running the Asics Greater Manchester Marathon on Sunday 2 April. He is running in aid of two charities that have a special meaning for him and his family; The Christie Hospital in Manchester and Macmillan Cancer Support. Dan said: ‘The Christie is one of the world’s leading cancer treatment and research centres and, it’s where my dad has received treatment for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. My dad was d...

Congratulations to Oscar Kent-Plummer and Jason Marable who have been shortlisted for the University’s Go Abroad awards. The awards celebrate the efforts and achievements of students who have undertaken a study or work placement abroad. Both Oscar and Jason are final year undergraduates on the Computer Science with Year in Industry programme. Oscar has been shortlisted for best use of social media whilst on placement in HSBC, ...

We are advertising for two new members of the School’s administration team. The Employability Coordinator is a new post designed to support our successful marketing and industrial placement teams.  The post holder will be expected to work autonomously and with a high level of responsibility showing flexibility and competence in answering queries, meeting changing priorities and working under tight deadlines. Applicants should apply by Su...

Palaniappan Ramaswamy, University of Kent Biometrics – technology that can recognise individuals based on physical and behavioural traits such as their faces, voices or fingerprints – are becoming increasingly important to combat financial fraud and security threats. This is because traditional approaches, such as those based on PIN numbers or passwords, are proving too easil...