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Placement Year Awards 2024 winner Simone Jain

Celebrating exceptional achievements at the inaugural Placement Year Awards 2024

Computer Science student, Simone Jain, won the Placement Student of the Year Award - Faculty of Engineering. This award was given for her considerable contribution to her host organisation as well as her personal and professional growth over the year
Gavin Litton, the CEO and Co-Founder of Pillars Brewery

From Graduation to Business Success

Gavin Litton graduated from ºù«Ӱҵ with a Computer Science BSc and is now the CEO & Co-founder of Pillars Brewery, a specialist craft lager brewery based in London. Here he shares his Uni experience, early career, business and advice with us.
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The Centre for Machine Intelligence discusses prospects for future collaboration with ºù«Ӱҵ City Council

The Centre for Machine Intelligence welcomed ºù«Ӱҵ City Council into new office space to showcase research and discuss potential areas of collaboration.
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Robots and automation: UK regions and businesses face being left behind

Professor Tony Prescott from our Department of Computer Science and ºù«Ӱҵ Robotics has given evidence to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee ahead of a report published today. The report says that unless the Government increases efforts to manage the transition to automation, UK regions and businesses could find themselves left behind and uncompetitive.
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ºù«Ӱҵ’s forgotten castle brought to life by virtual model

ºù«Ӱҵ’s lost castle – which was once among the most powerful castles in the north of medieval England and held Mary Queen of Scots prisoner for 14 years – has been brought to life once again and given a new home in the city thanks to a collaboration between researchers from the University of ºù«Ӱҵ and the National Videogame Museum.
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Number one in the Russell Group for student satisfaction

ºù«Ӱҵ is ranked 14th of UK universities for student satisfaction according to National Student Survey (NSS). 90% of our students were satisfied in the NSS 2019: better than any other Russell Group computer science department.
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Nigel Farage and Gavin Esler triggered most abusive Twitter discussions ahead of EU election, study shows

Tweets by Nigel Farage triggered almost six times as many abusive Twitter replies than the next most-replied to MEP candidate, Gavin Esler of Change UK, in the build up to May’s European election, according to new research led by Professor Kalina Bontcheva from the Department.
MSc students from the department of computer science

Why working with industry benefits everyone

Exposure to industry and working in teams is a key feature of our taught courses.