Introduction Hey there! I’m currently studying BSc (Hons) Software Engineering at Bournemouth University, and I wanted to share a bit about one of the coolest parts of our course: Computing in Business (CiB). It’s a big deal in our Department, partnered with J.P. Morgan, who plays the role of clients for our assignment. They even… Read more » about My Computing in Business experience
Introduction Hey there! I’m currently studying BSc (Hons) Software Engineering at Bournemouth University, and I wanted to share my experience within the Computing department. I’ve just completed my first year, and in this post, I’m going to talk about the different undergraduate courses available, the facilities students can use, things that stood out to me… Read more » about What Computing is like at BU
During my reading week in the first semester of my second year of studies, I participated in the Bournemouth University X ClickASnap & Teemill Hackathon event, run by the Computing and Informatics department! This was the second Hackathon event I have taken part in, and these events were open to all students within both the… Read more » about My Hackathon event experience
BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology student Zayn Mehrali is in his final year of the course. He recently took part in a poster event for final-year computing students, during which students had the opportunity to showcase their projects and get feedback from academics to help them progress their ideas. In his guest blog, he talks… Read more » about Life as a final year Computing student
Iris Compan del Monte is a BSc (Hons) Cyber Security Management student. She recently attended a placement event to help Computing students meet with potential employers and find out about the roles they have available. In this guest blog, she talks about the experience. Finding the perfect placement can be an exciting but stressful journey,… Read more » about Speed networking to meet prospective placement employers
During the 1st year, Computing students take part in Computing in Business week. Greta Kuzminskaite, a BSc (Hons) Software Engineering student blogged about her experience of CiB week, and what her group did during the week to give an insight into what CiB week is as part of the Business Systems Analysis and Design unit… Read more » about My Computing in Business experience
BU hosted the European Network of Cybersecurity Centres and Competence Hub for Innovation and Operations (ECHO) for a series of events to demonstrate ECHO’s assets and show partners and stakeholders what Bournemouth University has to offer. Computing and Informatics students were able to take part practical exercises, networking events and visits to local IT businesses…. Read more » about My experience of taking part in ECHO in Action
Chelsea is about to go into her second year studying BSc (Hons) Forensic Computing and Security. During her first year, she took part in a competition as part of the Computing in Business event for all first year Computing & Informatics students and her team won. Their prize was a chance to spend the day… Read more » about Spending the day visiting JPMorgan
In this student blog by BSc (Hons) Forensic Computing and Security student AJ Cox, she gives an account of the preparations involved in first year computing event Computing in Business. This week long event for first year Computing and Informatics students involves them being given a brief to create a computing system for use by… Read more » about My experience of Computing in Business week
I’m currently in my second year at Bournemouth University, studying BSc (Hons) Computing, but it’s taken me a long time to get here! I’m 47, married and divorced twice, a Mum of two grown-up daughters and previously in full-time employment for a very long time. I’ve always loved technology, and it’s taken me this long… Read more » about My journey from full-time Mum to full-time employee to full-time BU student
So…you’re interested in computing? Me too! I started my Computing course back in 2019, so I’m well into my second year now. I’ll try to give you some background about what it is actually like so far. I am doing the BSc (Hons) Computing course. There are a lot of computing courses to choose from,… Read more » about Computing at BU – my first two years so far…
This is a guest blog by Hristina Zaykova, who’s studying BSc (Hons) Games Design at BU. My name is Hristina Zaykova, and I am an international student taking a bachelor’s degree in Games Design at BU. Last year I had the opportunity to take an internship at Imperia Online JSC, as a game designer. Imperia… Read more » about Hristina’s international placement as a Game Designer at Imperia Online JSC
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