Prof. Dominic Palmer-Brown Dean of the Faculty of Computing

1. London Metropolitan University’sFaculty of Computingwelcomes Enfield Collegeto an informal University ‘Taster’ sessionWed 16 th Sep 14:00-16:00

2. Prof. Dominic Palmer-Brown Dean of the Faculty of Computing

3. The largest single University in London • Located in the City of London and Islington, Highbury

4. 485 bachelors • 170 masters courses • PhDs in 60 subjects • 11 Research Institutes • 32 Research Centres

5. Graduate Centre Designed by Daniel Libeskind, opened March 2004.

6. Science Centre

7. Includes a giant ‘Super-Lab’, specialist sports performance, forensic, bioscience labs, sports facilities, classrooms, storage and research areas.

8. Overlooking the ‘neighbours’ - Arsenal football stadium!

9. Sports • Fitness centre • Sports hall • Gymnasium • Dance studio • Outdoor sports centre

10. The Rocket Complex The 'Best Student Bar in London' is open Monday to Friday 11am up to 2am with some of the best offers and most innovative events and gigs you are going to find.

11. The Sub Bar City Centre venue with bar, clubs, comedy nights and a range of activities and events for students.

12. The Faculty of Computing is located in the Tech Tower. Technology Tower The Tech Tower has 800 networked machines, is open 9am to 9pm every day, and offers fantastic views over London.

13. Faculty of Computing The department pays equal importance to research and consultancy, teaching and continuing professional development. One of the department's key aims is to increase its relevance to commerce and industry, e.g. by offering training courses and through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. We place emphasis on professional integration by applying new technologies and approaches to our teaching and research.

14. Faculty of ComputingResearch Centres and Groups • Applied Mathematics and Coastal Studies • Communications and Software Systems Engineering • Digital Media Research Group (DMRG) • Intelligent Systems Research Centre • Knowledge Management Research Centre • Learning Technology Research Institute • London Metropolitan University Microwaves • On-board active safety system for general aviation (ONBASS) • Optoelectronics Group • Statistics, Operational Research and Mathematics Research Centre (STORM)

15. Range of Faculty of Computing Undergraduate qualifications Extended degree Foundation Degree (FdSc) Bachelors Degree (BSc, BEng) Integrated Masters Degree (MEng) 15

16. Approved Prior (Experience) Learning Prior academic qualifications/work-based experience may exempt you from part of a course. 16

17. Basic Faculty Entry Requirements GCSE English and Maths at grade C We can assess applicants 17

18. Range of subjects At LondonMet the Faculty of Computing comprises of: Computing Mathematics Communication Technology Multimedia 18

19. Computing BSc COMPUTING EXTENDED DEGREE (Computing, Mathematics, Multimedia) FdSc BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BSc BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BSc BUSINESS COMPUTING FdSc COMPUTING AND MATHEMATICS FdSc COMPUTING BSc COMPUTING BSc COMPUTER FORENSICS BSc INTERNET COMPUTING BSc MOBILE COMPUTING BSc COMPUTER SCIENCE 19

20. Mathematics BSc FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS BSc MATHEMATICS BSc MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES BSc DECISION SCIENCE BSc STATISTICS (joint only) BSc MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS BSc MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE 20

21. Communications Technology FdSc ICT SUPPORT BSc COMPUTER NETWORKING BEng ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING BEng COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BEng TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS ENGINEERING BSc ELECTRONICS BEng ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING BSc COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS MEng NETWORK MANAGEMENT & SECURITY MEng EMBEDDED SYSTEMS MEng MOBILE & SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 21

22. Multimedia FdSc CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY (E-LEARNING, GAMES MULTIMEDIA) BSc MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS (E-LEARNING, INTERNET, GAMES) BSc COMPUTER GAMES BSc COMPUTER ANIMATION 22

23. Graduate-level skills are a must for an increasing proportion of jobs. The teaching of these skills should not be viewed as a discretionary ‘add-on’ – they are vital to enable graduates to apply their degree skills to the workplace (CBI Education and Skills survey 2009)

24. Figure 1: IT professionals in the UK workforce / UK Applicants to Computing 1,200,000 40,000 35,000 1,000,000 30,000 Computing applicants 800,000 25,000 IT professionals 600,000 20,000 15,000 400,000 10,000 Total IT professionals 200,000 5,000 Total applicants to Computing degrees 0 0 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Source: e-skills UK analysis of ONS LFS and UCAS data. Post 2000 LFS data uses SOC 2000 24

25. What are these skills? • Self-management responsibility, flexibility, self-starting, a readiness to improve on performance based on feedback/reflective learning • Teamworking Respecting others, co-operating, negotiation, discussion contribution • Business and Customer Awareness Basic understanding of key drivers in business – innovation – customer satisfaction • Problem Solving Analysis – thinking outside the box – creative thinking – confidence in the above • Communication and Literacy listening and questioning – ability to produce clear concise oral and written literacy

26. Graduate skills are embedded All these skills are embedded into the design of all the degree courses in the Faculty of Computing. In addition – work placements modules are available For the best students then there is …….

27. supported by London Metropolitan University

28. ‘so what is this WOW thing?...’ WOW is an exciting initiative, embedded within London Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Computing. Our top students/graduates from digital, multimedia and IT are placed into client-driven projects at very competitive rates to business, who in turn benefit from access to highly motivated and talented individuals. We currently have student/graduate developers across a range of platforms, front-end designers, graphic and gaming artists, database developers, IT consultants, programmers working onprojects from SME and corporate web build to complex informationarchitecture.

29. WOW offers graduates in: Web Consultancy, Design and Development Digital / Multimedia Gaming and Animation Graphic Design and Branding Business Systems Design Communications Technology Database Design and Development Data Mining / Warehouse Mathematics and Statistical Research

30. highest calibre students highest quality outputs breakthrough thinking the future in digital, multimedia and IT expertise

31. Some previous projects Thames Gateway London Partnership Redesign and development of website and branding http://www.thames-gateway.org.uk New Brand Vision Web development and PHP coding functionality for clients incl Microsoft/Creditflux/Emap People With Voices News article based website for ethnic minorities http://www.peoplewithvoices.com Centre for Children Youth and Media (Institute of Education) Back-end coding functionality and optimisation http://www.childrenyouthandmedia.org.uk Cockpit Arts Studios Database design and implementation / business review

32. What does being a student in Higher Education mean? Attending lectures, seminars and workshops. - full attendance and participation in classes is the recipe for success - time management Carrying out assessments - both coursework and examination You will get out of it what you put into it.