Thanks to all who attended the Board Games afternoon on Friday. Super turnout from all and it was great to see everyone enjoying themselves before teaching begins!
Student Feedback Required for Employability Consultation
Please help the University Careers Centre by completing this quick survey to shape St Andrews Employability Plan. It is quick and easy, just follow the QR code in the poster below.
For those completing the survey, students have the option to be entered into a prize draw to win one of twenty £5 Rector’s Café vouchers.
Thank you 🙂
Week 1 Social Events
The following social events are being held in the School this week in the Jack Cole coffee area:-
- Monday 16 September – 17:00 – 18:00 – MSc and MSci welcome reception (TODAY)
- Wednesday 18 September – 16:00 – 17:00 – Honours (Junior & Senior) welcome reception
- Friday 20 September – 17:00 – 18:00 – Sub-honours (students on first and second years of CS programmes) social event
Drinks 🍷 and snacks 🍰 available at all events, so please come along and join us!
STACS Welcome BBQ 🍔
If you are a new Undergraduate or Postgraduate Taught student to the School of Computer Science, you are invited to the STACS Welcome BBQ outside the Jack Cole Coffee Area on Friday 13th September 5.30pm-7.30pm.
The usual BBQ favourites will be available from the grill and refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Board Game Afternoon
Students and staff from the School of Computer Science – please join us for a board game afternoon on Friday 13th September 3.00pm-5.30pm in the Jack Cole Lab. Welcome a-board – come along and roll the dice! 😉🎲
First Year and Direct Entry Welcome Reception
We would like to invite all of our first year and direct entry students for snacks and refreshments in the Jack Cole Coffee Area tomorrow ( Wednesday 11th September) from 5-6pm.
This is a great opportunity to meet staff and fellow students.
WICS Coffee Break is back!
Women in Computer Science is back and are excited to invite you to the first coffee break of the academic year. This is a perfect opportunity for incoming students and returning students to meet each other and academic staff in the School.
Event Details:
- Date: Wednesday 11th September
- Time: 14:00-15:00
- Where: Jack Cole Coffee Area
Chat, coffee and snacks available!
Orientation 2024
We look forward to welcoming all our students to the School for the new academic year.
Details of the events for staff and students scheduled for the week commencing 9th September are in the Computer Science Orientation Programme.
More information on the University Orientation and Induction Events provides students with an overview of the University, and important dates to mark in your calendar.
GAP Days Summer 2024 @ St Andrews
The School of Computer Science hosted this years Summer GAP Days between 26th August and 30th August.
GAP Days are workshops where developers and users with programming experience are invited to influence the future development of [GAP] by initiating and contributing to discussions and coding sprints.
These GAP Days have been special as we celebrated 10 years of the [Digraphs] package as well as 10 years of [GAP Days] (to the week!).
We had a great selection of speakers and attendees from varied backgrounds, which cumulated in the release of the re-vamped GAP webpage, and over 30 new versions of packages!
PhD Viva Success: Di Wu
On behalf of the school, we would like to congratulate Di Wu supervised by Blesson Varghese, who has passed his PhD viva with minor corrections.
Thanks to Professor Graham Kirby who was internal examiner and Dr Chris Anagnostopoulos from Glasgow as external examiner.
