Welcome to your Computer Science (Cyber Security) course

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Welcome to University of Staffordshire

We know you're already passionate about your subject, which is why we're excited you've chosen University of Staffordshire as the place to turn possibility into reality.

To give you an insight into what life as a Computer Science (Cyber Security) student is like, your course leaders have prepared introductions to the course and further activities.

Hi and welcome to Staffordshire University if you are joining us on the start of your postgraduate course, and welcome back if you are continuing in your studies, in the Department of Computing within the School of Digital, Technologies and Arts. We have over 50 years of experience delivering computing degree courses and our staff are enthusiastic, highly qualified academically and/or professional qualifications with a commercial and/or research background.

We are here to help you learn and gain an excellent education so that you have a successful and rewarding future career.

Course Delivery

If you are a full-time on campus student, the lectures will be delivered live on campus/streamed, practical tutorial sessions will be live on campus.

For distance learning students the material will be pre-recorded and hosted on our VLE, the tutorial material will also be hosted on our VLE.

Pre-learning

We advise to start looking at research methods, Saunders Research onion is a good start point. If you have been out of education for a while it may be worth looking at academic writing and cite-me-rite referencing.

Our library services offer some excellent guides to help you with your studies and workshops sessions can be booked for individual support. Please take a look at these additional resources that may be of use during your studies:

https://libguides.staffs.ac.uk/study-skills

Please have a look at the following items as well.

Staffordshire University, Stoke Campus map - https://www.staffs.ac.uk/about/how-to-find-us/pdf/stoke-campus-map.pdf
Staffordshire University, Stoke Campus - https://www.staffs.ac.uk/student-life/campus-and-facilities/stoke-on-trent
Staffordshire University, Stoke Campus students - https://www.staffs.ac.uk/welcome/stoke-campus-students
Plagiarism and Turnitin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bjnVRVIdJA

Equipment and Software

Software link:

https://staffsuniversity.sharepoint.com/sites/software/SitePages/Home.aspx

A suitable PC preferably Windows OS, ideally Intel i5 or equivalent with a minimum of 16GB memory.

Alternatively, a Mac or Linux based machine, warning the new Macs (M1 based) are not recommended at present due to virtualisation issues.

Trips and Activities

There may be an opportunity for us to run a number of visits, these will be optional and communicated out to you closer to the time.

Groups and Societies

Information about several clubs is available at https://www.staffsunion.com/getinvolved/clubsandsocieties/

Meet the team

Tomasz Bosakowski

Senior Lecturer

Tomasz has obtained his MSc in Computer Engineering and is currently close to completing his PhD degree. He currently lectures in Computer Networks and Security at Staffordshire University. Tomasz is also a member of the university's Cisco teach…

Tomasz's profile

What to expect on Welcome Week

We're so excited for you to join us on campus and to welcome you to where you matter. During your welcome week you'll be able to meet our friendly student services teams, connect with new friends, join societies, explore on-campus venues attend club nights and much more.