You should be in this room if you are a
new student enrolled on one of the
following degrees...
BEng / BSc Software Engineering
BSc Computer Science
BSc Computer Systems & Networking
BSc Computer Security & Forensics
If you are a new student on a different degree
you are probably in the wrong room
Please seek advice before dashing off to the right room
If you are not a new student you don’t need to be here
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Welcome to the
University of Greenwich
Dr Kevin McManus
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The University
Three Campuses in London and Kent
• Greenwich
• Avery Hill - Eltham
• Medway - Chatham
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Greenwich Campus
• Site of a former royal palace
• Baroque buildings built under the
direction of Sir Christopher Wren
• Naval Hospital then Royal Naval
College
• Popular film and TV location
e.g. The Mummy Returns, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,
Shanghai Knights, Starter for 10, The Four
Feathers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sherlock
Holmes, Les Miserables, Skyfall, Thor: The Dark
World and many more
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Greenwich
• A World Heritage Site
• This campus with the
chapel and the Painted Hall
• The Royal Observatory
• home of John Flamsteed, the first
Astronomer Royal
• site of the Prime Meridian
• the origin of time
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Greenwich
• The National Maritime
Museum tells the story
of Britain at Sea
• contains the coat Nelson
wore at Trafalgar
• with the hole made by
the bullet that killed him
• The Queen’s House
contains a selection of
the museum’s fine art
collection
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Greenwich
• A Royal Park, 183 acres
with superb views of
London and Docklands
• The Cutty Sark
• in her time the fastest ship in
the world
• now restored in dry dock with
the help of our researchers
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Department of Computing and
Information Systems (CIS)
• Part of the Faculty of Architecture
Computing and Humanities – FACH
• Department office is 3rd floor Queen Mary
• QM345
• student help-desk
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1,300 students
39 Academic Staff
8 Technical Support Staff
11 Administrative Staff
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Department’s Degrees
• PhD
• MPhil
• MSc
• BEng
• BSc
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Programme Leader
• Kevin McManus PhD MSc PGCert BSc MBCS
• BSc Computer Science
• BEng Software Engineering
• BSc Software Engineering
• BSc Computer Systems & Networking
• BSc Computer Security & Forensics
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Programme Leader
• Devise, manage and administer the degree
programme
• Advise on programme choices
• Direct students to sources of support
• academic, pastoral, financial, etc.
• Monitor student progress
• Advise on academic progress
• Report to Department
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Undergraduate Programmes
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BEng Software Engineering
BSc Software Engineering
BSc Computer Science
BSc Computer Systems & Networking
BSc Computer Security & Forensics
BSc Computing
BSc Business Information Systems
BSc Business Information Technology
BSc Computing with Digital Media
BSc Computing with Games Development
BSc Business Computing
BSc Web Technologies
BSc Games Design and Development
BSc Creative Digital Media
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These programmes have a common
first year
... permits easy transfer between
programmes
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First Year Course Timetable
Term I
Communication
Systems
Logical
Foundations
Computer
Programming
Term 2
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Systems
Architectures
Systems
Building
Analytical
Methods for
Computing
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Course Leader
• Organises delivery of a course
• usually delivers the lectures
• not always
• coordinates rooming, resources and tutors
• Creates and coordinates the assessments
• Monitors student progress
• Reports back to the department
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Personal Tutors
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Peter Smith
Simon Scola
Andy Wicks
Alex Fedorec
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Kevin McManus
Markus Wolf
Diane Gan
Avgoustinos Filippoupolitis
• First year students are assigned a personal tutor
• you get to meet them this week
• lab class Wednesday afternoon
• tutorials Thursday morning
• regular structured tutorials through the coming year
• First port of call for questions or problems
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Lead Personal Tutors
Lead Personal (Year) Tutors
Year 1
Markus Wolf
Year 2
Richard Anthony
Final Year
Kevin McManus
• Organise Stage Committee Meetings
• listen to feedback from student representatives
• minutes fed into the Annual Monitoring Report
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Computing Facilities
• Over 1000 computers for general student use
• Approximately 300 high spec PC and Mac
machines exclusively for CIS students
• Virtual desktop allows you to work anywhere
• as long as you have internet access
• Two Wi-Fi networks
• GreenNET and Eduroam
• Laptop lending facility
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Intranets
• Student intranet systems require a login using your
Greenwich user ID
• xy123 or xy1234z
• not 000654321
• University portal provides facilities required by all
Greenwich students
• email, Moodle, library, timetables ...
• The CIS intranet provides facilities that are specific to
CIS students
• coursework, feedback, register, CIS specific help ...
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Intranets
There is an essential lab session
on Wednesday afternoon to help
you to get to grips with these
facilities
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Communication
• Intranets deliver lots of information to you
• the answer to your question is probably online
• CIS pages http://www.cms.gre.ac.uk
• University Home Page http://www.gre.ac.uk
• email - Check your email regularly
• Contact Staff by email, telephone, in person
• contact details online
• Staff publish open office hours when they are free
• Messages for staff can be left with the Dept. Office
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Timetables
• Timetables are available
from the student portal
• individual
• programme
• course
• Check daily for first few
weeks as they are likely to
change at short notice
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Week 1
(this week)
1. Register
• parts 1 and 2
• get a Resource Card
2. Week 1 presentations, exercises and
tutorials
3. Students Union Fresher’s Fair
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Part 1 Registration
• Most of you have already completed this
• passed the fees payment section and reached the optional
photograph upload
• if no photo uploaded one can be taken at part 2 registration
• agreed that your details are correct
• This must be completed as soon as possible
• QM269 has PCs you can use
• advice can be obtained from the student help-desk
• 3rd floor Queen Mary
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Part 2 Registration
• Some of you have
already completed this
• you have a resource card
OTHERWISE
• complete part 2
tomorrow
• starting at 10:00pm
• at the time printed on the
registration slip you have
been given this morning
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Week 1 Timetable
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
Mon
This session – new
students
KW315
Tue
Part 2 registration
Personal tutorial
Facilities
S11 003
2:00
3:00
4:00
Treasure hunt
Grand Square
Second year
orientation
QA180
Picnic in the park
Wed
Thu
1:00
Personal
tutorial
Final year
orientation
QA180
Lab discovery
KW labs
SU Freshers’ Fair
Fri
Also Film screening SL101 6:00 Tues and boat trip Friday
A more complete TT is available online from
http://stu-nginx.cms.gre.ac.uk/~mk05/Week_1_CIS_Rota.pdf
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Orientation
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Orientation
• Room Numbers represent
building, floor and room
• QM345 indicates that the
room is on the third floor of
the Queen Mary Building
• e.g. QA080, KW103, M413,
W116
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Mentors
• You have already seen student mentors highlighted
in green
• They will be around through the week (and the year)
• to help you with pretty much anything
• they were new students last year so they have a good idea
of what it is like
• Stay connected with
https://www.facebook.com/CISmentorsGre
https://twitter.com/CISmentorsGre
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Student Services
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Financial planning
Medical issues
Study difficulties
Child care
Religious needs
Careers guidance
Welfare advice
Accommodation
Advice and support on any equal opportunities issues e.g.
issues of disability, gender and ethnicity.
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Students' Union
• Each site has Students' Union facilities
• Main Students' Union is at Avery Hill
• Check their website for details of events
http://www.suug.co.uk/whatson/
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Treasure Hunt
• New first year students
only
• Begins after this session
• in the Grand Square
• without Mr Depp
• Return completed
paperwork to the
student helpdesk
(QM345) before 5:00
today
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This PowerPoint is available from
http://stu-nginx.cms.gre.ac.uk/~mk05/Week1Monday-201415.ppt
Questions
Is my programme right for me?
Am I on the most suitable programme?
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