Resources for Foundation Year in Computing Students

Welcome to a resource page for information that may be helpful if you in your Foundation Year.

This admittedly terrible website has been cobbled together to put the information that I can never find on the school and\or university website, all in one place (so that at least I can find it).

Please click on the relevant links to access this information.

To start with, click here to see the presentations that were created as your pre-arrival activity

Tutorial Groups
When I find out I know how many of you are enrolled on the award and what your names are, I will ensure that you know which tutorial group you are in because this makes a difference to when your classes are timetabled where and with which tutor.

In the first instance, everyone whose surname begins with a letter that falls between A and M inclusive is in  group 2 and everyone whose surname begins with the letter N to Z inclusive is in group 1. 

If you do not like your allocated group's timetable please talk to me and it may be possible for you to transfer groups but if, and only if, you can find someone who is prepared to transfer to the other group in your stead.

It really helps when you attend the right classes on your timetables.

Content	Link
The award handbook for the Foundation Year	here
The school of Computing's Welcome Week activities that are planned for you	here
The university's planned Welcome Week activities	here
The official university term dates in case you are planning anything and need to know	here
The university's website for your award	here
The faculty's official website for your award	here
The Students' Union activities for Welcome Week	here
Your timetables for your classes	here
My (Dave Thomas's) personal website	here
And here for what might seem like a random image	here
And another random image	here
A useful resource for tracking down credible sources of information on computing subjects	here
Follow this link to see the pre-arrival PowerPoint slides that were sent in	here
Click on the link on the right to see the PowerPoint slides that were used on Monday	here
And here for those used on Tuesday	here
And here for those used on Wednesday	here
Here is a video showing how Jaffa cakes are made - and not biscuits	here
A presentation about which computing degrees will be available to you at Staffs	here

This page was created in, or about, September 2013 and last amended in September 2015.