Welcome to the School of Computer Science news page where you will find the latest achievements, announcements and awards of our academics, postgraduates and undergraduates.
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- Nazibur reflects on the the 93% Club's first year as part of the EPS Community, running professional events and supporting students from state schools. It's been a fantastic year with many employability-focused events.
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- This year, the Women in Tech society has truly flourished, running a variety of virtual events throughout both semesters. The committee reflect on their year and share exciting results from the EPS Societies' Awards!
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- The Head of Student Development and Support is delighted to welcome 2021 new students to the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham.
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- A letter from the Head of School to congratulate and welcome new students to the School of Computer Science.
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- Despite a challenging year, the Black, Ethnic and Minority Scientists Society have persevered to give their members a sense of community, with several virtual events this semester. Co-President Foday tells us more.
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- AFNOM fill us in on their semester, including some fantastic hacking competition results! They've also continued to run virtual socials as well as a collaboration with CSS to run 'lightening talks'.
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- CSS have thrived this year, adapting their much-loved events to a virtual-world and even adding some new events to the calendar. Jacqui signs off for the year and hands over to Likkan, the new President for CSS.
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- Ivan from GDS shares some fantastic new game developments from the society and an exciting win at the NSE Games Innovation Challenge. With speaker events, tutorials and Game Jams, GDS really have something for everyone.
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- Plastic-Free UoB are thrilled to run their litter picks again and have now partnered with Hindu Climate Action to join their National Litter Pick. Interested in contributing to their amazing work - why not get in touch?
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- With nearly 50 articles published this year, the pandemic hasn't stopped SATNAV! With their first careers event and online-exclusive magazine, Mia Wroe tells us about the society's amazing accomplishments over the year.
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- Another busy year for WISE, with a plethora of online events and virtual outreach. Sarah Lloyd tells us more about semester two with WISE and some of the 23 events they have been involved in this year!
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- oSTEM has had a busy term including their annual STEM, LGBTQ & You conference, LGBTQ+ History Month, a photography competition and weekly virtual socials. Outgoing and incoming Chairs, Claire and Jackie tell us more.
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- In March 2021, the EPS Community launched the first event series aimed at introducing students to Engineering and Physical Science alumni from a broad range of sectors and offering and insight into their roles.
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- Thanks to a generous gift from leading British Artificial Intelligence (AI) company DeepMind,we are offering scholarship funding for four postgraduate students from under-represented groups to study AI.
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- The University honours the memory of alumnus Ray Fiveash
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- oSTEM has something exciting to announce… STEM, LGBTQ & You 2021 is on its way! Put Friday 19 February in the diary and be sure to register!
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- GDS love learning about game dev so for the first term of this academic year they held a variety of events aimed at improving their skills, weekly challenges, art kit, and lots of playtesting. Ivan tells us more.
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- CSS, despite 2020's best efforts, has had an awesome Term 1. They've held socials, workshops, career events, and most notably started up our very own Discord Server! Jacqui Henes tells us what they're been up to.
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- Plastic- Free UoB have had a fantastic first year and made great stride this autumn term. With a shining new logo and an expanded committee, the team set out to tackle plastic-waste head-on.
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- Although it has been a tough and challenging year, the Black, Ethnic and Minority Scientists Society have worked hard to plan engaging virtual events and help new support students. Foday Kamara tells us more.