This is the timetable for the induction week events. Attend all of the sessions relevant to your situation. They tell you what is happening, and will give you certain programming skills you will be needing when it comes to work such as the group project.
Students who are repeating year 2 and are not external resit students MUST attend a compulsory meeting on Tuesday at 16:00 - 17:00.
This is on Discord between 9:30 and 12:30.
This session is for anyone who hasn't yet completed registration for this year and anyone who has questions about their registration. If you have general questions about registration in the meantime, you can contact cs-exam-advice@aber.ac.uk
If you completed Pre-Registration in April/May, you should be able to finish registration by going to your Student Record from Thursday 16th September. If you did not complete Pre-Registration, then come to this online session. After the advisors have spoken to you about the modules you will take, you then go on to complete registration on the Student Record.
Information about registration, including the link to the Discord server, is available on Blackboard.
To reduce the virtual queues, the following time slots have been defined based on surnames. Please aim to attend during your timeslot:
| Initials | Time |
|---|---|
| A-D | 09:30-10:00 |
| E-H | 10:00-10:30 |
| I-L | 10:30-11:00 |
| M-P | 11:00-11:30 |
| Q-U | 11:30-12:00 |
| V-Z | 12:00-12:30 |
This event is for everyone and is on Teams, 14:00 - 16:00.
Please see the Orientation Week Blackboard page or your email for the meeting link.
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Welcome to the second year! | Laurence Tyler |
| 14:05 | What is the 2nd Year all about? | Laurence Tyler |
| 14:30 | Getting your career off to a flying start (IY talk). | Neal Snooke |
| 15:00 | Update on special circumstances and extensions. Not cheating at University: What is Unacceptable Academic Practice? |
Nigel Hardy |
| 15:30 | How to pass the second year. | Laurence Tyler |
No timetabled events today, but you should spend the time preparing for the practical/workshop events on Friday.
Space Science and Robotics students: You do not need to attend a workshop.
BIT & Web Dev students: Choose one of your CS11010 web projects to expand or polish during the Web Development workshop.
All other CS students: Review CS12320 basics on Java and OO.
If you are using your own PC for the workshop, you will need the Java development kit installed: https://jdk.java.net/
We have JDK 16 installed on faculty PCs but JDK 17 is now available and you could use that if you prefer.
You should also install IntelliJ. The free Community edition is sufficient, but you can get the Ultimate edition if you wish. Download from https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download and either use our license server at http://jetbrains.dcs.aber.ac.uk:1111 or obtain a student pack licence from JetBrains: https://www.jetbrains.com/community/education/#students
Alternatively, you can use IntelliJ via our remote desktop service, but note that this may result in a poorer user interface experience compared to running it locally.
Java talk and workshop (with Chris Loftus) is for most CS students:
This is an online workshop.
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Java Talk | Online: Teams |
| 11:30 - 13:30 | Java workshop part 1 | Online: CS12320 Discord server |
| 14:30 - 16:30 | Java workshop part 2 | Online: CS12320 Discord server |
Web Development workshop (with Angharad Shaw) is for BIT & Web Dev students:
This is an in-person workshop.
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14:30 - 16:30 | Web dev workshop (BIT & WD) | LL-C56 (Delphinium) |