Although I have become accustomed to disappointment with my final year at university, graduation arrangements have proved the final straw. Traditionally held in Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall, the graduation is supposed to be the highlight of our university lives. My parents both graduated from Swansea University (or University College, Swansea as it was back then) in [...]

After 4 years of lectures, coursework, projects, dissertations and exams, its finally time for me to enter the real world.  My time at Swansea University has come to an end.
Just over a week ago I was given the result of all this hard work - a Master of Engineering in Computing with Upper Second Class [...]

Photos from drinks and the meal after Charlie’s graduation. Friends and Family met for drinks in ‘The Mill’ nearby before going off for a meal at ‘Spice’ on St. Helen’s Road

Photos from Charlie’s gradution ceremony where she gained a BA in International Relations from Swansea University.

Well, unfortunately the Student General Meeting that I talked about in my last blog entry was cancelled at the last minute which means my website accessibility motion didn’t get heard. However, it will be making an appearance at the next SGM which will be happening in the first week of term – giving me [...]

This year, the Computer Science department at Swansea developed and organised a special module for a small selection of third years.  This special module - ‘Advanced Topics in Computer Science: Testing’ – is a complete break away from traditional Computer Science style courses.  Unlike every other module I have taken over the past two and [...]

As you may have noticed, my blog has been rather neglected recently. This is because I’ve been completely snowed under with work including several pieces of coursework, weekend lectures and the 24th Annual Computer Science Colloquium in Gregynog. For those that don’t know, the Comp Sci department at Swansea organise a trip to [...]

A few weeks ago I made a post about how busy my first week and a half of term was. Well, 3 weeks later and it hasn’t really slowed down, in fact, it’s gotten even busier. Work wise, we’ve had a few pieces of coursework that have had to be handed in already, [...]

Photos from the Pinkathon - an annual event at Swansea University to raise awareness for breast and testicular cancer.

I’ve been having a lot of fun this weekend.  I’ve had a 20 page initial document for my dissertation on Web Services to write.  I’m still not there, but I’m getting close.  It is actually a quite nice topic to research (especially since it directly relates to my job and what I want to do [...]