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Postgraduate Certificate
Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
6 Month
This course is designed for students who wish to supplement their education in a specific set of advanced topics and cutting-edge technologies that they require for their professional lives, or to pursue their studies further to a PhD on a specific topic. It offers a broad menu of modules from which you can construct your own pathway with the advice and assistance of a member of staff. Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, self-paced learning and practicals. Assessment is a mix of coursework - computer-based practicals, essays and small group projects - and exams The compulsory 'Personal and Group Skills' module combines seminars, group discussions and collective essay writing on selected topics, as well as a series of workshops on transferable skills and career planning. Your project and, where relevant, industry placement will be assessed separately.
Your course will conclude with an Individual Project (after your industry placement, if you have taken one). Using the experience gained during your course/placement, you will choose a challenging problem to work on and explore it by privately studying under the supervision of a member of the academic staff. (Students studying for a PGDip don't complete a project.)
This module includes seminars especially commissioned from speakers selected for their presentation skills and state-of-the-art research, together with group discussions and collective essay writing on topics related to the seminars. Recent seminar topics have included: Scheduling for Electricity Cost in the Smart Grid; Formal Verification of Secure Hypervisors; Privacy in the Large; and Developing Interactive Systems for Different Cultures.
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