You'll be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars and practical labs. You'll typically have around 12 contact hours per week (exact contact hours depend on the option modules you select.

Lab work typically involves working in small groups to enable you to discuss and develop your understanding of topics covered in lectures and to put theory into practice.

You'll also have regular scheduled meetings with an assigned academic personal tutor, who will be your first point of contact for assistance.

All courses are informed by the University’s Learning and Teaching Strategy 2015-2022.

When not attending lectures, seminars, workshops or other timetabled sessions you'll be expected to continue learning through self-study. Typically, this will involve reading journal articles and books, undertaking research in the library, working on projects, preparing coursework assignments/examination, and preparing for workshops and seminars.

Your overall workload typically consists of 12 contact hours per week and an additional 30 hours of independent learning per week. In addition, there may be field trips.

For each 20 credit module, your study time will about 10 hours a week plus work on assessments or preparation for examinations. Assessments would normally be expected to take approximately 50 hours for an assignment worth 50% of a 20 credit module. A similar amount of preparation and revision time would be expected for an examination worth 50% of a 20 credit module.

The team consists of highly qualified academics. They have a range of expertise and experience.

All our team members hold Doctoral or professional qualifications (e.g. Member of the British Computer Society or Eur. Ing.). You can find out more about the current teaching on our webpage. You should note members of the teaching team might change.

Postgraduate students assist in some teaching and assessing some modules. However, experienced academics teach the majority of lectures and seminars.