Notice Board

 

 

18th February 2010

Welcome to new students

The induction week for the new modules starts today and twenty new people have joined the online community for the first time. All the tutoring and support team welcome you to the online courses from Bolton and look forward to helping you achieve your goals in your future studies.

You should have enrolled by following the instructions from the email sent by Admissions. If you have not received this email or are having difficulty enrolling then please contact the AMI Office ami@bolton.ac.uk.

Please return FPGA or Micros kit if module finished

If you have finished with one of these kits, please could you return it now as a few people are waiting to receive a kit in time to start next week. However, only return the kit if you have really finished with it and are confident of passing the module. Should an assignment prove to be unsatisfactory you may need the kit to do the work again.

12th January 2010

Next chance to study a module: February 2010

The next opportunity to start a module is on Thursday 25th February when the choice of titles is as listed. Induction week starts on Thursday 18th February.

Current enrolled students need only email the office of their intentions and we will then complete a "Module Addition" form on your behalf. The Future Module Choice (restricted access) is updated regularly and indicates our understanding of your intentions - please email any changes to ami@bolton.ac.uk.

Prospective new students should apply to the Postgraduate Programmes Office for Electronics - See Application Form.   Where a prerequisite is shown, it means that you must have successfully completed the module indicated, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and understanding, before attempting this one.

 

CAD02 is now back on line

I must apologise for the time it has taken.
In the meantime if anyones delivery dates do slip due to this issue please let the tutors know.
My apologies for the situation and the length of time it has taken to resolve.
The plan is to introduce a new Linux cluster to replace the UNIX systems to avoid this issue recurring.
This will require significant rewrites to all affected modules and hence will be done over the next year
on a module by module basis.

Neil Cole

16th December 2009

CAD02 is Off Line at the moment

IT have had a coolant failure in the server room. So far they have been unable to
give me a date for the situation to be resolved. I will continue to request one so I can confirm the situation to students.
In the meantime if anyones delivery dates do slip due to this issue please let the tutors know.
My apologies for the situation.
I will update this to confirm when CAD02 is back on line.

Neil Cole

26th November 2009

Results available online

Just a reminder, the University now makes your results transcript available online. Go to the university main site, www.bolton.ac.uk, click on "Current Students", then "My Details", then "Student Record", and log in.

9th September 2009

Next chance to study a module: October 2009

The next opportunity to start a module is on Thursday 22nd October when the choice of titles is as listed. Induction week starts on Thursday 15th October.

Current enrolled students need only email the office of their intentions and we will then complete a "Module Addition" form on your behalf. The Future Module Choice (restricted access) is updated regularly and indicates our understanding of your intentions - please email any changes to ami@bolton.ac.uk.

Prospective new students should apply to the Postgraduate Programmes Office for Electronics - See Application Form.   Where a prerequisite is shown, it means that you must have successfully completed the module indicated, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and understanding, before attempting this one.

7th August 2009

Reminder to re-enrol online for academic year 2009/10

The university requires that everyone continuing studies from one academic year to the next should re-enrol. In previous years the Data Management team has sent pre-printed paper forms through the post to be checked and signed, but now this can all be done online. Everyone should have received instructions by email addressed to both their Bolton and personal email account.

In case your email has gone astray, this is what you have to do: go to www.bolton.ac.uk/Students/MyDetails and select “Student Record”. Enter your username and password and then click on "enrol". It's as simple as that. Please be sure to do this, and don't leave it too late as otherwise your account is likely to become locked in September.

15th July 2009

Please return FPGA or Micros kit if module finished

If you have finished with one of these kits, please could you return it now.

29th May 2009

Introducing Your Student Liaison Officer

Your Student Liaison Officer, Debra Elliott, will help you get the most out of your time whilst you are studying with us. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact Debra on the following:
Email: dje1@bolton.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)1204 903595

Your Student Liaison Officer

 

(The link can also be found at 'www.ami.ac.uk' then choosing 'Students' and 'Student Support' and 'Your Student Support Liaison Officer' )

CEESI bursaries

Here is the latest news from CEESI regarding bursaries.

"CEESI bursaries are still available for CEESI-approved modules from Bolton (AMI) starting in June. Regrettably it now seems inevitable that will be the last opportunity because funding from EPSCR in support of the CEESI project ends in September. The CEESI Board has approached many funding organisations over the past 18 months and presented a very strong case to each for supporting the scheme in the future, but so far without success. The Board is doing all that it can to ensure the scheme continues beyond September, with or without bursaries."

12th May 2009

Next chance to study a module: June 2009

The next opportunity to start a module is on Thursday 18th June when the choice of titles is as listed. Induction week starts on Thursday 11th June.

Current enrolled students need only email the office of their intentions and we will then complete a "Module Addition" form on your behalf. However, if you intend to apply for a CEESI bursary (or use one already agreed), please be sure to mention this, otherwise the Finance Office will invoice the full fee.  The Future Module Choice (restricted access) is updated regularly and indicates our understanding of your intentions - please email any changes to ami@bolton.ac.uk.

Prospective new students should apply to the Postgraduate Programmes Office for Electronics - See Application Form.   Where a prerequisite is shown, it means that you must have successfully completed the module indicated, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and understanding, before attempting this one.  To apply for a CEESI bursary for a particular module, complete and submit the bursary application form. (Please read the eligibility rules carefully before applying).

 

Remember to check your Bolton email account

Every student enrolled on a course at the university is assigned an email account for the duration of their studies here. However, we have found that many e-learning students prefer to be contacted using an existing email account at work or at home and for this reason we invite students to tell us their preferred email address.

Occasionally however we may send information to you using your Bolton email account therefore please remember to regularly check this account.

9th April 2009

Module Results

Apologies for all of you awaiting last semesters results. The Examination board sits during the Easter break. This year Easter is about as late as it is possible for it to be. The Examination board has now sat and ratified the results. The results should be made available to you all in the next week or so.

19th February 2009

Welcome to new students

The induction week for the new modules starts today and twenty new people have joined the online community for the first time. All the tutoring and support team welcome you to the online courses from Bolton and look forward to helping you achieve your goals in your future studies. The username and password for your accounts at Bolton should be emailed to you today.

Please return FPGA or Micros kit if module finished

If you have finished with one of these kits, please could you return it now as a few people are waiting to receive a kit in time to start next week. However, only return the kit if you have really finished with it and are confident of passing the module. Should an assignment prove to be unsatisfactory you may need the kit to do the work again.

28th January 2009

Remember to check your Bolton email account

Every student enrolled on a course at the university is assigned an email account for the duration of their studies here. However, we have found that many e-learning students prefer to be contacted using an existing email account at work or at home and for this reason we invite students to tell us their preferred email address.

Occasionally however we may send information to you using your Bolton email account therefore please remember to regularly check this account.

 

Next chance to study a module: February 2009

The next opportunity to start a module is on Thursday 26th February when the choice of titles is as listed. Induction week starts on Thursday 19th February.

Current enrolled students need only email the office of their intentions and we will then complete a "Module Addition" form on your behalf. However, if you intend to apply for a CEESI bursary (or use one already agreed), please be sure to mention this, otherwise the Finance Office will invoice the full fee.  The Student Progress Chart (restricted access) is updated regularly and indicates our understanding of your intentions - please email any changes to ami@bolton.ac.uk.

Prospective new students should apply to the Postgraduate Programmes Office for Electronics - See Application Form.   Where a prerequisite is shown, it means that you must have successfully completed the module indicated, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and understanding, before attempting this one.  To apply for a CEESI bursary for a particular module, complete and submit the bursary application form. (Please read the eligibility rules carefully before applying).

10th January 2009

CADENCE licences updated

The new licence files arrived yesterday and were installed by lunchtime. The tool suite is now being checked systematically though we do not anticipate any problems. If, however, you find something appears to be amiss, please report the details by email to ami@bolton.ac.uk, giving as much information as you can. Thank you.

CEESI Bursaries increased to £400

Good news! The CEESI Board of Management has increased the value of an award from £300 to £400. The new maximum will apply to AMI modules within the CEESI scheme starting on 26th February and 18th June 2009. (After that things are uncertain, but the CEESI Board aims to secure new funds to allow them to extend the bursary scheme further). If you have already applied for, and received confirmation of a CEESI bursary for 2009, there is no need to check with the AMI Office as we will apply the new rate automatically. To apply for a CEESI bursary, go to www.ceesi.ac.uk and click on Bursaries.

Kevan Smart takes over as Postgraduate Co-ordinator

Kevan Smart has taken over the Co-ordination role for the online postgraduate modules in electronics as Roy Attwood has moved to a new post within the University. Kevan will be familiar to many of you as the author and tutor of the module on FPGAs. As well as lecturing at Bolton, Kevan has for many years been a design engineer in the Electronics Design industrial unit. Enquiries and other matters can be addressed to ami@bolton.ac.uk or direct to Kevan on k.smart@bolton.ac.uk

19 December 2008

Server Update

The Europractice licenses for the Cadence tool suites expire on the 31/12/08 at midnight. Due to a technical oversight the new licenses will not be available in time to replace them.

First off let me apologise for the situation, which was beyond our control. Secondly if anyone is inconvenienced by the situation then please let the relevant tutor know so that we can allow extensions where appropriate for the delivery of assignments.

Access to the UNIX and Access Platforms will be unaffected. However all Cadence tools will be. Once again I can only apologise for the situation and assure you that we are endevouring to rectify it.

A degree of technical support will be available and the ami@bolton.ac.uk email will be monitored on a regular basis over the holiday period for those of you continuing to work. However support will be limited during this period.

Holiday Arrangements

The calendar allows for a three week holiday over Christmas and we expect most people will want to use this time to relax so they are fully refreshed to resume studies after the break. For those of you who want to use some of the holiday to catch up or get ahead, the systems have been left running and everything should remain available for your use.

The Postgraduate Programmes Office re-opens on Monday 5th January and the next study week starts officially on Thursday 8th January.

All the tutors and staff at Bolton send greeting for Christmas and wish everyone a pleasant holiday.

23 November 2008

Next chance to study a module: February 2009

The next opportunity to start a module is on Thursday 26th February when the choice of titles is as listed. Induction week starts on Thursday 19th February.

Current enrolled students need only email the office of their intentions and we will then complete a "Module Addition" form on your behalf. However, if you intend to apply for a CEESI bursary (or use one already agreed), please be sure to mention this, otherwise the Finance Office will invoice the full fee.  The Student Progress Chart (restricted access) is updated regularly and indicates our understanding of your intentions - please email any changes to ami@bolton.ac.uk.

Prospective new students should apply to the Postgraduate Programmes Office for Electronics - See Application Form.   Where a prerequisite is shown, it means that you must have successfully completed the module indicated, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and understanding, before attempting this one.  To apply for a CEESI bursary for a particular module, complete and submit the bursary application form. (Please read the eligibility rules carefully before applying).

24th September 2008

Gandalf replaced by Access Platform 2

Gandalf having done sterling service has been retired from active duty. Its replacement "Access Platform 2" is accessed using an https web based interface. The system is still Citrix based and provides the same facilities and more that were available on Gandalf. However until the start of next term access is limited. So if students requiring access could let us know at: ami@bolton.ac.uk please. For those who wish to check their access:

Open the web address and log on using your Bolton account to:

https://access.bolton.ac.uk

If you see the following image with the Applications field blank then you need to be authorised so please contact us at ami@bolton.ac.uk, otherwise use the BEE Desktop Icon to logon to the desktop:

The tools are current versions. In certain circumstances it has not been possible to support the same version as was available on Gandalf so there may be differences between the guidance and the actual tools. If you could let us know of any problems it would be appreciated. We are working through the walkthroughs and notes but this does take time for all the modules.

22th September 2008

CAD02 restored

CAD02 is now back on line and fully functional. As this required a full restore of all software and student data if anyone does encounter any issues if they could let us know immediately.

14th September 2008

CAD02 suffers critical failures

Routine server room maintenance required power to be removed from CAD02. On power up CAD02 suffered a critical failure of the raid array. This eventually affected multiple disks in the array, taking it beyond the ability of the array to recover. IT are in the process of replacing and rebuilding the raid array and the data. It is hoped to have this completed by the 17th or 18th of September at the latest.

If you have been affected by the loss of CAD02 could you let us know please. We can then discuss the situation with your tutors to ensure you are not adversely affected.

We can be contacted at ami@bolton.ac.uk

28th July 2008

Reminder to re-enrol online for academic year 2008/09

The university requires that everyone continuing studies from one academic year to the next should re-enrol. In previous years the Data Management team has sent pre-printed paper forms through the post to be checked and signed, but this year it is all being done online. Everyone should have received instructions by email addressed to both their Bolton and personal email account.

In case your email has gone astray, this is what you have to do: go to www.bolton.ac.uk/Students/MyDetails and select “Student Record”. Enter your username and password and then click on "enrol". It's as simple as that. Please be sure to do this, and don't leave it too late as otherwise your account is likely to become locked in September.

Reminder of new policy of staged awards

Some people who applied (and were accepted) for the MSc have queried why the student record shows they have been entered on the Postgraduate Certificate. This is not an error but reflects a change of policy from the postgraduate electronics team last summer, reported on the notice board in August 2007. See archive.

Normal practice in other Schools in this university and elsewhere is to undertake postgraduate study in three stages, enrolling first on the Postgraduate Certificate, then the Postgraduate Diploma, and finally on the Master of Science. Many people have enquired in the past whether they could do this, but were told they should enrol on the full MSc from the outset. As long as they continued right through to the MSc, this was fine, but problems arose if they decided to take an interim award (PgCert or PgDip) but subsequently wanted to continue, as the University would not allow it. To avoid falling into this trap in future, and also to give more flexibility to all, the Postgraduate Programmes Committee agreed that from the summer of 2007 onwards, enrolments would be on a staged basis: initially Postgraduate Certificate, then Postgraduate Diploma and finally Master of Science.

It is taking time for all the documentation to be updated to the new arrangement, and there are doubtless still texts saying the opposite so we send apologies to anyone who was concerned to read they had been enrolled on a lesser qualification than that intended. Please be assured you will be able to progress to the higher degrees. It is also now the case that you could end up with three qualifications: Certificate, Diploma and MSc. If you still have any concerns about this please contact the Postgraduate Programmes Office by email to ami@bolton.ac.uk or by telephone to +44 (0)1204 903020.

11th July 2008

Fees set for the new academic year

The University has set the fees for the academic year 2008/09 and made a small increase to allow for inflation. The following fees will apply for modules starting in October 2008, February 2009 and June 2009: £360 (360 GBP) for a 10-credit module, £490 (490 GBP) fior a 15 or 20 credit module and £920 (920 GBP) for the MSc Project. The page on fees gives more information.

Arrangements over the summer

The calendar includes three "floating" weeks for holiday during the summer term. Most students and tutors choose to take holiday in August, but it's not compulsory and the "floating" weeks can be taken at whatever time is best for you.  The main thing is to plan to complete the whole module by midnight on Wednesday 1st October, and to submit the final assignment by then. The submission date for earlier assignments can be extended by up to three weeks if you choose to take holiday allowance before the end of the study week when they are indicated as being due.

Extra chance to study module on FPGAs

Because of the high demand to study module AMI4460 "Systems Design using FPGAs" it has been decided to run the module again in October as well as in February as already planned. The module availability chart has been updated accordingly. A few other changes have been made, most of them adding to the choices in February and June 2009. All the alterations are listed in the change record at the foot of the page.

Modules next start on Thursday 23rd October and the choice of titles is listed here. Induction week starts on Thursday 16th October.

4th July 2008

Congratulations to students receiving awards

Degrees were presented to over 2,400 students in series of ceremonies held in Bolton last week. Dr George Holmes, Vice Chancellor, presented postgraduate degrees in electronics to: Alan Hulme, Derek Ives, David Geddes, Nebeel Sulaiman, Michael Goetz, Abdoulie Colley,  Elvis Apang, Victorin Tabue and Vinay Pentapuri. Paul Malpass and B.C. have also finished their MSc degrees and will attend the ceremony in November. All the electronics team send their sincere congratulations to these students on their successes. University News item with photos: Graduation joy

Reminder to check transcripts online following Assessment Board

Following the assessment board held last week, letters have been posted to people who have completed a degree or have referred work to be completed by 1st October, or who have failed a module.   If you have not heard from us, it's now easy to check your results online.  You can also print your own transcript at any time.  See "Results available online", four headings below.
The Student Progress Chart (restricted access) has also been udpated to show modules as having been completed (C), rather than completed subject to the assessment Board (Cs).

Alumni magazine features AMI graduate

The latest edition of "Origins", the magazine for Bolton alumni and friends, is now available in electronic form and includes an article on Graeme Hawksley and his work on hybrid propulsion systems for small marine craft. Graeme completed the MSc Advanced Microelectronics for Industrialists (AMI) in December 2005. See front cover and page 6 of: Origins 2 (PDF).
The home page for Alumni and Friends is: www.bolton.ac.uk/AlumniAndFriends/Home.aspx

12th June 2008

Welcome to new students

The induction week for the new modules starts today and twenty new people have joined the online community for the first time. On this occasion we welcome new students from Germany, Belgium, Trinidad and Nigeria as well as England and Scotland. All the tutoring and support team welcome you to the online courses from Bolton and look forward to helping you achieve your goals in your future studies. The username and password for your accounts at Bolton should be emailed to you today.

Please return FPGA or Micros kit if module finished

If you have finished with one of these kits, please could you return it now as a few people are waiting to receive a kit in time to start next week. However, only return the kit if you have really finished with it and are confident of passing the module. Should an assignment prove to be unsatisfactory you may need the kit to do the work again.

"Train to Gain" funding extended

The UK Government's scheme to encourage small and medium sized companies to invest in training has been extended and now potentially includes modules at MSc level, providing they are applicable to a business need by a key worker. Funds of up to £1,000 are available for skills development.

The contract for assessing training needs is held by the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies (SEMTA). If your company employs between 10 and 249 employees, the way forward is to download a pre-visit questionnaire, complete the form and fax it to SEMTA. Download (23KB, PDF). The regional skills broker for SEMTA will then get in touch. Further details, including links to press releases, are provided in the page on Funding Opportunities.

As this is a new development, if you decide to apply, we would be interested to hear your experiences so we can correctly advise others. Thank you. Roy

New CEESI brochure

CEESI Training has published a new brochure listing the courses covered by the collaborative agreement. Copies can be requested from the CEESI Office. The brochure is also available for download as a PDF file, direct from the CEESI site, or from here: download (2MB, PDF).

Results available online

The University now makes your results transcript available online. Go to the university main site, www.bolton.ac.uk, click on "Current Students", then "My Details", then "Student Record", and log in.

Because of this, after the next exam board (26th June), results transcripts will only be posted to students who are either receiving an award or have referred work, or have failed a module. Continuing students who pass each module will not now receive a transcript until completion of their studies. If you need an official transcript (i.e. one printed on university headed paper), we will be happy to post you one. Just email the office stating how many copies are required; please be sure to include your student number in the email. Office.

 

15th May 2008

Update on IET accreditation visit in April

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Electronics at the University of Bolton underwent an accreditation review by the Institution of Engineering and Technology in April. Many distance learning students took the trouble to come to Bolton to meet the panel and we are confident that a favourable impression was created. The outcome will be announced early in August after the next meeting of the IET's Academic Accreditation Committee on 30th July. We are optimistic our MSc programmes will gain accreditation. Previous notice

The IET has changed its policy recently. Previously MScs were 'approved' and were not accredited, but this has now changed so that all programmes may be awarded accreditation if they fulfil the criteria set by the IET.

Next chance to start a module

The next opportunity to start a module is on Thursday 19th June when the choice of titles is as listed. Induction week starts on Thursday 12th June.

Current enrolled students need only email the office of their intentions and we will then complete a "Module Addition" form on your behalf. However, if you intend to apply for a CEESI bursary (or use one already agreed), please be sure to mention this, otherwise the Finance Office will invoice the full fee.  The Student Progress Chart (restricted access) is updated regularly and indicates our understanding of your intentions - please email any changes to ami@bolton.ac.uk.

Prospective new students should apply to the Postgraduate Programmes Office for Electronics - See Application Form.   Where a prerequisite is shown, it means that you must have successfully completed the module indicated, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and understanding, before attempting this one.  To apply for a CEESI bursary for a particular module, complete and submit the bursary application form. (Please read the eligibility rules carefully before applying).

Postgraduate Programmes Committee meets on 5th June

The next meeting of the committee will be on Thursday 5th June at 1.00pm in Bolton. If you are able to attend, or would like to send an item for discussion under "student issues", please contact Linda Holland on l.e.holland@bolton.ac.uk   Minutes of previous meetings of the committee are available from the download page. (Restricted to current students).

11th April 2008

Planned outage of cad02 server on Sunday 13th April

The CAD server for Unix applications (cad02 or "beaker") is planned to be turned off from about 8.30am (7.30 GMT) until about 3.00pm (2.00 GMT) on Sunday 13th April. This is because of some major electrical maintenance work affecting the whole of Eagle Campus at Bolton. The library catalogue will also be unavailable for the same period. We apologise for the short notice and any inconvenience this outage may cause.

Web server "at risk"

The web servers at Eagle are being maintained using temporary generators so although no websites should be affected, they will be "at risk". If you expect to be studying using the AMI site on Sunday, you are advised to access the pages in advance, so they are in the local cache of your machine in case the server becomes unavailable for a while.

Plans for Sunday 20th April

Further electrical work is planned for a shorter period, a week later, on Sunday 20th April, but no outage is currently planned for that date.

4th April 2008

Postgraduate Programmes Committee meets on 9th April

The next meeting of the committee will be on Wednesday 9th April at 1.00pm in Bolton. If you are able to attend, or would like to send an item for discussion under "student issues", please contact Linda Holland on l.e.holland@bolton.ac.uk   Minutes of previous meetings of the committee are available from the download page. (Restricted to current students).

Next chance to start a module

The next opportunity to start a module is on Thursday 19th June when the choice of titles is as listed. Induction week starts on Thursday 12th June.

"New Frontiers for Electronics Pioneers"

"Electronics Trailblazers" is the tag to an article reporting our tenth anniversary in the recent issue of The Bolt (PDF). See page 18-19. Included are two panels giving examples of the many outstanding recent MSc Projects undertaken by distance learning students. Earlier editions of The Bolt can be downloaded from here: www.bolton.ac.uk/News/TheBolt/ We last featured a year ago in the Spring 2007 issue, pages 18 and 19.

Two modules to be uprated from 15 to 20 credits

Two modules are being uprated from 15 to 20 credits as a result of additional material being introduced when they were updated recently. To avoid confusion with previous versions, they have each been given a slightly different number. "Signal Integrity and EMC" (AMI4822) becomes AMI4823 and "Design for Thermal Issues" (AMI4817) becomes AMI4917). Regreatably the changes in credit ratings do not apply retrospectively to the old numbers.

13th February 2008

Modules start again on Thursday 21st Feb

Another group of modules is scheduled to start in a week's time. Induction for these modules starts tomorrow and during the coming week tutors will be contacting students to makes sure they understand what is involved and what is expected of them. Eighteen people will be starting a module for the first time, with representatives from England, Greece, Netherlands and Canada.

Update on new server to support remote access to Windows Applications

The School has funded a new server specifically to support distance learning students accessing Windows applications remotely. It arrived in January and has been installed and the operating system commissioned by colleagues in the Central IT Dept. It's a quad dual-core processor 64-bit machine with 32GB RAM expandable to 128GB. Over the coming months all the Windows applications will be loaded and fully tested on this platform. First, though, Citrix Presentation Server needs to be installed and configured, which will be taking place over the next few weeks. The new server will support many more students than we have been able to accept up to now, and will be extendable.

Regret DSP module delayed. Micros and FGPAs added as alternatives

The processing power of the available remote access servers is insufficient for running multiple copies of the software used in the DSP module and regrettably the decision has been taken to postpone the module again. We had hoped to be able to run the module using the new server, but now have to wait until the Citrix installation is complete. To increase options for those affected by the cancellation of DSP, an extra run of module AMI4460 "Systems Design using FPGAs" and module AMI4655 "Microcontrollers" has been arranged. Anyone with a CEESI bursary granted for DSP can transfer it to either of these modules.

Please return FPGA and Micros kits promptly if finished with

Because extra FPGA and Micros courses have been planned, we expect to need to issue kits next week. If you have finished with one of these kits, please could you return it promptly. However, only do so if you have really finished with it and are confident of passing the module. Should an assignment prove to be unsatisfactory you may need the kit to do the work again.

University of Kent joins CEESI-Training

The University of Kent has recently signed the CEESI Memorandum, to joins the consortium, bringing the number of partners universities to eleven. Four new modules are now available in the area of Biometrics and Security. For more information, please click on Modules at www.ceesi.ac.uk. Also, see CEESI Press release. Two more UK universities are currently considering joining CEESI-Training.

Changes of tutor

A couple of changes are taking place this February.  Dr Gerard Edwards will be taking over from Dr Ron Hood for tutoring module AMI4814 "Signal Integrity and EMC". Gerard has already supervised a couple of MSc projects by distance learning students and is teaching this module to the full time MSc class.   Roy Attwood will be tutoring AMI4088 "Industrial Management", also taking over from Ron Hood.  This frees up time for Ron to tutor his new module, AMI4966 "Design for EMC and LVD".

IET visit confirmed: 22-23 April

A panel from the Institution of Engineering and Technology will be visiting the University of Bolton on Tuesday afternoon 22nd April and all day Wednesday 23rd April to consider re-accrediting the Electronic and Computer Engineering BEng degree and "approving" the full time and part time MSc degrees. Accreditation of the undergraduate degrees was allowed to lapse in 2003 because it became impossible to meet the course entry standards under SARTOR3. Different criteria were introduced by the IET a year ago and several universities are now, like Bolton, re-applying. Details of the academic accreditation process are to be found within the IET site, linked direct here. The paperwork is to be submitted by the end of the month. A number of students and graduates have been invited to meet the panel privately on the Wednesday and already many have replied confirming they can attend. If you would like to be involved, please get in touch. Email r.j.hood@bolton.ac.uk

Archive of old notices

Previous notices have been moved to an archive page.

Updated 29.05.09 KS