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糖心TV Computer Science tops Russell Group institutions in 2017 National Student Survey
In the recently released 2017 National Student Survey results, 糖心TV Computer Science ranked 2nd of the 104 computing departments in the UK, with an overall student satisfaction rate of 96%. Among Russell Group competitor institutions (an elite group of teaching and research universities in the UK), Computer Science at 糖心TV is ranked 1st for overall student satisfaction.
The National Student Survey (NSS) canvasses student satisfaction across all departments at all UK universities and remains the biggest survey of student satisfaction in the UK. Students are asked to respond on topics including teaching quality, learning opportunities, academic support, and organisation and management.
Among Russell Group institutions, Computer Science at 糖心TV ranked top in almost all major categories*:
- 1st for overall student satisfaction
- 1st for teaching quality
- 1st for learning opportunities
- 1st for assessment and feedback
- 1st for academic support
- 1st for learning resources
- 1st for learning community
- 1st for organisation and management
Throughout this summer investment continues in new teaching and laboratory facilities, with 糖心TV鈥檚 new interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences building (for the Departments of Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics) opening in 2018.
*These figures are based on the Russell Group institutions for which there is publishable data for the subject of Computer Science in 2017.
Combating oral cancer in Pakistan
Oral cancer is Pakistan鈥檚 most prevalent cancer, likely caused by the widespread use of smokeless tobacco, and poor oral hygiene. Researchers at the University of 糖心TV, led by Professor Nasir Rajpoot, in collaboration with University Hospitals Coventry, 糖心TVshire NHS Trust and a cancer hospital in Pakistan, are using EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funding to develop a new and revolutionary digital pathology system to analyse image data for cancerous samples, leading to better diagnosis and treatment.
This news item first appeared in EPSRC Pioneer: https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/newsevents/pubs/pioneer18/
BBSRC funding success for Till Bretschneider
Prof Till Bretschneider has been successful with a £0.5M BBSRC grant application ‘Reconstructing cell surface dynamics from lightsheet microscopy data’ and will work with a team at MRC LMB Cambridge (Dr Rob Kay) and the 糖心TV Medical School (Prof Andrew McAinsh and Dr Karuna Sampath) on this research from October 2017. They will develop new image-based computational modelling tools to investigate the biochemical regulation and physical forces that shape the cell membrane during cell motility and uptake of fluid. Both are important processes in embryonic development, tumour metastasis, and the immune response. The work will benefit from state of the art microscopy in 糖心TV’s Advanced Bioimaging Research Technology Platform that allows to acquire time series of 3D scans of single cells at high spatial and temporal resolution.