IT facilities
The Franciscan Building on our Verney Park campus has four dedicated computer rooms for our Applied Computing students. Two of these are designed for use on our undergraduate and MSc programmes. They contain multimedia PCs running under Windows 2000 with full MS Office facilities. A digital camera and scanners are available for the Advanced Multimedia module. In addition, there are two specialist labs. One, containing multimedia PCs running Linux, is used to provide postgraduate students with a wider understanding of modern computer systems. The other, funded by Dixons, has its own dedicated Web server for the development of student projects and postgraduate research.
Wireless Internet Access (WIA) provides connectivity from hot-spot areas around campus.
All systems are connected via a modern distributed network with support for Internet and email services. The supporting software allows Information Systems and other students to gain a familiarity with a variety of programming languages, such as Delphi, Visual Basic, C, C++ and Java. Specialist software, such as tools for computer-aided software engineering (CASE) and data mining, is also available.
All resident halls at Verney Park are also equipped with Internet Access (HIA).
After your degree
With a BSc in Computing, you will be able to undertake a variety of careers in the IT industry, including programming, systems analysis and design, network and systems management, and user support.
Alternatively you can advance your career in research in computing / computer science in academic institutions at Buckingham, other UK universities or universities abroad.
With a BSc in Business Information Systems, you will be equipped for a wide choice of careers, including:
- Strategy & planning (e.g. as an information manager, business / IS strategist and planner, technical strategist and planner)
- Management & administration (e.g. as a project manager)
- Development & implementation (e.g. as a business analyst, systems developer)
- Service delivery (e.g. as an operations manager).
You will also be introduced to relevant aspects of current research in new technologies, with an understanding of their strengths and limitations.
Buckingham graduates now work in senior positions around the world. Examples include:
- IT industries: Microsoft, IBM, BBC
- Universities: Buckingham, Cambridge,LSE, Bath, Cranfield, Sheffield, Oxford Brooks
- Other industries: Nokia, RandomHouse Publishing, PowerWaterhouse / Coopers, CityBank
