My name is Dr John Dixon.
I am the Programme lead for Computer Science in the School of Computer Science.
I would like to talk to you today about the Masters of Engineering,
which is actually an undergraduate course that lasts for four years.
On this course we spend the fourth year
primarily looking at the sorts of things
that employers are really looking for in their candidates.
And that means experience, not just the sorts of things
that we would see when we are going through a normal university course.
But the sorts of things that employers are looking
for - soft skills, but also the ability to work
as part of a team on real software that will be used by real people.
So we get real commercial partners with real projects
and you'll work on those as part of a
9 to 5 routine during your fourth year.
Now, this is extremely important for employment
and we have an extremely high employability rate from that course.
You can apply very early on either before you come to the University
or at any point until your third year.
It's a really, really valuable thing.
And we are hearing from a lot of our students that they are
very employable and earning
more money than everybody else around them,
all of the other graduates, which is obviously a very positive thing
for lots of them.
Now, alongside that, you'll also get the normal Masters teaching as well.
So you'll come out as a Masters level candidate with Masters level knowledge,
making you that much more knowledgeable and that much more employable.
I think it's a great thing and I teach quite heavily on that course
and we get lots of positive feedback from employers.