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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 6th February 2023 and it’s week 2. I hope you are starting to settle down into a new routine and now know your new timetable (although be warned that this may change during the next week or so). Don’t forget that the deadline for selecting any optional course units is this Friday. There will be continued strike action from members of UCU on Thursday and Friday of this week, so some teaching activities will be affected.
Have a good week, plenty of news today …
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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If you are unsure which email to use then use soe.hub@manchester.ac.uk for general queries.
Advice is always free, impartial and confidential. You can find more information, including opening hours and contact details, on the University of Manchester Students' Union Advice website. Remember you can always contact the Department Wellbeing Team for advice or help at any time.
Students wishing to attend the open meeting will need to register via this Form by 12pm on Friday 10th February 2023. After this date, attendees will receive further instructions including the room/Zoom details, so it is essential to register online by this date if you wish to join. Pre-submitted questions are welcome. If you wish to submit a question in advance, please send these to hosea.eng@manchester.ac.uk or use the registration form by 12pm on Friday 10th February 2023. We do hope you will be able to join the meeting.
Additionally, for each response submitted the University will also make a £2 charitable donation, split equally between the following good causes:
The NSS is the only national survey of its kind and asks your views on a range of topics that have shaped your time at University – from teaching, feedback and support to resources and how you’ve been listened to. You can find further information here.
A grand prize will be awarded to the winner, plus a personalised mentorship and tech bundle worth £800!! Simply follow this link and enter the competition!!
The University will remain open during the periods of the strike action, however, some face-to-face teaching activities, such as lectures, examples classes, labs etc, may be affected. You can find out more information about why staff are striking on the UCU website.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Mean Samurai by JayForty
Each of the coloured areas and the centre 4x4 is a 4x4 sudoku grid using four of the digits 1-9. Different areas may use different digits. Adjacent digits along a green line must differ by at least 5. A pink line contains a set of consecutive numbers, in any order. (In green, there are two separate lines that cross). Digits along an arrow sum to the digit in that arrow's circle. Cells separated by a black dot contain digits in a 1:2 ratio (ie one digit will be double the other). Cells separated by an X contain digits that sum to 10.
Bonus Puzzle - Dotchi Loop by Otto Janko
Draw a singe closed loop in the grid which passes through a cell at most once, but does not necessarily pass through all cells. The sections of the loop run horizontally and vertically between the centers of orthogonally adjacent cells. The Loop must pass through all white circles and must not pass through any black circle. Within each region , the loop must either turn in all white circles or go straight through all white circles.
Chess Puzzle - Caberoglu Vs. Milanovic, 2018
Drag and drop the White pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 30th January 2023, and the start of semester 2. Hopefully, you got through your exams okay and now ready to get started all over again! As this is a new semester, then you have a new teaching timetable to follow. Please keep an eye on your timetable as changes may be made over the next couple of weeks as course unit enrolment settles down, and we assign students to practical sessions to ensure there are no clashes. Don’t forget that the deadline to select course units is Friday 10th February 2023 (see below). Please note that the emails used to contact student support in the Department have changed (see below).
On Tuesday two alumni of the Department, Peter Sutton and Lloyd Henning, will present their award winning show “Robot Chef”, an interactive experience combining tech, music, and comedy. If you are free then I highly recommend attending, everyone is welcome (see below).
Have a good week, on with today’s news … where we welcome back Gareth’s Puzzle Corner after its Christmas break.
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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Additionally, for each response submitted the University will also make a £2 charitable donation, split equally between the following good causes:
The NSS is the only national survey of its kind and asks your views on a range of topics that have shaped your time at University – from teaching, feedback and support to resources and how you’ve been listened to. You can find further information here.
So, the first day of action will take place on Wednesday this week. The University will remain open during the periods of the strike action, however, some teaching activities, such as lectures, may be affected. You can find out more information about why staff are striking on the UCU website.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Foggy Minefield by Albin Bernhardsson
Normal sudoku rules apply. The grid is covered mostly in darkness. Placing correct digits in cells will illuminate more of the grid. Digits must not repeat within a cage, and must sum to the given total. The given total is always in the uppermost, leftmost cell in the cage. All cells which correctly show the number of adjacent nines (including diagonally) are marked with circles. Bonus Hint: Remember all of the rules, I got stuck for a while because I forgot to use all of the rules.
Bonus Puzzle - Starbattle by Nyancharov
In each row, column, and area of the diagram, fill in as many stars as indicated for each puzzle. Cells with stars cannot touch each other orthogonally or diagonally .
Chess Puzzle - Pert Vs. McClement, 2022
Drag and drop the White pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
You can view the answers to the quiz questions from week 12 of semester 1 here.
Good morning. It’s Monday 23rd January 2023, and it’s the 2nd week of the semester 1 exams. I hope your exams are going well! Teaching resumes next week with the start of semester 2 teaching period, so your personal timetable should now show activities for your semester 2 course units. If you have yet to finalise your course units, then it’s important you do so by the deadline (see below) as changes cannot be made after this date.
Don’t forget that Monday Mail is here to celebrate your successes and achievements. If you have any news you’d like to let CS UG students know about (such as your success at a Hackathon) then please let me know.
Have a good week, on with today’s news …
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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You can refer yourself to the counselling service by booking an appointment online. Remember you can always contact the Department welfare team, who are are always available to offer any help or advice at any time.
Better yet, the 23/24 Officers will be paid over £22k for the year and get 30 days holiday + closure days! An Exec Officer role is full-time, salaried position – just like any job – and you can apply at whatever stage you’re at in your studies. Check out the roles and more information here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 16th January 2023. Welcome back, and Happy New Year! I hope you managed to take some time to relax and take a break over the Christmas vacation.
The Semester 1 examinations start this week and run over the next two weeks, finishing on Friday 27th January. Almost all exams will be held on-campus, so please make sure that you are familiar with your exam timetable and the location of your scheduled exams. If you have any issues on the day of an exam then please contact the student hub immediately. I wish you the very best of luck in your exams!
Have a good week, on with today’s news …
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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Please make sure you are prepared to leave the building at least 15 minutes before it closes to give you time to pack away your belongings and make your way to the nearest exit. Please note, non-FSE students will not have swipe card access after 6pm Monday to Friday, or over weekends. The opening hours of the Kilburn Building will remain the same.
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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 12th December 2022, Week 12, and it’s the last week of teaching in semester 1. I hope the semester has gone well for you. It’s certainly gone very quickly!
The course unit surveys open this week, so please provide us with feedback on how things have gone this semester and what we do to improve our teaching (see below). The exam timetable has now been released (see below), so please check when your exams are taking place and put them in your diary! If you are a second year student, then you have until 5pm today to submit your application for the Kneebone Acorn bursary (see below).
This will be the last Monday Mail until the first week of the exam period (w/c 16th January 2023). Enjoy your Christmas break, and have a happy New Year. Make sure you take some time off to relax over the break before you start to prepare for the exams in January. I look forward to seeing you in 2023!
Have a good week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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If you do not register with a GP and you need to apply for Mitigating Circumstances, then you will not have evidence or a record of your illness. Failure to provide evidence with an application will likely result in a rejected application by the Mitigating Circumstances panel. As always, if you have been unwell recently or you are struggling and would like to organise a confidential conversation about your situation, then please contact the welfare team.
Over the Christmas break you can contact your year tutor by email. However, please be aware that staff will be taking time off, so may not respond immediately.
The Main Library will be closed from Friday, 23rd December 2022 until Monday, 2nd January 2023. All other Library sites will be closed from Friday 23rd December 2022 until Monday 2nd January 2023. For full information, read this news article from the Library.
However, the AGLC will be closed on Christmas Day (Sunday 25th December 2022) and Boxing Day (Monday 26th December 2022). For full information, read this news article from the Library.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle, and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - The Secret by Marty Sears
Normal sudoku rules apply. The digits in each grey region sum to 45. Using different colours, colour 5 separate paths of orthogonally connected cells, each starting and ending at a different grey circle. No cell sits on more than one path (paths must not overlap each other or the grey regions). The digits along each coloured path must also sum to 45. Cells connected by a white dot contain consecutive digits. Not all white dots are necessarily given.
Bonus Puzzle - Mathgrid by puzzlemadness.co.uk
The aim of MathGrid is to move all the clues under the grid in to the grid so that all of the calculations are correct.
Chess Puzzle - L'Ami Vs. Spoelman, 2008
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 5th December 2022 and it’s Week 11, the penultimate week of teaching this semester! Good luck to all first years who are giving their project presentations this week. The 1st year project presentations take place on Friday in Manchester Engineering Building A (more below). Everyone is invited to take a look at the projects proposed by the 1st year tutorial groups, so please attend the poster session if you are free.
If you are a second year, then please don’t forget to consider applying for the Kate Kneebone Acorn Bursary, an annual award in memory of a former student of the Department, Kate Kneebone (details below). The deadline is next Monday, the 12th December.
Have a good week, on with today’s news ... (come on England!)
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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We understand that the cost of living crisis is ongoing, and we’ll be continuing to develop our support offer through the year. You can find full details about all the support on offer, including the Students’ Union offer, on our Cost of Living webpages.
The workshops are available for both non-native English speakers and native speakers, as writing academic English can be challenging for all. UCAE provide a team of experienced tutors who can support you, and boost your confidence to work independently in English. If you would like to attend a workshop, then you will need to register via the UCAE webpage. You can find more information on the range of UCAE workshops to help with your studies on the UCAE website.
Find out more on Student News website.
The Main Library will be closed from Friday, 23rd December 2022 until Monday, 2nd January 2023. All other Library sites will be closed from Friday 23rd December 2022 until Monday 2nd January 2023. For full information, read this news article from the Library.
However, the AGLC will be closed on Christmas Day (Sunday 25th December 2022) and Boxing Day (Monday 26th December 2022). For full information, read this news article from the Library.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - BYO Renbanmometers by Memeristor
Normal sudoku rules apply. Along “renbanmometers”, digits must increase from the bulb end and form a non-repeating consecutive sequence. The renbanmometers in this puzzle are all hidden, only their bulbs and tips are given. Bulbs are larger circles while tips are smaller circles. Corresponding tips and bulbs share the same colour (and letter). Renbanmometers can move diagonally or orthogonally, but renbanmometers cannot ever cross and different renbanmometers cannot share a cell.
Bonus Puzzle - Futoshiki by puzzlemadness.co.uk
The aim of Futoshiki is to place the numbers 1 to 5 (or higher, if the puzzle is larger) into each row and column of the puzzle so that no number is repeated in a row or column and so that all of the inequality signs (< and >) are obeyed.
Chess Puzzle - Geet Vs. Schaardenburg, 1993
Drag and drop the White pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 28th November 2022 and it’s Week 10. We are rapidly closing in on the end of the teaching period, with just a few more weeks to go until the Christmas break. Don’t forget that the semester one exams take place in January during the period from Monday 16th to Friday 27th January 2023, so now may be a good time to start thinking about your revision planning. The University usually releases the exam timetable around mid-December (more below).
If you are a 2nd year student, then please consider applying for the Kate Kneebone Acorn Bursary, an annual award in memory of a former student of the Department, Kate Kneebone (details below).
Don’t forget that strike action by members of UCU will take place again this week, meaning that activities on Wednesday 30th November may be impacted as a result.
Hope you are enjoying the World Cup! Have a good week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: My.Manchester | UG Webpages | SPOT | Deadlines Chart | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | SSLC | Student Support Office | Wellbeing Team | Wellbeing Support | Report absence | Mitigating Circumstances | Counselling | MM Archive | Facebook | @csmcr | CS Support Desk | IT Support
You can find out more through the FAQs.
This link provides further workshops you can attend as well as useful information about workload management, both for exams and throughout the year. We hope these resources help, we will provide further information and drop-ins throughout the year. Please request an appointment with welfare or drop by the student support hub between Mon-Fri 9am-5pm if you wish to speak to someone confidentially about anything that might be affecting you and your studies. Also, remember to contact your Academic Adviser (personal tutor or project supervisor) if you are struggling and feel you need guidance academically.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Non-Venomous by Scruffamudda
Normal sudoku rules apply. Within the grid lies a single snake of orthogonally connected cells which does not touch itself (even diagonally). The first and last cell on the snake contain the digit 9. Digits placed on circles and squares show the number of snake cells in the surrounding (up to) 9 cells including the circle or square itself if it is on the snake. Circles contain odd digits; squares contain even digits.
Bonus Puzzle - Tents by puzzlemadness.co.uk
Your task is to insert tents in the grid so that, each tree is paired with a tent - the tent must be next to the tree horizontally or vertically. Tents are never placed next to each other, including diagonally. The horizontal and vertical clues tell you how many tents are in that row or column.
Chess Puzzle - Kairbekova Vs. Florito, 2021
Drag and drop the White pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 21st November 2022, and it’s Week 9. If you want to know anything about your degree programme, such as how we calculate your final degree mark, how we deal with mitigating circumstances, what industrial experience involves, coursework processes etc. then you will find all this information in the undergraduate handbook (see below). We often get asked questions that can be easily answered by looking in the handbook, so please make use of it as a resource.
It’s good to see the University support our students by offering cost of living support. There’s some news below I’m sure you will want to read!
Glad to hear that GreatUniHack went well over the weekend of the 12th/13th November; the winning teams are listed below. Well done to the UniCS team for organising such a great, and well attended, event, and congratulations to all those who took part. It’s great to see our students getting involved in activities such as GreatUniHack.
Just a reminder that UCU strike action is taking place this week on Thursday and Friday, which may impact some teaching activities.
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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The following teams were the winners of GreatUniHack 2022:
Thank you to all the participants, sponsors and volunteers, who made that event happen! We hope to see you at StudentHack, which is going to take place around March or April.
Find out more information here, and do let me know (daniel.dresner@manchester.ac.uk) if you're entering.
and more about the potential of ANN in more complex scenarios. Beginners are more welcome, and the content is explained in detail.
More details of this workshop are below:
Make sure to get your tickets to the event before the spaces become full! Get yours for FREE using this link.
For more info or to book visit the International Society’s website.
Places are limited, so reserve a ticket as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - X + Y = 15 by Spelldaddy
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cages show their sums. Digits may not repeat within a cage. Two digits separated by an X sum to 10, and two digits separated by a V sum to 5. Not all Xs or Vs are necessarily given.
Bonus Puzzle - Fillomino by puzzlemadness.co.uk
Divide the grid along the dotted lines into regions called polyominoes so that no two polyominoes with the same area share an edge. Inside some cells are numbers; each number must represent the area of the polyomino it belongs to. A polyomino may contain zero, one, or more of the given numbers.
Chess Puzzle - Helm Vs. Sattler, 2011
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 14th November 2022, and it’s Week 8. I hope everything is going well and you are managing to keep up with your work. If not, then it's important that you speak to someone, your personal tutor (for 3rd years, this is your project supervisor), your Year Tutor (see below), or contact our welfare team (see below). This is particularly important as we enter the latter part of the semester where you may find that you have more coursework to complete, and you may start to feel overwhelmed. If any issues have prevented you from submitting by a deadline (illness etc) then you should complete the work, submit late and then submit a late flag removal request (see below) - although it is important to note that for some course units work cannot be submitted late.
Finally, well done to all the students who took part in the UK and Ireland Programming Competition, and I hope those who attended Great Uni Hack over the weekend had a great time!
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: My.Manchester | UG Webpages | SPOT | Deadlines Chart | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | SSLC | Student Support Office | Wellbeing Team | Wellbeing Support | Report absence | Mitigating Circumstances | Counselling | MM Archive | Facebook | @csmcr | CS Support Desk | IT Support
If you do not register with a GP and you need to apply for Mitigating Circumstances, then you will not have evidence or a record of your illness. Failure to provide evidence with an application will likely result in a rejected application by the Mitigating Circumstances panel. As always, if you have been unwell recently or you are struggling and would like to organise a confidential conversation about your situation, then please contact the welfare team and a member of the team will organise an appointment with you.
You can find out more about the campaign here.
The guest speakers are:
The panel will introduce themselves, their current role within their company, as well as their hobbies and interests. They will talk about their career paths- academic background and how they achieved their current role. Topics will include experience as a woman in STEM, any challenges faced and overcome, future career goals. There will be opportunities for students to ask lots of questions and gain invaluable advice on how to succeed in their career. There will be a chance to network and connect with the speakers and other students.
Trips:
For more info or to book click here.
Events:
For more info or to book click here.
Come along to our Open Day on Wednesday, 16th November and find out how postgraduate research (PGR) at Manchester could change your tomorrow, or visit our dedicated Postgraduate Research pages for more information.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Go The Right Way by Panthera
Normal sudoku rules apply. Some Japanese sums rules apply: There is a 6x6 grid in boxes 5/6/8/9. Blue cells in boxes 2/3/4/7 act as Japanese sum clues for this 6x6 grid, giving the sum of contiguous runs of blue-shaded cells within the grid. Two-digit clues are read top-to-bottom or left-to-right. There must be an unshaded cell between runs of the same color. A black dot separates digits with a 1 to 2 ratio. A white dot separates digits with a difference of 1 (or the given number when given). Not all dots are given. Fog rules apply. The fog will clear as you place digits correctly. See this video for an explanation of the rules.
Bonus Puzzle - LITS Up by puzzlemadness.co.uk
The grid is split up in to regions with at least 4 cells each, your aim is to insert a Tetromino in each region such that, Two Tetrominoes of the same type can't touch horizontally or vertically. Additionally, this applies to rotations and reflections as well. The Tetrominoes should form one continuous area. 2×2 filled cells are not allowed. Tetrominoes are the possible shapes made of 4 connecting cells. There are 5 Tetromino shapes in total: L, I, T, S, and O, but rule 3 means we can't use the 'O' Tetromino. This is where the name of the puzzle comes from.
Chess Puzzle - Georgiev Vs. Mahajan, 2022
Drag and drop the White pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 7th November 2022, it’s Week 7, and we are into November already! I hope you managed to take some time off during reading week to recharge your batteries, remember that normal teaching activities resume this week, so check out your timetable. As we progress through the remainder of the semester you may find that deadlines start to accumulate. It's important that you plan your time and do not leave coursework to the last minute, so make use of the deadlines chart (see below) to see when deadlines fall.
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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These can all be found under the ‘Mandatory training’ tab on the CS UG Community Page on Blackboard. If you haven’t already done so, then please complete these. Failure to complete the training will result in restrictions being put in place, for example, you will not be able to view your exam results.
More details of this workshop are below:
Trips:
For more info or to book click here.
Events:
For more info or to book click here.
This will be carried out on Microsoft Teams. To register, please email emily.robertson@manchester.ac.uk.
Cost of Living Support and Assessment Feedback are topics for discussion at this term’s forum, which is open to all Faculty of Science and Engineering students. Come along and share your views - refreshments will be provided. To secure your place, sign up to take part by 4pm on Tuesday, 8 November. If you wish to sign up after this point, please email studentreps@manchester.ac.uk for the joining information. We look forwards to seeing you there!
Come along to our Open Day on Wednesday, 16 November and find out how postgraduate research (PGR) at Manchester could change your tomorrow, or visit our dedicated Postgraduate Research pages for more information.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. Today we have five puzzles to tackle: an easier Sudoku, a more challenging Sudoku, a different form of logic puzzle, a chess puzzle, and finally a puzzle from the Crackchester team for you to mull over! I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Pinwheel by Paradox
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits cannot repeat along the indicated diagonal. Digits in a cage cannot repeat and (if given) must sum to the total in the top left corner. Digits on an arrow must sum to the number in the attached circle. A clue outside the grid either shows the total of a diagonal, if indicated, or otherwise the sum of the digits sandwiched between the 1 and 9 in the column or row. Not all sandwich clues are given, but none would be zero. The numbers on a line must be between the circled digits. Digits joined by a white dot must be consecutive, not all dots are given.
Bonus Puzzle - Masyu Up by puzzlemadness.co.uk
The aim is to draw a path round the grid so that it passes through every black and every white node. These are the rules. The path must turn on a black node. However, it must pass straight through the nodes before and after. The path must pass straight through a white node. However, it must turn on one (or both) of the nodes before and after.
Chess Puzzle - Deysi Vs. Paehtz, 2020
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the match.
Crackchester Puzzle
Can you figure out what this message says?
PBATE NGHYN GVBAF ABJFR
AQNQZ GBNPB ZZVGG RRZRZ
OREBA QVFPB EQ
Join the discord if you're stuck, or think you've solved it!
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 31st October 2022, and it’s Week 6. It’s Halloween today … I hope it’s not too spooky for you! This week is reading week, so there are no teaching activities scheduled for COMP course units this week. However, you may still have some coursework to complete, or activities may still be running for some non-COMP course units. Please check your personal timetable if you are not sure. University buildings, including the Kilburn building, will be open as normal this week.
On Saturday (5th November), we celebrate Bonfire Night (or Guy Fawkes night) in the UK. What’s it all about? Bonfire Night is when we commemorate the failed gunpowder plot of 1605, where a dissident group attempted to kill King James I by trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London. The event is observed by setting off fireworks and lighting bonfires where we burn a ‘guy’, an effigy of Guy Fawkes, one of the key conspirators in the plot.
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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You can find contact details on the SSLC Blackboard page.
This gives us an accurate picture of attendance and engagement so our student support teams can use the data to ensure that we can identify, reach out and help students who are having problems, whether those are welfare, personal or academic related issues. You can find out more information about the system here.
So, what are you waiting for? Visit the link above to find out more about the competition and register now for a chance to win amazing prizes!
This will be a chance for you to discuss big topics with your peers and academics and influence strategic change across the Faculty. We’ll be talking about Cost of Living Support and its impact on your student experience, as well as Assessment Feedback. In order to prepare for the Forum, you could think about examples of good practice, including examples of different forms of assessment and what good and bad feedback means. Alongside this, you may want to consider how the rising Cost of Living is impacting you. This will help your participation in the session. Refreshments will be provided. To secure your place, sign up to take part by 4pm on Tuesday, 8 November. If you wish to sign up after this point, please email for the joining information. We look forward to seeing you there!
When you leave the building, you must move to the safe assembly point, which for the Kilburn Building is the open area outside of the chaplaincy (north side of Kilburn) and for the IT building is outside George Kenyon Hall.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. Today we have the usual four puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Distant Relatives by Agent
Divide the grid into regions and enter into each cell the size of its region (ie how many cells large it is). No two regions of the same size may share an edge. A number in a cell with an arrow indicates the distance to the nearest copy of that same number in every indicated direction. Not all arrows are necessarily given.
Bonus Puzzle - Number Maze Up by puzzlemadness.co.uk
We start at the number 1, and we must draw a single line through the numbers 2, 3, and 4 covering every cell in the grid that isn't marked as blank.
Chess Puzzle - Neiksans Vs. Tihonov, 2006
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 24th October 2022, and it’s Week 5 of teaching - we are rapidly making our way through the semester! Our student representatives across all four years have now been elected (more below). Thanks to all the students who nominated themselves to be student reps, and congratulations to those who were successfully voted onto the Student-Staff Liaison Committee (SSLC). I’m looking forward to hearing what ideas you have for improving the student experience in the Department.
It’s reading week next week (w/c 31st October), which means there are no teaching activities scheduled for COMP course units. However, you may still have activities scheduled for any non-COMP course units you are taking, and may still have some coursework to complete. Reading week is a good time to catch up on your work (including the 3rd year project) and maybe to do some revision of the material that has been taught so far. However, it is important that you take a break if you can.
Finally, don’t forget that on Sunday (30th October) the clocks go back by one hour, so you get an extra hour in bed!
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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You can find more information on their website. Remember you can also contact the Department welfare team, Guy and Maria, for help and advice.
Find out about the wellbeing activities that are taking place across the University here.
Then join your PASS session! Your session may not take place in the room that shows on your timetable. Your PASS leader should have made contact with you already to tell you the room you should be in. If you can't remember your PASS group or room, you can find a list here.
Find out more information about all the Society’s up and coming events.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. Today we have the usual four puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Renban-Anti-Kropki by Klaus
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along a line must be a set of consecutive digits in any order. No domino in the grid can consist of consecutive digits or digits with a ratio of 1:2 (In other words: normal Kropki rules apply, all dots are given).
Bonus Puzzle - Towers Up by puzzlemadness.co.uk
Each puzzle consists of an NxN grid with some clues along its sides. The object is to place a skyscraper in each square, with a height between 1 and N, so that no two skyscrapers in a row or column have the same number of floors. In addition, the number of visible skyscrapers, as viewed from the direction of each clue, is equal to the value of the clue. Note that higher skyscrapers block the view of lower skyscrapers located behind them.
Chess Puzzle - Kabanova Vs. Gunnarsson, 2020
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG. It’s Monday 17th October, 2022, and we are into Week 4 of teaching. I hope everything is going okay. It’s that time of year when coughs and colds (as well as COVID!) are prevalent among the student (and staff) population. If you have symptoms, then you should stay at home to minimise the spread of infection. If illness impacts your ability to complete work by a deadline then you should aim to complete your work and submit it late, you can then apply to have the resulting late flag removed (see below). If you're unfortunate enough to be ill for more than a week, then please do fill in a mitigating circumstances form and tell us about all the assessments that were affected while you were getting caught up. Remember that you can find useful links in the Essential Links banner below.
If you have anything you would like to share in Monday Mail, such as advertising an event, promoting your success in a hackathon etc, then just send me an email.
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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Further information about Safezone and how to register can be found online here.
We hope to see you there!
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. Today we have the usual four puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. We also have a challenge from Crackchester this week. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Ludoku by questionable_compensation
Normal sudoku rules apply. On green lines, adjacent digits differ by at least 5. Digits on the blue line must lie between the digits placed on either end of the line. On the red line, each set of 3 adjacent digits contains 1 number from each of the sets: (1,4,7) (2,5,8) (3,6,9). On the yellow line, each set of 3 adjacent digits contains 1 number from each of the sets: (1,2,3) (4,5,6) (7,8,9). The digit in a white circle must be in one of the cells connected to that circle. The central 'minimum' digit is smaller than its 4 orthogonally adjacent digits.
Bonus Puzzle - Light Up by puzzlemadness.co.uk
Your aim is to place light bulbs in to the grid so that all white cells in the grid are lit. No light bulb is allowed to light another light bulb. Some of the black cells in the grid will have number clues. This clue tells you how many light bulbs are surrounding that cell. A light bulb will light all the cells horizontally and vertically away from it until it either hits the grid's edge, or reaches a black cell.
Chess Puzzle - Nilssen Vs. Stalmach, 2020
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the match.
Crackchester Puzzle
Can you complete the command to scan for web servers on a local network, including ones ignoring pings? There are (small) prizes for anyone who joins our discord and tells us the answer!
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 10th October 2022, and it’s Week 3 of teaching. Course unit selection has now closed and you should be enrolled on your course units for this semester, if not, then you should contact the student support office, or the relevant year tutor if you have any queries. You may find that your timetable gets more busy from this week as labs for course units will have started, so planning your time is important - as is making sure you take regular breaks from your work! If you are experiencing any issues that may be impacting your learning, then you should speak to the relevant Year Tutor or a member of the Department Welfare Team (see below).
Voting for student representatives is now open (see below), so please vote. Student reps are appointed by you to represent you, so it’s important you make your vote count!
Lot's of news today. Have a great week ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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The onus is on you to ensure that you submit your work properly and by the deadline. We will not point out you haven't submitted your work.
Your requirements have been captured in our final report and will help us to choose a new DLE that works for all. You can learn more about the report in this presentation, which summarises the content. What are the next steps? The process of choosing a new product for our DLE (and putting it in place) will take a few years – and there’ll be plenty of ways for you to get involved throughout that time. We’re planning even more student engagement opportunities, to make sure the system we choose works for everyone – and we’ll be sure to share these opportunities with you. If you have any questions about the Digital Learning Environment Review at this stage, you can contact us at FlexibleLearning@manchester.ac.uk. A huge thank you once again for all contributions to the project so far.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. Today we have the usual four puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - srelliK esreveR by Kuraban
Normal sudoku rules apply. A clue outside the grid shows the total of the X number of cells, starting on the OPPOSITE side of the grid, where X is the first cell next to the clue. Cages show their totals.
Bonus Puzzle - Suko by puzzlemadness.co.uk
Your aim is to insert the numbers 1-9 in to the grid so that each number only appears once, and all the totals are satisfied.
Chess Puzzle - Saito Vs. Alvares, 2020
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the match.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
[End of The Monday Mail - Week 3 - Semester 1 AY22 - #22.04
Good morning! It’s Monday 3rd October 2022, and it’s Week 2 of teaching (October already!). I hope everything has settled down and you now know your timetable and where your teaching activities take place. If you are an overseas student and you are struggling with English then the University Centre for Academic English are offering a number of workshops (see below). Don't forget that the deadline for choosing any optional course units is 15:30 this Friday (7th October). If you are a 1st year student who has yet to complete the boot-up labs, then it's essential you do so, as you will need to set up Git which you will need for a number of course units (more below). Finally, a big welcome to our new Head of Department, Prof Andrew Stewart (more below).
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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You can refer yourself to the counselling service by booking an appointment online. Remember you can always contact the Department welfare team are for any advice or help at any time.
This gives us an accurate picture of attendance and engagement so our student support teams can use the data to ensure that we can identify, reach out and help students who are having problems, whether those are welfare, personal or academic related issues. We have lots of help and information about how to use the online attendance system, and you can access this through the links below. If you have any questions or need help using it, please email the welfare team. For information about the system click on this link My Attendance | Welcome to Manchester | The University of Manchester. From this page you can link the Video portal of The University of Manchester, a video guide to using the Attendance Monitoring System and list of FAQs which includes how to access on a mobile device. Students may occasionally not attend a scheduled activity for genuine reason, such as illness, or may forget to check in. We are not concerned with the odd missed activity, more any prolonged pattern of absence, which may cause us concern. If you miss the odd activity, or you forget to check-in, then please do not contact staff to ask for your attendance to be recorded, as amending a record is not possible after the event has finished. You will not get access to My Attendance until you have completed your registration. Once you have done, you may have to wait a while until you can use the system.
For more information and to book.
For any questions on the new home of Engineering and Materials please contact team@manchester.ac.uk.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. Today we have the usual four puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. We also have a challenge set by the Crackchester team. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Huey, Dewey, Louie by Crusader175
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in that arrow's circle. Divide the digits 1-9 into three different groups. Digits with the same letter must be in the same group. Two digits from the same group may not touch orthogonally.
Bonus Puzzle - Suguru by puzzlemadness.co.uk
The aim of Suguru is to fill each n-sized region with the numbers 1-n. For example, if a region has 3 cells, you need to insert the numbers 1, 2 and 3 in to those cells. If a region has 4 cells, you need to insert the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 in to those cells. Each number can't be next to the same number in an adjacent cell, this includes horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.
Chess Puzzle - Lange Vs. Papadopoulos, 2020
Drag and drop the Black pieces to draw the match.
Crackchester Puzzle
Can you identify the issue with this short snippet of code? There are (small) prizes for anyone who joins our discord and tells us the answer!
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 26th September 2022, and it’s the first week of teaching in semester 1. Please make sure you know your teaching timetable (see below) and, more importantly, where activities are scheduled, as these can take place at different locations across the campus. I hope you have settled into life in Manchester and have managed to get out and explore the campus and all the sights that Manchester has to offer. I’m sure it will soon feel like home.
Each year we recognise outstanding achievement by awarding prizes to our students, last year’s recipients are recognised below. Congratulations to all the prize winners, your awards are very well deserved! Also, well done to Phoebe Pinney for her winning entry in the Kilburn window design competition, you can see her eye-catching design below. Phoebe’s artwork will be immortalised on the large window looking out onto Oxford Road (top right hand side of Kilburn looking from Oxford Road).
Have a great week, on with today’s news ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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Huge congratulations to all, really well done and just rewards for all your efforts. Give yourself a big pat on the back!
You can also attend an online drop-in session or visit us on campus to learn about using the Library from our friendly team:
Find out more:
For further help see our Library Help pages or talk to us via LibraryChat.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 4 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - The Quiet Box by Akash Doulani
Normal sudoku rules apply. Along green lines, neighbouring digits differ by at least 5. A purple line shows a sequence of consecutive digits, not necessarily in order.
Bonus Puzzle - Network by puzzlemadness.co.uk
Each puzzle has one power cell marked with a lightning bolt, the aim of a Network puzzle is to link every cell in the puzzle to that power cell. Dead-ends are not allowed.
Chess Puzzle - Maidla Vs. Smyslov, 1996
Drag and drop the White pieces to regain material.
Answers to the Previous Week
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 19th September 2022, it’s Welcome Week and the start of a new academic year. Today is a bank holiday (a national holiday) due to the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, so there are no activities scheduled today and the University is closed. However, there are plenty of activities happening during the rest of the week (more details below). If you are a new student joining us, then welcome to the Department of Computer Science. My name is Paul Nutter and I’m the Undergraduate Programme Director, which basically means I’m responsible for the day-to-day running of the undergraduate degree programmes in the Department. This is our weekly undergraduate newsletter, which is sent to all undergraduate students every Monday morning (hence the name) during term-time.
If you are a returning student, then welcome back! I hope you had a good summer and, hopefully, found some time to relax and recharge your batteries.
The aim of Monday Mail is to keep you up-to-date with what’s happening in the Department, as well as publicising all the great things our students get up to! Our students are involved in lots of activities and events, for example university societies, PASS and hackathons. We use Monday Mail to tell you all about what’s happened and what our students have achieved. If there’s anything you’d like to share via Monday Mail, then please send me an email.
A lot has happened over the summer in the Department and in the Kilburn building (see below). What we’ve missed over the past few years, mostly as a result of the COVID pandemic, is the community feel in the Department. I’d really like to see this sense of community return and, hopefully, for you to think of the Kilburn building as your home. We’ve even put a brand new sign up on the lower first floor to identify it as the home of Computer Science students!
Have a great week, I'll hopefully see you around ...
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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The team will always do their best to answer your query, but if they can’t, they will sign-post you to the right place. We also have private spaces for you to discuss confidential issues with our staff. So, if you have any questions or need support then just pop along to see us.
Contact details can be found below in the year tutor open hour section below.
We are opening positions for teams so please join us and register! Find us at the Societies’ Fair on 21st September from 10 am - 4 pm at Armitage Sports Centre and join us for our first social for this academic year - Pub Crawl, on 23rd September from 8 pm. The meeting point is Turing Tap. Also, don’t forget to register your interest in our upcoming workshops and GreatUniHack here. Become a member of UniCS today through the Students’ Union website.
There will be other activities scheduled throughout the week, for example 1st year Intro Labs and COMP10120 Workshops, and some activities arranged specifically for students on the CM and HCI degree programmes, so please check whats happening for year group in Blackboard (see the relevant Year folder to the left).
You can also attend an online drop-in session or visit us on campus to learn about using the Library from our friendly team:
Find out more:
For further help see our Library Help pages or talk to us via LibraryChat.
Welcome to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, where every week Gareth Henshall will provide you with a weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week, you are given 4 different puzzles to tackle: one is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku, the third is a different form of logic puzzle and finally we have a chess puzzle for you. I hope you enjoy the puzzles and if you have any puzzles you wish to feature or ideas for Puzzle Corner then please get in touch.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by sudoku.com
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Two Given Digits by Dipak R
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells separated by X must contain digits summing to 10; cells separated by V must contain digits summing to 5. Not all possible Xs/Vs are given. Digits along an arrow must sum to the circled value. There are no repeated digits on the marked diagonal.
Bonus Puzzle - Star Battle by puzzlemadness.co.uk
The aim of this particular Star Battle puzzle is to insert one star in to every row, column, and region. Stars can't be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
Chess Puzzle - Golsta Vs. Koellnew, 2020
Drag and drop the Black pieces to draw the chess match.