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Good morning UG! It’s Monday 7th June and it’s the last week of the exam period as well as the end of the academic year! It’s been a strange year, and a very difficult one for both students and staff. I’d like to congratulate you all for all your hard work and for making the most out of what has been a difficult situation. You have risen to the challenge and this makes me very proud. Well done! I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the staff in the Department for all their hard work in making this year the success that it has been.
If you are leaving us this year, then I’d like to wish you the very best with what comes next, whether it’s further study or a move into the big wide world of employment. If you are going on placement, then make the most of the opportunity. If you will be returning then have a good summer, I very much hope we can all meet in person in September.
Keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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Welcome back 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 - Game of Life by Scor
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells that are a chess king's move apart must not contain the same number (antiking rule). Grey circles are odd numbers. The grey line is a palindrome.
In the words of the setter:
"This sudoku is dedicated not to someone close to me, but to the brilliant mathematician John Conway who passed away last year due to COVID-19. He is known for his contributions to mathematics, logic, and fundamentals of computer science, yet he is most famous for his invention of Conway's Game of Life, my main inspiration for this sudoku. Conway's Game of Life was a big influence on younger me, leading to my own love of maths, logic, and computer science.
The grey circles in this sudoku form what is known as "still life" or a "stable pattern" in Conway's Game of Life. This means that the pattern will not change in any further generations - a unique feature that is difficult to stumble across accidentally. Consequently, adding or removing a single tile from this pattern will disrupt its stability and cause the pattern to break."
Bonus Puzzle - Norinori by Otto Janko
Classic Norinori Rules. Shade exactly two cells in each cage. Each shaded cell is orthogonally adjacent to exactly one other shaded cell. Every shaded cell must be part of a 2x1 or a 1x2 domino, independently from the region borders. Use the default colour of DG for your dominoes.
Chess Puzzle - Opocensky Vs. Pokorny, 1932
Drag and drop the White pieces to draw the chess match.
Answers to Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
As this is the final Monday Mail of the Academic Year here are this week’s solutions (don’t cheat!).
I hope you have enjoyed puzzle corner, see you next year!
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 31st May, which is a bank holiday in the UK ... make the most of the sunshine! We are in the third week of the exam period with just one more week to go. I hope the exams are going well. Don’t forget to contact SSO if you have any issues (see below). On with today’s news ...
Keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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Our next Welcome Event is on 9th June. At this event, you will learn more about our pathway, and attend a Careers Panel with current National Grid employees, a valuable opportunity to learn more about career paths within the energy sector. To be eligible for this pathway, you must:
Please complete this form to apply for the Generating Genius and Grid for Good pathway by Friday 18th June. For any queries, please contact Alexander Tansell.
If you can record from on-campus or include any photos of yourself or items of equipment from on-campus (if you have approved access) that would be great. We would also like a selfie with your face and something that represents your field of STEM either in your hand or the background. It is important to mention that whilst we are looking to have majority female role models we do need representation from all genders so this invite is not only for females. The deadline to submit a video is Monday 7th June. Please contact me if you need any further advice.
These Library sites will be closed for the day on Saturday, 12 June. Read this article from the Library for full information about its spaces and services. Find out about all Library services that are currently available on the Service availability webpage. Remember, if you need help you can talk to the Library via LibraryChat.
Welcome back 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 Zeroth Law Of Chromodynamics by twototenth
Each row, column, and 9-cell region must contain the digits 1 to 9 once each. Each main diagonal (marked in blue) cannot contain a repeated digit. Along thermometers, digits must increase from the bulb end.
Bonus Puzzle - Pills by Otto Janko
In the diagram N pills are hidden. A pill is a rectangle of size 3x1 or 1x3 cells. The value of a pill is the sum of the numbers in the three cells of the pill. There exists exactly one pill with every value from 1 to N. A number at the edge of the diagram indicates the sum of the values in the pill cells in the corresponding row resp. column.
Chess Puzzle - Doncevic Vs. Stern, 1992
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 24th May and we are in the 2nd week of the exam period. I hope your revision and exams are going well. The deadline for submitting applications for the summer internships is the end of this week, so please submit your application before the deadline. It’s sad to be saying goodbye to Jess in SSO this week, who is leaving us for pastures new. I'm sure there are a number of you who have received help and support from Jess over the past months and will be sad to see her leave us. Good luck with your new job Jess, and thank you for all your help supporting our students. Now, on with the rest of today’s news ...
Keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
Welcome back 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 - Hidden Pentominoes by Magnus Josefsson
Warning! This is a hard puzzle, but extremely satisfying to complete. It took me nearly 2hrs to complete it. Normal Sudoku rules apply. There are 12 unmarked pentomino-shaped killer cages in the grid, one of each possible pentomino type. The cages all have different sums and cannot have repeated digits. The cages cannot overlap with each other but may touch freely. A pentomino letter in the corner of a cell indicates that this cell is part of that pentomino cage. A clue outside the grid indicates that this diagonal has the same sum as that pentomino cage. Some of the clues have been replaced by "?", indicating an unknown letter. Each pentomino cage has at most one clue of each type. If you are in doubt about any of the rules, there is an example here.
Bonus Puzzle - Snake by Otto Janko
Blacken some cells of the diagram [paper] resp. color the gray cells of the diagram black or white [interactively]. The black cells must form a single "snake" which is exactly one cell wide, starts and ends in the marked cells and never touches itself, not even diagonally. A number on the top and left edge of the diagram indicates how many cells must be blackened in the corresponding row or column.
Chess Puzzle - Yordanov Vs. Baradaran, 1980
Drag and drop the White pieces to draw the chess match.
Answers to Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 17th May, the semester 2 teaching period has finished and we are in the first week of the exam period. The exams start on Wednesday so please make sure you know your exam timetable (see below). Don’t forget to contact SSO if you are experiencing any problems over the exam period. Good luck! We are currently advertising a number of summer internships to run in the Department over the summer, these provide you with paid experience of working within the department over the summer and can help improve your employability and skills (further details are provided below). Good luck if you are planning on applying for one. On with today’s news ...
Please continue to keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
The theme of code-switching and code-mixing is very important nowadays since cross-cultural communication is becoming more and more popular. As people move to live in other countries, and students study in various cultures, this inevitably leads to code-blending in their speech. We are inviting adults between the ages of 18-45 who speak two or more languages fluently to take part in this survey. The voting is completely anonymous. The survey contains 10 questions. Also, you will be asked to recall as many phrases with borrowing words as possible (there are seven examples of phrases with borrowing words in the survey). The whole survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. If you are interested in taking part in the survey, please follow this link to the questionnaire. If you have any questions, please contact Alina Vasko alinavasko@yandex.ru or 1032177544@rudn.ru. This study has been externally approved by the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.
Schuster Building – Monday to Friday, 8am – 6pm
Williamson Building – Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm
Barnes Wallis – Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm
Kilburn Building - Monday to Friday 8am – 8pm
To support FSE students during the exam period, Office 2 PC cluster in the Kilburn Building is available for advance bookings. These spaces should only be used in exceptional circumstances where students are unable to complete the exam at home. Students will be able to book a slot up to two days in advance via ResourceBooker. The maximum booking is 4 hours, with no more than 2 bookings per day.
You can refer yourself to the counselling service by booking an appointment online. Remember you can always contact the Student Support Office in Computer Science for any advice or help at any time.
Welcome back 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 - 777 Sudoku by Jo Wovrin
Normal sudoku rules apply. The digits increase along thermometers from the bulb. The digits on an arrow sum to the number in the circle. A clue outside the grid shows the sum of the indicated diagonal. Two orthogonally neighbouring cells can never sum to 7.
Bonus Puzzle - Thermometer by Otto Janko
Blacken some cells of the diagram. A number at the edge of the diagram indicates how many cells are black in the corresponding row or column. Cells in a "thermometer" must be blackened from bottom (circle) to top without gaps but must mot necessarily be completely black.
Chess Puzzle - Muir Vs. Vincent, 1975
Drag and drop the White pieces to draw the chess match.
Answers to Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 10th May and we are in week 12 (a B week), the last week of teaching! The exams start next week, so please make sure you know your exam timetable (see below). The past semester has flown by and it’s hard to believe that the whole academic year has been taught remotely. We will be advertising some summer internships in the Department from Friday, you can find out more information below. On with the rest of today’s news ...
Please continue to keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
There are a number of things you can do to mark Mental Health Awareness Week:
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Welcome back 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 - Miracle Squares by Peter Veenis
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Digits in two cells separated by an X sum to 10. Digits in two cells separated by a V sum to 5. For any pair of orthogonally adjacent cells where both cells are coloured yellow: The digits cannot add to 5 or 10; the digits cannot be consecutive (ie cannot have a difference of 1); and the digits cannot have a ratio of 1:2 (so one digit cannot be double the other).
Bonus Puzzle - Kakurasu by Otto Janko
Blacken some cells of the diagram [paper] resp. color the gray cells of the diagram black or white [interactively]. The numbers on the upper and left edge of the diagram denote the sum of the values of the black cells in the respective row or column. The numbers on the right edge of the diagram denote the values of the cells in the corresponding row for the column sums; the numbers on the lower edge of the diagram denote the values of the cells in the respective column in the row sums.
Chess Puzzle - Ricardi Vs. Perez Nivar, 1984
Drag and drop the White pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 3rd May. We are in week 11, which is an A week, and the penultimate week of teaching. Today is a bank holiday in the UK so there are no teaching activities scheduled - make the most of it! As we are nearing the end of the semester it is important that you complete and submit any outstanding assignments - so check the deadlines for your course units.
Please continue to keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
Please note that iPads and laptops are for use within the library only and can only be borrowed for up to six hours at a time. Terms and conditions can be found on the Library website.
Schedule – Saturday May 8th 2021
How to join
We have also opened up 8 Crackchester Committee positions for next year so please use this link if you want to be part of the team. Good luck!
More info and the sign up via this link! If you have any questions please email.
Welcome back 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 - Boxes by Clover
Normal sudoku rules apply. In cages, digits must sum to the small clue in the top left corner of the cage (where given). Digits cannot repeat within a cage. Digits in white circles must appear in one of the four cells surrounding the circle.
Bonus Puzzle - Nonogram by Danilo Kusmin
Normal monogram rules apply.
Chess Puzzle - Blackburne Vs. Noa, 1887
Drag and drop the White pieces to win the chess match.
Answers for Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 26th April, we are in week 10 (a B week). We are into the final stretch of the semester, with only three weeks to go until teaching finishes and we start the semester 2 exam period. Please make sure you complete and submit any outstanding assessments by the published deadlines. Good luck to the first years who will be presenting their group projects this week, I hope everything goes well. On with the rest of today’s news …
Please continue to stay safe.
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
Opening hours will also be extended in the following FSE PC Clusters;
You can read more about eligibility to return to campus to use study spaces in our online FAQs. Our top priority is keeping everyone as safe as possible. We therefore ask you to familiarise yourself with 4 things you need to know before heading back to campus. You can also find out more information on COVID-19 testing here
Welcome back 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 - Highs and Lows by Rob K
Normal sudoku rules apply. All pairs of cells which share an edge and whose values add to 5 are marked with a V; all which add to 10 are marked with an X. Within any given cage, either all of the cells have values less than 5, or they all have values greater than 5.
Bonus Puzzle - Kakurasu by Otto Janko
Blacken some cells of the diagram [paper] resp. color the gray cells of the diagram black or white [interactively]. The numbers on the upper and left edge of the diagram denote the sum of the values of the black cells in the respective row or column. The numbers on the right edge of the diagram denote the values of the cells in the corresponding row for the column sums; the numbers on the lower edge of the diagram denote the values of the cells in the respective column in the row sums.
Chess Puzzle - Sadovsky Vs. Musat, 2020
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to the Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 19th April, we are in week 9, which is an A week. I hope everything is going well. We have the 1st year project showcase today, so please pop in the Zoom sessions to have a look at what applications the first year students have produced (Zoom details below). Third years, the deadline for submitting your project report and screencast is this Friday. If you are planning on using one of your 7 day extensions (you will need to use one each for the report and the screencast) then details of how to do so are provided below. On with the rest of today’s news ...
Please continue to keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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Pop along and have a look at what the teams have built!
Hurry and get your tickets using this link to register for the event. To take part in the CTF and win the prize, you need to be a registered participant. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Welcome back 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 - Give Me An X ... ! by Andy Petersen
Normal sudoku rules apply. An X joins two neighbouring cells that sum to 10, and a V joins two neighbouring cells that sum to 5. All Xs and Vs are given.
Bonus Puzzle - Akari by Otto Janko
Place light bulbs in some of the white cells so that all white cells are lit and no light bulb is lit by another light bulb. A light bulb shines horizontally and vertically up to the next black cell or the edge of the diagram. A number in a black cell indicates how many light bulbs must be placed in orthogonally adjacent cells.
Chess Puzzle - Geller Vs. Liyanage, 2021
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to the Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 12th April, we are in week 8 (a B week) and we are in the final stretch of teaching before the exams and the end of what has been a very strange academic year. Welcome back! I hope you managed to find some time to relax over the Easter break and recharge your batteries. Hopefully, you will have also used the time to catch up on your studies, complete any outstanding assignments etc. Third years, don’t forget that the deadline for stopping work on your project and submitting your code is 6pm this Friday, 16th April. On with the rest of today’s news ...
Please continue to keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
These are all splendid performances, well done to everyone involved. Good Treap was the highest-placed non-Oxbridge UK team, pipping a team from Glasgow to take the last bronze medal place. Of the first dozen teams (i.e., the medalists), six represented British institutions, and of the top twenty teams, ten did. A full list of the final standings can be found here.
Welcome back 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 - Numberpad Kropki by Tyrgannus
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in a cage cannot repeat. Cells separated by a black dot have a ratio of 1:2. Cells separated by a white dot have a difference of 1. Not all dots are given.
Bonus Puzzle - Norinori by Otto Janko
Classic Norinori Rules. Shade exactly two cells in each cage. Each shaded cell is orthogonally adjacent to exactly one other shaded cell. Every shaded cell must be part of a 2x1 or a 1x2 domino, independently from the region borders. Use the default colour of DG for your dominoes.
Chess Puzzle - Hasangatin Vs. Tishin, 2004
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to the Puzzles in the last Monday Mail
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 22nd March, it’s Week 7 (an A week) and it's officially Spring! The semester 1 results will be released on Wednesday, if you have any concerns about your results then please make sure you speak to your personal tutor/project supervisor, or your year tutor. The Easter break starts next week and lasts for two weeks, enjoy the break and make sure you take some time to relax and take a break from your studies. Monday Mail will be back on the 12th April when teaching resumes. For your chance to win a prize, see if you can find Kilburn McKilburny on our social media accounts! On with the rest of today’s news ...
Please continue to keep safe and have a good break!
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
Welcome back 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 - It's Gonna Be A Long Knight by Cam Dennis
Normal sudoku rules apply. In cages, digits must sum to the small clue in the top left corner of the cage. Digits may not repeat along each of the marked diagonals. Cells separated by a "taxicab" distance of 4 may not contain the same digit. A "taxicab" distance from cell A to cell B is the minimum possible distance from cell A to cell B when traversed only through orthogonal cells. In other words if two cells are H horizontal moves and V vertical moves away from each other, their taxicab distance from one another is H+V.
Bonus Puzzle - Pills by Otto Janko
In the diagram N pills are hidden. A pill is a rectangle of size 3x1 or 1x3 cells. The value of a pill is the sum of the numbers in the three cells of the pill. There exists exactly one pill with every value from 1 to N. A number at the edge of the diagram indicates the sum of the values in the pill cells in the corresponding row resp. column. Colour all pills in Dark Grey.
Chess Puzzle - Helmut Vs. Lubomir, 1975
Drag and drop the White pieces to draw the chess match.
Answers to last week’s puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 15th March and the start of Week 6 (week B). We are in week 6 already … where’s the time gone? We’re at the semester half-way point with the Easter break just under a couple of weeks away. Don’t forget, if you are interested in being a student rep (looks good on a CV) then nominate yourself (see below for details). For fun, if you are interested in looking at some pictures of Manchester from the 1970s (including some of the University) then check out this page. On with the rest of today’s news ...
Please continue to keep safe
Paul Nutter
Undergraduate Programme Director
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You can register here.
You can find out more information from this flyer.
Welcome back 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 - Killer Cat Sudoku by Stuart Emmerson
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits increase along thermometers from the bulb to the end(s). Marked cages sum to 9, and three 'invisible' 2-cell cages summing to 9 each are in box 2 (the top, middle 3x3 box).
Bonus Puzzle - Six-Pack Linked Sudokus by Genomico
This is one for those who enjoy the puzzle hunts. It's quite a long rule set but a great puzzle!
Chess Puzzle - Juan Pablo, 1884
Drag and drop the Black pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to last week’s puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 8th March and the start of Week 5, which is an A week. I hope everything is going well. If you would like to be a student representative or PASS coordinator/leader next academic year then please put your name forward - see below for details. We are running the course unit health checks this week, so please give us feedback on how things are going so far. Don’t forget the essential links provided below if you want to find information quickly, and see the regular updates that are also posted on the UG Facebook page. On with the rest of today's news ...
Please continue to keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
Essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Deadlines Chart | Counselling | Report absence | Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
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Welcome back 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 - Lunch with 5 Odd Friends by Andy Petersen
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits increase along the thermo from the bulb. Clues outside the grid show the sum of digits sandwiched between the 1 and the 9 in that row/column. The central 3x3 box is a magic square. 5s never have even neighbours, even considering the grid as a torus.
Bonus Puzzle - Thermometer by Otto Janko
Blacken some cells of the diagram. A number at the edge of the diagram indicates how many cells are black in the corresponding row or column. Cells in a "thermometer" must be blackened from bottom (circle) to top without gaps but must not necessarily be completely black.
Chess Puzzle - Chongsheng Zeng, 2019
Drag and drop the white pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to the Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 1st March and the start of Week 4, a B week … it’s March already! I hope everything is going well. We had some positive feedback from our student reps at the meeting of the Student-Staff Meeting last week, so thank you. I hope you have a good week, on with the rest of today’s news ...
Please continue to keep safe.
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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For more information on mental health support, take a look at the Mental Health Support page and the Support Services page on the Student Support website.
You can find more information on their website. Remember you can always contact the Student Support Office in Computer Science for any advice or help at any time.
If you are interested in getting involved, please email Stacey Kendall with the following details: student ID Number, full name, and your academic department (Computer Science).
Welcome back 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 2 by Gustaf Hafvenstein
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - De Stijl by Karl Eklöf
Numbers may not repeat within rows columns or regions. Small numbers in the top left of a cage indicate the sum of the digits in the cage.
Bonus Puzzle - Kakurasu by Otto Janko
Blacken some cells of the diagram [paper] resp. color the gray cells of the diagram black or white [interactively]. The numbers on the upper and left edge of the diagram denote the sum of the values of the black cells in the respective row or column. The numbers on the right edge of the diagram denote the values of the cells in the corresponding row for the column sums; the numbers on the lower edge of the diagram denote the values of the cells in the respective column in the row sums.
Chess Puzzle - IM De Gleria, 2018
Drag and drop the white pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to the Last Week’s Puzzles:
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 22nd February and we’re already in week 3 (A), I hope everything is going well and you've settled into your semester 2 course units now. We have a meeting of the student-staff committee on Wednesday (24th Feb) so please contact a rep if you have any issues that you would like to raise (or to report anything positive!). On with the rest of today’s news ...
Keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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* TABLEAU WORKSHOP. This from Dilyan Penev. If you would like to dive in the world of data visualization or just want to improve your visual analysis skill and boost your way up the career path, this is the right event for you! Together with a student ambassador from Ritsumeikan APU, we'll help you with this by exploring questions like "What can my phone metadata show?" and "What Google searches have their annual peak in January?". This online workshop will take place on Feb 24 (this Wednesday!) at 2 pm. You can RSVP here.
Welcome back 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 - Kropkiesque Polyominos by Zetamath
Normal sudoku rules apply, and the grid divides fully into polyominos, each containing one circle and no repeated digits. The circle digit indicates the number of cells in that polyomino. White boxes separate adjacent, consecutive digits that share a polyomino. Black boxes separate adjacent numbers with a 1:2 ratio that are in different polyominos. All such boxes of both types are given. Three of the polyominos have been filled in, including the unique largest and the unique smallest.
Bonus Puzzle - Akari by Mokuani
Place light bulbs in some of the white cells so that all white cells are lit and no light bulb is lit by an other light bulb. A light bulb shines horizontally and vertically up to the next black cell or the edge of the diagram. A number in a black cell indicates how many light bulbs must be placed in orthogonally adjacent cells.
Chess Puzzle - Chin A Lien, 1984
Drag and drop the black pieces to win the chess match.
Answers to the Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 15th February and it’s Week 2 (B). I hope you have settled down into your new timetable and routine. It was great to see such a good turnout for the virtual students vs staff quiz on Thursday, it was great fun. I’d like to express my thanks to Anna Warburton-Ball and the UniCS team for organising the event and Diana-Cristina Irimia and Zeynep Tezduyar for being excellent quizmasters. Congratulations to the winners! Don’t forget to choose your semester 2 optional course units by Friday’s deadline. I hope you have a good week … on with the rest of today’s news.
Keep safe
Paul
Undergraduate Programme Director
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*STUDENT SUPPORT: Dealing with Imposter Syndrome. Imposter syndrome is the feeling or belief that you've been given something you didn't earn or don't deserve. It affects students of all backgrounds and in different ways. However, research has shown that imposter syndrome is more prevalent among women and minority students. It can also impact mature students, who are prone to the sense that they don’t belong. If this is something you feel you can relate to, check out this resource on Dealing with Imposter Syndrome.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 3 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku and the third is a different form of logic puzzle. 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 by email.
Easier Sudoku - Classic Sudoku by Cracking the Cryptic
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - Whirl by WombatBreath
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells on arrows must sum to the value in the circle/pill, and pill totals should be read left to right or top down. Digits may not repeat within killer cages. A black dot between cells indicates a cell value ratio of 2:1. A white dot between cells indicates that they have consecutive values. Digits on the marked diagonal must sum to the total provided. The central box is a magic square. Colour/shading is not significant.
Bonus Puzzle - Norinori by Iwa Daigeki
Classic Norinori Rules. Shade exactly two cells in each cage. Each shaded cell is orthogonally adjacent to exactly one other shaded cell. Every shaded cell must be part of a 2x1 or a 1x2 domino, independently from the region borders. Use the default colour of DG for your dominoes.
Answers to the Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 8th February and it’s the start of Semester 2, so today is Week 1, which is an A week. Hopefully, after having a week off, you are now feeling refreshed and eager to get back into the swing of things … hopefully! Don’t forget to check out your new teaching timetable for this semester (there were updates at the end of last week) and make sure you have selected any course unit choices (if you have any) by the deadline. Please sign up for the Department Students v Staff Quiz (details below), which takes place on Thursday this week. Can you take on the UG team?
If there’s something you’d like to share in Monday Mail, such as your success at a Hackathon, then just send me an email. Have a good week and on with today’s news ...
Keep safe
Paul Nutter
Undergraduate Programme Director
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The Library also has 40+ online resources for students across a range of topics including academic writing, personal development, study skills strategies and specialist support such as referencing, maths & stats, specialist financial datasets and copyright, see My Learning Essentials.
You can refer yourself to the counselling service by booking an appointment online. Remember, you can always contact the Student Support Office in Computer Science for any advice or help at any time.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. You are given 3 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku and the third is a different form of logic puzzle. 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 - Domino by Scott Strosahl
Normal sudoku and quadruples rules apply. The digits in the circle must appear at least once in the surrounding 4 cells.
Challenging Sudoku - Japanese Sums Sudoku by Genomico
Normal sudoku rules apply. Additionally, shade some cells such that the clues outside the grid indicate the sums of the digits in contiguous blocks of white cells in the respective row or column. Every question mark represents a number (from 1-45). Blocks have to be separated by at least one shaded cell.
Bonus Puzzle - Nonogram by Paws
Normal Nonogram rules apply. Rules can be found here.
Answers to the Last Week’s Puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 1st February and you have a week off as there are no scheduled teaching activities this week! So, take some time to relax before we jump into semester 2, which starts next week. I hope your exams went well over the past two weeks. We’ve taken onboard your comments about the size of the VM Image and have produced a newer, slim-downed version - see below for details.
Keep safe
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Counselling | Report absence Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week we are trying something different. You are given 3 different puzzles to tackle. One is an easier Sudoku, the second is a more challenging Sudoku and the third is a different form of logic puzzle. 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 - 4 Leaf Clover by Scott Strosahl
Normal sukoku rules apply.
Challenging Sudoku - X, V, XV Sudoku by jovi-al
Normal sudoku rules apply. Cells separated by a V, X, or XV sum to 5, 10, and 15 respectively. All such clues are given.
Bonus Puzzle - Star Battle by Scott Strosahl
Place 2 stars in every row, column and region such that no star touches another, orthogonally or diagonally.
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (including the December Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 25th January and we are in the second (and final) week of the semester 1 examination period. I hope everything is going well so far with the exams. If you have any problems with an exam then please let SSO know immediately by email. You have a week off next week before semester 2 teaching starts on Monday 8th February. I hope you have a good week and please continue to keep safe.
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Counselling | Report absence Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
Please note that this is run by the student experience team and there will NOT be an academic presence.
Welcome back to Gareth’s Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Sudoku. You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions to the Monthly Puzzle. Solutions to last times puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (logiclike.com)
1. There are three kinds of sensors in the box. A third of all the sensors are motion sensors. There are 7 fewer leakage sensors less than motion sensors. The other 19 sensors are temperature sensors. How many sensors are in the box?
2. Archie lied on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, but told the truth every other day of the week. Kent lied on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, but told the truth every other day of the week.
Archie: I lied yesterday.
Kent: I lied yesterday, too.
What day of the week was yesterday?
Logic Puzzle 5 Magic squares Sudoku by Miick
Normal sudoku rules apply and the arrow clue shows the sum of digits along the diagonal. In addition, five 3x3 magic squares have to be placed in the grid. A magic square contains each digit from 1 to 9 and each row, column and diagonal sums to the same total. The red cells do not belong to a magic square.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for December/January
The same puzzle continues from before the Christmas break. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to me by email with the subject of: December Puzzle Hunt. First 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions.
No correct solutions so far... Who will be first?
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (not inc. the December Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 18th January, 2021. Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope you managed to have a good break over the Christmas vacation and found some time to relax, charge your batteries and prepare for the exams which start this week! All the exams are being held online, via Blackboard, and you can find help and advice in the Department wiki. The timetable can be found here. If you have any issues on the day of an exam then please report this to SSO immediately. Best of luck in your exams!
Keep safe.
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Students on campus can book study spaces at the following Library sites via the Library website. There are over 900 bookable study spaces available:
All other Library sites are currently closed. This includes Joule Library and study spaces which will be closed from 6 January 2021 onwards and will remain closed until further notice. Click and Collect: You can use the Click and Collect service to access physical resources from some Library sites, you can find out more here.
Please note that this is run by the student experience team and there will NOT be an academic presence.
New Year, New Puzzles! Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Sudoku. There is also still the Monthly Puzzle from before the Christmas break to complete. You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions. Solutions to the puzzles form the last week before the Christmas break can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (fatherly.com)
1. Who is bigger: Mr. Bigger, Mrs. Bigger, or their baby?
2. Mike is a butcher. He is 5-foot-10-inches tall. What does he weigh?
Logic Puzzle Prime Sudoku by Miick
Normal sudoku rules apply. Digits in cage cannot repeat, and sums to a prime number. Each cage total is a different prime number. In addition, prime digits cannot touch each others orthogonally.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for December/January
The same puzzle continues from before the Christmas break. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working by email with the subject of: December Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions (with workings) will get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions.
There are no correct solutions so far... Who will be first?
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (not inc. the December Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 14th December, it’s Week 12 (an A Week) and it’s the last week of teaching! It's been a very busy semester and the past 12 weeks have flown by, I hope you’ve enjoyed it. Good luck to the first years who have their project presentations this week. Please try to attend the poster session which will be held on Tuesday. The course unit surveys open today, so please provide us with feedback on how things have gone this semester and what we do to improve our teaching. I hope you appreciate that staff have worked very hard to move teaching online this semester, so I’d like to express my thanks for all their hard work.
Enjoy your Christmas break, and have a happy New Year. Hopefully there will still be an opportunity to celebrate considering the current circumstances. 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 all in 2021!
Please keep safe.
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Please pop in and see some of the projects that our first year students are planning on doing in the second semester.
The AGLC will be staffed by Security only over the break.
Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Sudoku. The monthly continues this week and you have the duration of December and January to try and complete it. You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions. Solutions to last week's puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (icebreakerideas.com)
1. A man condemned to death has the option of picking one of the mentioned three rooms. The first room is a furnace filled with flames. The second has armed men with loaded guns, while the third has lions starving for years. Which one should the man choose?
2. What has a mouth, but cannot eat; moves, but has no legs; and has a bank, but cannot put money in it?
Logic Puzzle Arrow Sudoku by Sed Holaysan
Normal Suduko rules apply. Arrow Sudoku rules apply, i.e. the number in the circle is the sum of the digits along each arrow connected to it.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for December/January
This puzzle will last for the duration of December & January as we have our holiday break and exams in the middle, so give it a go as it should provide a welcome break from your studies.
If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to gareth.henshall@manchester.ac.uk with the subject of: December Puzzle Hunt.
First 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions.
No correct solutions so far... Who will be first?
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (not inc. the December Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning UG! It’s Monday 7th December, it’s Week 11 (a B Week) and it’s not long until the end of the semester. I hope all those students who travelled home over the weekend managed to do so without any issues. Please make use of SPOT to check your coursework marks and make sure you submit any remaining assessments before the end of semester (check SPOT for assessment deadlines). If you are a second year student then please consider applying for the Kneebone bursary, the deadline is this Friday, the 11th December. Have a good week and on with the latest news...
Please continue to stay safe.
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Counselling | Report absence Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
to see what opportunities are currently available. Be quick, there are only limited slots available! If you have any questions then please email Emma Richardson.
Students can book a study space in AGLC. All spaces must be booked online. There will be over 800 study sessions available to book each day. Release of booking sessions:
All other Library sites are closed.
Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Sudoku. There is also a new Monthly Puzzle again this week and you have the duration of December and January to try and complete it. You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions. Solutions to last week's puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (icebreakerideas.com)
1. The number 8,549,176,320 is a unique number. What is so special about it?
2. A man is headed to a mountain along with a lion, a goat, and a basket of vegetables. On the way, he needs to cross a river and the boat can only carry two things at a time. If he takes the vegetables, the lion will eat the goat. If he takes the lion, the goat will eat the vegetables. How does he cross the river?
Logic Puzzle - Sandwich Sudoku by nflcar
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Normal Sandwich Sudoku rules apply (i.e. The numbers outside the grid show the sum of the digits sandwiched between 1 and 9 in that row or column.).
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for December/January
This puzzle will last for the duration of December & January as we have our holiday break and exams in the middle, so give it a go as it should provide a welcome break from your studies. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution to me by email with the subject of: December Puzzle Hunt, including methods for working it out.
The first 3 correct solutions (with workings) get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions.
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (inc. the November Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning UG, it’s Monday 30th November, it’s Week 10, and it’s an A Week. I hope you are all doing well. COVID testing has now started for those students still in Manchester who are planning on travelling home in the travel window next week. 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 - see below for details. Finally, please make sure you complete our survey on your intentions for study in semester 2. On with the rest of today’s news ...
Keep safe.
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Counselling | Report absence Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week we have two new brainteasers and a new Sudoko. There is also a new Monthly Puzzle and you have the duration of December and January to try and complete it. You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions. Solutions to last week's puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (icebreakerideas.com)
1. A boy is walking down the road with a doctor. While the boy is the doctor’s son, the doctor is not the boy’s father. Then who is the doctor?
2. A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. He had to use seven characters consisting of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it, he wrote down “You force heaven to be empty.” What is his password?
Logic Puzzle - (Criss Cross) Diagonal Sudoku by Cracking the Cryptic
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Each digit (1-9) must appear once on both of the two diagonals.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for December/January
This puzzle will last for the duration of December & January as we have our holiday break and exams in the middle, so give it a go as it should provide a welcome break from your studies. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution to me by email with the subject of: December Puzzle Hunt, including methods for working it out.
First 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 31st January to submit any solutions.
So far I have received 2 correct solutions to the Puzzle Hunt. So the Number 1 Spot goes to Tudor (Leo) Bujdei-Leonte and 2nd place goes to Krzysztof Dziuba. Good Work! Who is going to get the final spot in the top 3?
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (inc. the November Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning UG, it’s Monday 23rd November, it’s Week 9, and it’s an B Week. It was great to welcome four student reps, Ingy Abdelhalim, Leyan Tong, Arifa Amin and Ritam Anand to the meeting of the Department Leadership Team last week. We found their views and suggestions insightful. Please speak to one of them to get a feel for what was discussed at the meeting. Hopefully it’s now clear to you what is happening with respect to semester one exams and the delivery of teaching next semester - please see the information below. We have introduced a new process for submitting late flag removal requests for coursework, see below for details. On with today’s news ...
Please keep safe.
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb | SPOT | Wellbeing | Remote access | Mitigating-Circumstances | SSO | Timetable | Counselling | Report absence Handbook | Courses | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | Y4 | MM | UG cal | SSC | Facebook | @csmcr | ITFAQ | HelpDesk
A full list of the libraries that are currently open and their opening times can be found here.
Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Sudoko. There is also the Monthly Puzzle again this week and you have the duration of November to try and complete it. It is far shorter than the first so give it a go. You have until Sunday 29th November to submit any solutions. Solutions to last week's puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (Popular Mechanics)
1. You work in a factory that boxes apples and oranges to ship around the world. One day, the labeling machine goes haywire and incorrectly labels the crates of fruit.
Your coworker decides to play a game. He pulls up three crates of fruit and tells you that one of them has apples in it, one has oranges in it, and the last one has both apples and oranges in it. You can see that one of the crates is labeled "A" for apples, another is labeled "O" for oranges, and the third is labeled "A+O" for both apples and oranges. Your coworker reminds you that all three crates are incorrectly labeled.
You get to pick one crate, and your coworker will pull a fruit out of it and show you what it is. You get to do this only one time. How can you determine—without a doubt—which crate has apples, which one has oranges, and which one has both?
2. You're a thief, and you've managed to break into the vault of an ancient bank filled with 100 sacks of coins. One of the sacks contains gold coins, while the other 99 are filled with counterfeit gold coins. You cannot tell the difference between the gold coins and the fakes by handling the coins, looking at them, biting them, or testing them.
The fake coins weigh exactly 1 ounce each, while the real gold coins weigh 1.01 ounces. There is a large scale with enough room for all the sacks in the vault, but as soon as you weigh something it will trigger an alarm, so you can use the scale just once before you must flee the vault.
How can you figure out which sack of coins contains the real gold by only weighing something on the scale once?
Note: The scale tells you the exact weight of whatever you put on it, it is not a balance scale.
Logic Puzzle - The Killer in the Mirror by Cam Dennis
Normal Suduko rules apply. Killer cages show their sum and cannot contain a repeated digit. Each digit in the grid is reflected by a counterpart (which may be itself) every time it appears, the 'mirror' being the line shown. For example, if 1 reflects 4 in one place then 1 reflects a 4 every time it appears.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for November
This is week 03 of this month's puzzle hunt! I think it is far more approachable compared to the last so give it a go! Remember Google (other search engines are available) is your friend.If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution to me by email, plus methods for working it out, with the subject of: November Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 29th November to submit any solutions.
So far I have received 2 correct solutions to the Puzzle Hunt. So the Number 1 Spot goes to Tudor (Leo) Bujdei-Leonte and 2nd place goes to Krzysztof Dziuba. Good Work! Who is going to get the final spot in the top 3?
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (not inc. the November Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning UG, it’s Monday 16th November, it’s Week 8, and it’s an A Week. I hope everything is going well and you are managing to keep on top of 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 the Year links in the Department curriculum pages), or contact SSO. Don’t forget that you can view your coursework deadlines, as well as your marks in SPOT.
Keep safe, lots of content this week ...
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Sudoko. There is also the Monthly Puzzle Hunt again this week and you have the duration of November to try and complete it. It is far shorter than the first so give it a go. You have until Sunday 29th November to submit any solutions. Solutions to last week's puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (from Popular Mechanics):
1. King Nupe of the kingdom Catan dotes on his two daughters so much that he decides the kingdom would be better off with more girls than boys, and he makes the following decree: All child-bearing couples must continue to bear children until they have a daughter!
But to avoid overpopulation, he makes an additional decree: All child-bearing couples will stop having children once they have a daughter! His subjects immediately begin following his orders.
After many years, what’s the expected ratio of girls to boys in Catan?
2. You’re rummaging around your great grandmother’s attic when you find five short chains each made of four gold links. It occurs to you that if you combined them all into one big loop of 20 links, you’d have an incredible necklace. So you bring it into a jeweler, who tells you the cost of making the necklace will be $10 for each gold link that she has to break and then reseal.
How much will it cost?
Logic Puzzle - Classic Suduko by Puzzler Media
Keeping it simple this week. Normal Suduko rules apply. That is all.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for November
This is week 02 of this month's puzzle hunt! I think it is far more approachable compared to the last so give it a go! Remember google (other search engines are available) is your friend.
If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution to me by email, plus methods for working it out, with the subject of: November Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 29th November to submit any solutions.
So far I have received 1 correct solution to the Puzzle Hunt. So the Number 1 Spot goes to Tudor (Leo) Bujdei-Leonte. Good Work! Who is going to get second place?
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (not inc. the November Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning, it’s Monday 9th November, it’s Week 7, and it’s a B Week. We’ve now passed the halfway point in the semester! As you are aware, we are now in a second lockdown in England. It can be tough being isolated, particularly if you are already struggling, so it’s important that you keep in touch with friends and family over this period, so please make use of Zoom to meet and chat with people!
We had the first meeting of the staff student committee last Wednesday. I’d like to thank the student reps for making the meeting such a great success. They’ve given us a lot to think about! Remember, the reps are your voice in the Department.
Please keep safe ... on with today’s news
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb SPOT Remote access Mitigating-Circumstances SSO Timetable Counselling Report absence Handbook Courses Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Student Activities Fund MM UG cal SSC FB @csmcr ITFAQ HelpDesk
Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Sudoko created by yours truly for you to have a go at. There is also a new Monthly Puzzle this week and you have the duration of November to try and complete it. It is far shorter than the first so give it a go. You have until Sunday 29th November to submit any solutions. Solutions to last week's puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (Popular Mechanics)
1. Kenny, Abby, and Ned got together for a round-robin pickleball tournament, where, as usual, the winner stays on after each game to play the person who sat out that game. At the end of their pickleball afternoon, Abby is exhausted, having played the last seven straight games. Kenny, who is less winded, tallies up the games played:
Who won the fourth game against whom?
2. The circuit breaker box in your new house is in an inconvenient corner of your basement. To your chagrin, you discover none of the 100 circuit breakers is labeled, and you face the daunting prospect of matching each circuit breaker to its respective light. (Suppose each circuit breaker maps to only one light.) To start with, you switch all 100 lights in the house to “on,” and then you head down to your basement to begin the onerous mapping process. On every trip to your basement, you can switch any number of circuit breakers on or off. You can then roam the hallways of your house to discover which lights are on and which are off. What is the minimum number of trips you need to make to the basement to map every circuit breaker to every light?
Logic Puzzle - My First Set by Gareth Henshall
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Normal XV (-) Rules (i.e. cells separated by an X must sum to 10 and cells separated by a V must sum to 5, all XVs have been provided). Normal Sandwich Rules (the number on the outside of the row/column is the sum of the digits that appear between the 1 & 9 in the respective row or column). This Suduko was created by me! This is my first creation and I hope you enjoy it! Please let me know how you get on with it! If you enjoy puzzles of this nature then get in touch as I want to try and get a group of us together to share puzzles. Also if you have created or completed a puzzle worthy of a feature here then send it to me.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for November
We have a new monthly puzzle out today! I think it is far more approachable compared to the last so give it a go! Remember google (other search engines are available) is your friend. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to gareth.henshall@manchester.ac.uk with the subject of: November Puzzle Hunt. First 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and I will create a leaderboard of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck! You have until Sunday 29th November to submit any solutions.
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (inc. the Monthly Puzzle Hunt for October) can be found here.
Good morning, it’s Monday 2nd November, it’s Week 6, and it’s an A Week. It’s November already … where’s the semester going? Thank you for providing feedback on how the course units are going so far. We will have a look through your comments and try to make changes where possible. The UK government announced new restrictions due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, see below for further information. We celebrate Bonfire Night (or Guy Fawkes Night) on Thursday, hopefully there will still be some the fireworks to enjoy. Enjoy the week … on with the rest of today’s news.
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb SPOT Remote access Mitigating-Circumstances SSO Timetable Counselling Report absence Handbook Courses Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Student Activities Fund MM UG cal SSC FB @csmcr ITFAQ HelpDesk
Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Miracle Sudoko for you to have a go at. Don't forget the monthly puzzle which is still going on. As of 2pm Friday I have still not received a correct solution so I have extended the deadline by a week and the top spot is still up for grabs you have until Sunday 8th November to submit any solutions. Solutions to last weeks puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (Courtesy BBC Radio 4)
1. On a Monday, all prices in Isla’s shop are 10% more than normal. On Friday all prices in Isla’s shop are 10% less than normal. James brought a book on Monday for £5.50. What would be the price of another copy of this book on Friday?
2. Last weekend my daughter Ellie and I went for a 15-mile bike ride. We both ride at 10 miles per hour. After 10 miles I got a puncture and had to walk my bike the rest of the way. Ellie hadn't noticed my predicament and rode on ahead. When I finally arrived Ellie said that she'd been waiting for the same length of time as she'd been riding. What was my walking speed?
Logic Puzzle - Miracle Sudoku by Mitchell Lee
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Any cells separated by a knights move (in chess) cannot contain the same digit. Any two orthogonally adjacent cells cannot contain consecutive digits.
Similar to last week the logic to break into this puzzle is really nice and well worth a go!
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for October
This was first published in week 2’s Monday Mail. You can find it here. We’ve extended the deadline until 6pm Friday as we’ve not had any answers yet! This one is quite involved and can take some time to work out, Google is also your friend. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to Gareth with the subject of: October Monthly Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and a leaderboard will be created of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck!
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week's puzzles (but not the Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning, it’s Monday 26th October, it’s Week 5, a B Week. We are asking for feedback on how course units are going so please let us know - see the item below for further details. It’s Halloween on Saturday so have a Spooktacular weekend! There are plenty of things happening this week, so enjoy the week … on with the rest of today’s news.
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new XV killer Sudoko for you to have a go at. Don't forget the monthly puzzle which is still going on. As of 2pm Friday I have still not received a correct solution so the top spot is still up for grabs, you have until Sunday 1st November to submit any solutions. Solutions to last week’s puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers (courtesy of Radio 4)
1. The character Harry Potter is 40 years old today! Harry's wife Ginny, and his friends Hermione and her husband Ron want to celebrate his birthday. They plan on sharing 4 pints of Butterbeer in a single jug. Unfortunately the bartender has lost all the jugs which have a capacity of 4 pints. Ginny has an empty jug with a 5 pint capacity and Ron has an empty jug with a 3 pint capacity. With only 10 pints of Butterbeer left at the tap, how does Hermione use the magic of maths to measure precisely 4 pints of Butterbeer?
2. Today will see a socially distanced pilot at the London Palladium featuring singer Beverley Knight. What is the link between Beverley’s age just before lockdown and the venue?
Logic Puzzle - XV Killer Sudoku by Scott Strosahl
Normal killer Sudoku rules apply, normal little killer rules apply. XV constraint - Cells separated by a X must sum to 10. Cells separated by a V must sum to 5.
Similar to last week the logic to break into this puzzle is really nice and well worth a go!
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for October
This was first published in week 2’s Monday Mail. You have a whole month to complete this puzzle. This one is quite involved and can take some time to work out, Google is also your friend. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to Gareth with the subject of: October Monthly Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and a leaderboard will be created of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck!
Answers to last weeks puzzles
The answers to last week’s puzzles (but not the Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 19th October, it’s Week 4 in the timetable - and it’s an A Week. We’re into the third week of teaching, so I hope things have settled down and you know what you are doing! Don’t forget that your student reps have been announced and you can find their contact details on Blackboard in CS UG Community -> School of Computer Science SSC. Please let them know of any issues.
Enjoy the rest of the week … on with the rest of today’s news ….
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb SPOT Remote access Mitigating-Circumstances SSO Timetable Counselling Report absence Handbook Courses Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Student Activities Fund MM UG cal SSC FB @csmcr ITFAQ HelpDesk
Gareth Henshall writes: Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two we have two new brainteasers and a new kropki Sudoko for you to have a go at. Don't forget the monthly puzzle which is still going on. As of 2pm Friday I have still not recieved a correct solution so the top spot is still up for grabs. Solutions to last week's puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers
1. In an effort to help with social distancing, Oxford High is thinking of introducing crinolines as part of the uniform. If all students wear a crinoline of radius 1m, what is the size of the smallest square room we could fit 2 students in?
2. 6 friends met during the lockdown and arranged themselves in a circle 2 metres apart. What is the furthest distance any two are apart?
Logic Puzzle - Consecutive-Pairs Ration Sudoku by Nityant Agarwal
Normal Sudoku rules apply, normal Kropki Rules apply and negative constraint does not apply (i.e. consecutive numbers or numbers having a ratio of 2 can be adjacent to each other). The logic for this puzzle is beautiful and I found it a thoroughly enjoyable solve! It took me about an hour to complete, let me know how you get on!
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for October
This was first published in week 2’s Monday Mail. You have a whole month to complete this puzzle. This one is quite involved and can take some time to work out, Google is also your friend. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to Gareth with the subject of: October Monthly Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and a leaderboard will be created of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck!
Answers to Week 3
The answers to last week’s puzzles (but not the Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 12th October, it’s Week 3 in the timetable - a B Week.
I hope your first week of teaching has gone well, and that you’ve managed to find the learning material for your course units in Blackboard. Remember, we have adopted a blended learning approach to our teaching this academic year. This means that staff have developed weekly online teaching materials, such as videos and quizzes, which are supported by “live” activities. We hope you like it! The student reps for 2020/21 have been appointed - you can find out more information below. Puzzle corner continues this week with the answers to last week’s puzzles (apart from the monthly Puzzle Hunt of course!) given below.
Due to the increase in the COVID-19 infection rate in Manchester, all teaching has temporarily moved online until 30 October, so consequently the Department will not be running any on-campus, face-to-face activities during this period. The University will continue to review the situation.
Enjoy the rest of the week … on with the rest of today’s news ….
Paul Nutter
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb SPOT Remote access Mitigating-Circumstances SSO Timetable Counselling Report absence Handbook Courses Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Student Activities Fund MM UG cal SSC FB @csmcr ITFAQ HelpDesk
Welcome back to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. This week two new brainteasers and a new Killer Sudoko for you to have a go at. Don't forget the monthly puzzle which is still going on. As of 2pm Friday I have not received a correct solution so the top spot is still up for grabs. Solutions to last week’s puzzles can be found below.
Quick Brainteasers
1. In a triangle the difference, in degrees, between the largest angle and the middle angle is the same as the difference between the middle angle and the smallest angle. What is the middle angle in degrees?
2. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is getting a 2020 re-imagining during the coronavirus outbreak. Jeremy Irons, Tilda Swinton and Hilary Mantel are lending their voices to read the poem over a period of 40 days. The poem has 150 verses and they will read either 3 or 4 verses on each day. If I tune in on a random day what is the chance that I'll get to hear 4 verses?
Logic Puzzle - EZ Killer by Scott Strosahl
Standard Killer Sudoku rules apply (grey cells are merely cosmetic)
Place the digits 1-9 in every row/column/box. Dashed lines create 'cages' within which digits may not repeat. The number in the corner of the cage indicates the sum of the digits within the cage
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for October
This was first published in last week’s Monday Mail. You have a whole month to complete this puzzle. This one is quite involved and can take some time to work out, Google is also your friend. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to Gareth with the subject of: October Monthly Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and a leaderboard will be created of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck!
Answers to Week 2
The answers to last week’s puzzles (but not the Monthly Puzzle Hunt!) can be found here.
Good morning! It’s Monday 5th October and it’s a Week A. For those who have joined us in Manchester, I hope you have settled in and have managed to get out and explore the city. Teaching starts this week, so you should be following your personal teaching timetable. Throughout the semester we alternate between Week A's and Week B's, with different timetabled activities according to whether it is Week A or Week B. The Monday Mail will always remind you which week it is – and this is a Week A. At the 2nd and 3rd Year Welcome Week presentations last week we recognised the students who were awarded prizes last academic year - see below for details. Congratulations to all! We’ve introduced something new to Monday Mail this week … say hello to Puzzle Corner! Each week we will present some puzzles for you to have a go at, including a tough one that we will give you a month to complete - see the end of Monday Mail for details. Thanks to Gareth Henshall, the resident CS puzzle expert, for putting Puzzle Corner together.
I hope the start of teaching goes well this week … on with the rest of today’s news.
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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*GAMEDEV. Gurneet Bhatia writes: Hey everyone, we hope that you have had a great start of the new academic year! We are so glad to see the interest over the past week in our GameDev project. If you haven't applied yet, you can do so here. The deadline for applications is Friday 9 October. We will look forward to reviewing your applications and hopefully collaborating with you! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us over Facebook or Instagram.
Welcome to Puzzle Corner, this is your weekly fix of brain teasers and logic puzzles. Each week there will be some new puzzles for you to tackle and you will also receive a monthly bonus puzzle. Solutions to the weekly puzzles will be released in the following Monday Mail. You are invited to submit your solutions to the Monthly Puzzle Hunt for a chance to be mentioned in Monday Mail (staff are also invited to have a go!). So with that all being said, here are your puzzles for this week:
Quick Brainteasers
1. In the Kilburn canteen today’s special dish of the day has got a special price: “Cryptic Curry costs £2 plus half its price”. How much does Cryptic Curry cost?
2. Having won the Open, Shane Lowry is now playing a 235 yard hole and tees off with a drive of 128 yards. He only makes half the distance of the previous shot for all subsequent ones. Assuming he has to make a distance of 235 yards exactly, (i.e. the ball goes over the hole if hit too hard), how many shots does it take to complete the hole?
Logic Puzzle
Have a go at this Sudoku puzzle. Normal rules apply, and identical digits cannot be a knight’s move apart. The blue box is a magic square (each row column and diagonal sums to 15). The green boxes are exact clones (no rotation or reflection), the grey cells are even and the killer cage sums to 10.
Monthly Puzzle Hunt for October
You have a whole Month to complete this puzzle. This one is quite involved and can take some time to work out, Google is also your friend if you don't understand what solving a puzzle involves. If you complete the puzzle hunt then submit your solution plus methods for working it out to Gareth with the subject of: October Monthly Puzzle Hunt. The first 3 correct solutions with workings get a shout out in Monday Mail and a leaderboard will be created of all correct submissions (plus working) so we can have a Puzzle Champion at the end of the year! Good Luck!
Good morning! It’s Monday 28th September and the second week of the Welcome Week period. There are a number of Welcome Week activities arranged by the Department this week (see below), so please make sure you attend these ... virtually.
There has been an increase in COVID-19 cases across the country, in particular at some Universities, which has resulted in the UK government introducing more restrictions to try and combat the spread of the virus. Please keep safe and abide by the rules (more information below) and help stop the spread of the virus in our community. These are very difficult times and if you are forced to self-isolate then this can be very lonely. Please keep in contact with each other and make use of the Zoom license provided by the University to keep in contact with family and friends. Don’t forget that staff in the Department are always on hand to offer help and support.
On with the rest of today’s news ...
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb SPOT Remote access Mitigating-Circumstances SSO Timetable Counselling Report absence Handbook Courses Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Student Activities Fund MM UG cal SSC FB @csmcr ITFAQ HelpDesk
Good morning! It’s Monday 21st September 2020 and it's (almost) the start of a new academic year, and the start of the extended Welcome Week period for our new students - a very warm welcome to those joining us for the first time! I'm Paul Nutter and I’m the Director of Undergraduate Studies, which basically means I’m responsible for the day-to-day running of the undergraduate degree programmes in the Department.
This is Monday Mail, which, as the name suggests, is sent to all undergraduate students every Monday during term-time. 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! If there’s anything you’d like to share via Monday Mail, then please send me an email.
It’s clear that this semester is going to be very different to previous years considering the current situation and the COVID-19 pandemic. Staff have been working tirelessly over the summer to transform their teaching so that it can be delivered in an online, blended format. I very much hope you appreciate their efforts! Please make sure you install the VM image we have provided to support your learning this semester (details below) and make sure you find your way round Blackboard, where all the teaching material for your course units can be found.
There are a number of University societies that our students are closely involved with - see below for details - so please get involved. Have a great week, there’s lots of items today ...
Paul
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Your essential links: UGweb SPOT Remote access Mitigating-Circumstances SSO Timetable Counselling Report absence Handbook Courses Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Student Activities Fund MM UG cal SSC FB @csmcr ITFAQ HelpDesk