I’ve spent most of the last week signing forms, handing over money and sitting for photographs in exchange for a student ID card, a couple of computer accounts and a rather confusing timetable of lectures and lab sessions.
The postgraduate induction meeting was a pretty standard reading of the rules followed by a more specific introduction to the Forensic Informatics course, and some more forms. From what I’ve seen so far the department is nice enough. There’s a big open-plan area with a “study” side and a “relaxed” side. It seems a bit more social than at Aberdeen. I’ve only seen Windows labs, but I’m told there are a couple of linux labs too. Which is nice.
I’ve also acquired a textbook (Digital Evidence and Computer Crime, by Eoghan Casey) with some really interesting stuff in it. Which is probably a good start!
Teaching starts tomorrow with Digital Information Fundamentals and Crime Scene & Court Exercise. I’m looking forward to that.
