{"id":2492,"date":"2017-09-25T07:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T07:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2017-09-29T09:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T09:03:07","slug":"welcome-back-goldsmiths-computing-induction-week-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"Welcome (back) > Goldsmiths Computing induction week 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/walking-back.jpg\" alt=\"walking back\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/walking-back.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/walking-back-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/walking-back-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The new academic year starts on Monday 25 September with a week of welcome activities before teaching starts on Monday 2 October 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0week includes a six-hour creative hackathon, undergraduate and postgraduate social events, a careers workshop, and induction sessions\u00a0for all new and returning students.<\/p>\n<p>Freshers studying\u00a0BMus\/BSc Music Computing\u00a0and BSc Computing &amp; Chinese will also join activities organised by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/music\/\">Music Department<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/confucius-institute\/\">Confucius Institute<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n<p>DoC.Hack, our\u00a0welcome week hackathon is organised by student tech society Hacksmiths. For six hours, you&#8217;ll design and build tech projects &#8211; and meet students &amp; staff from across the department in a relaxed, informal environment. No special skills needed &#8211; just bring a laptop. <a href=\"http:\/\/goldsmiths.tech\/doc\">Limited tickets &#8211; registration essential<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update: We have now published students&#8217;\u00a0personalised timetables.\u00a0<\/strong>These are still\u00a0subject to some change until teaching starts on 2\u00a0October, so we urge you to check it regularly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mytimetable.gold.ac.uk\/login.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">View your timetable<\/a>\u00a0(u<em>se Internet Explorer \/ Firefox and enable pop-ups)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Monday 25 September<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Year 2 induction<\/strong>, 2.30-3.30, Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Whitehead Building<\/li>\n<li><strong>Year 3 induction<\/strong>, 3.45-4.45pm, Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Whitehead Building<\/li>\n<li><strong>Employability &amp; work placements workshop<\/strong>, 5pm,\u00a0Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Tuesday 26 September<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Doc.Hack<\/strong>, 10.30am &#8211; 5pm, Room 300, Richard Hoggart Building<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/goldsmiths.tech\/doc\">Limited tickets &#8211; registration essential<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Wednesday 27 September<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Foundation and Year 1 induction<\/strong>, 10.30am, Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Thursday 28 September<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PhD\/MPhil induction<\/strong>, 3pm, Lecture Theatre, Ben Pimlott Building<\/li>\n<li><strong>Undergraduate social<\/strong>, 5pm, College Green Marquee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Friday 29 September<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Postgraduate induction<\/strong>, 2.30pm, Room 304, Richard Hoggart Building<\/li>\n<li><strong>Postgraduate social<\/strong>, 4-6pm, New Cross House, London\u00a0SE14 6AF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Download your full schedule (PDF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/UG-Induction-Week-2017.pdf\">Foundation year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/UG-Induction-Week-2017.pdf\">1st year undergraduate<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/UG-Induction-Week-Music-Computing-2017.pdf\">1st year Music Computing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/2nd-yr-Induction-Week-2017.pdf\">2nd\u00a0year undergraduate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3rd-yr-Induction-Week-2017.pdf\">3rd\u00a0year undergraduate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PG-Induction-Week-2017.pdf\">Postgraduate (MA\/MSc)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"mailto:computing@gold.ac.uk\">computing@gold.ac.uk<\/a> for any Computing-related enquiries.<br \/>\nContact <a href=\"mailto:admissions@gold.ac.uk\">admissions@gold.ac.uk<\/a> for enquiries about\u00a0joining the university.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new academic year starts on Monday 25 September with a week of welcome activities before teaching starts on Monday 2 October 2017. The\u00a0week includes a six-hour creative hackathon, undergraduate and postgraduate social events, a careers workshop, and induction sessions\u00a0for all new and returning students. Freshers studying\u00a0BMus\/BSc Music Computing\u00a0and BSc Computing &amp; Chinese will also &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=2492\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome (back) > Goldsmiths Computing induction week 2017<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2492"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492\/revisions\/2522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}