School of Computing

Tutor Centre

The School of Computing Tutor Centre provides a one-stop academic help and support resource for all School of Computing students.

The centre is located at:

School of Computing

Room 0.04
Lion Gate Building
tel:+44 (0)23 9284 6449
email: soctc@port.ac.uk

Opening hours:

Students can drop in, or contact the centre via Victory.

The main tasks of the Centre are to provide help and information in the following areas:

• Support for academic work in each semester, e.g. with Frequently Asked Questions, help understanding coursework, explanation of concepts, hand-in dates and requirements
• Common project-related issues, e.g. preparing project specifications, writing literature reviews, project submission and resubmission
• Specialist workshops, e.g. programming languages, or at appropriate times of year, e.g. project write-up advice, hand-in advice
• Building Computing-specific skills
• Referral/deferral revision help

It will also help students contact other agencies as needed, e.g. personal and duty tutors, the academic skills unit, placements tutors, or course-related enquiries.

Specific Help available.

Database support available on request.