University

I completed my degree with the Open University in 2007 achieving a first-class with honours in the field of computer science.

Courses taken

• T305 - Digital Communications
  Everything to do with digital communications including GSM and MP3 audio compression, Bluetooth, MPEG video compression, the SDH telecommunications system, Ethernet and TCP/IP...
• T427 - The IT and Computing Project
  Use what you learnt on M360 to write your own web application but be reflective about the process
• M360 - Developing Internet Applications
  A somewhat meandering look at Internet application development from a Java perspective
• M301 - Software Systems & their development
  UML modelling, the development process and an incredibly deep look at concurrency down to processor instruction level
• T171 - You, your computer and the net
  An introductory course that is an essential requirement for the degree
• T223 - Microprocessor-based computers
  A fun and interesting course covering low-level stuff including assembler and I/O devices with an 8051 embedded system
• M206 - Computing - an object-oriented approach
  Development from an objects and modelling that utilised and exposed me to Smalltalk but curiously excluded UML
• MT262 - Putting computer systems to work
  Plenty of C++ programming for a variety of takss including writing a lift (elevator) controller and associated environment simulation
• M358 - Relational databases
  Surprisingly in-depth course on databases covering SQL, hashing, indexes, trees and set theory

School

I was previously educated at the following fine institutions.

• St. Andrew's Primary School (Population 133, St. Andrew's)
• Vauvert Primary School (Population 323, St. Peter Port)
• Les Beaucamp's Secondary School (Population 502, Castel)
• St. Sampson's Secondary School (Population 554, St. Sampson's)
• College of Further Education (St. Peter Port)