Skills Bootcamp in Software Engineering

Working as part of the Institute of Coding, the Computer Science department are delivering Skills Bootcamps as part of the government’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee and Plan for Jobs. This is a unique opportunity to learn industry best standards and practice, develop technical skills, and all whilst we work with you to find suitable employment after you finish the course.

Places are limited and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis to eligible applicants. The next Skills Bootcamp will start in April 2022, and applications are now open.

As part of the government's Skills Bootcamps initiative, this course is provided completely free of charge to the unemployed or self-employed.

For those already employed, and looking to develop new skills, employers are asked to fund 30% of the costs - £1,050.00

The course aims to teach Object Oriented Programming using Java and Database Development for data management.

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Analyse simple business requirements expressed in English and reason about how those requirements can be met through the construction of new, or modifications to existing, software or information systems
    
2. Explain the fundamental concepts used in object-oriented software development and make use of these concepts to design and implement a medium-sized software system in the Java programming language
    
3. Explain the role of data management systems in a business context and design, implement and administrate a database-driven system using entity-relationship modelling, SQL and other appropriate tools and languages
    
4. Take a disciplined approach to software and information systems development, including principled organisation, and systematic testing and documentation.
    
5. Communicate with colleagues, develop and deliver presentations, and function well in interview situations.

Teaching will be online using a mix of short lectures and practical sessions. The taught part of the course will be approximately two days per week.  Students will be expected to spend a similar amount of additional time each week on independent learning.

There will be a group project to complete at the end of the course and students will be assessed on how well they work as a team and on the quality of the delivered software.