Open days

The Computer Science Department hosts visits from schools during the year.
If you would like more information about this, please contact our secretary.

Programming and Robotics in Schools

Sandy Garner and Anthony Robins are involved in several activities that support programming and robotics in schools. They run robotics clubs in several Dunedin schools and an after school club at the Computer Science Department.

They are also on the organising committee for the Otago regional branch of the national RoboCup Junior competition, running an annual contest attended by over 100 school students in the Otago and Southland regions.

Python in schools

In Term 2, 2010, Professor Brendan McCane has been teaching a group of teachers python (a programming language) at Columba College and via video-conference (using the comp150 book from our Python paper). Professor Anthony Robins will be continuing with this in term 3.

Hands-On Science

The University runs a course in the Summer for school students thinking of studying science subjects.
You can see more information at the University's Hands-On Science web page.

The Science Teachers Helpline

The Department also runs a Science Teachers Helpline for topics related to Computer Science.