A Cambridge Supervision (Computer Science at Queens')

Watch a real supervision with the Queens' Computer Science Director of Studies and two second year Computer Science students.

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[malikbenslimane]

12:30
Jake:
Superviser:
other dude: em...
that's a guy who want to get a degree

[CognitiveSurge]

Supervisions seem incredibly useful, I wish they had them at my University.

[borm]

Thanks for sharing this. This shows the importance of having a good foundational knowledge as software engineers and developers. There are so many of those people who don't know the basic concept of OOP but still work as a developer everyday thanks to all these vocational and technical training courses. The quality of the people who are properly educated is just priceless these days.

[ThePumpkinEye]

I think EVERY UNIVERSITY should do this!

[farhanahromli]

in my university we have 'tutorials' which is basically very much like your supervisions but held in larger groups than just a pair of students held after a particular topic. similar to yours we arent assessed for it as well. but i think it'd be nice to have pairs of two and a supervisor. shy students like me usually dont interact as much in tutorials :(

[andreacostanzo]

Every university should do this! In this way is more easier understand how to prepare for exams and you can reach a deeper knowledge of what are you studying.
I'm studying automotive engineering in Italy (Turin), and we have nothing like this. Anyone will help you. I've been in UK many times and I think that life for a student (especially in universities like Cambrdige) is more and more easier!

[issy]

I haven't the slightest what you three are discussing, but it is great that I now know what a typical supervision at Cambridge is like and what occurs in one. :)

[DmitriNesteruk]

This is really good. I did Computer Science in a different UK university and we had nothing like this.

[hillarycheah]

this makes my uni seem lousy in comparison

[wozzywick]

Thank you for uploading this. I'm planning to study an arts subject but this was still a very useful insight

[elizabethfloat]

Thank you this was very useful! I've always wondered what supervisions will be like

[SpontaneousWhale]

Nice one Jake. I start next month and it's nice to see what I've actually signed up for!

[willofreakshow]

Anything after if statements went straight over my head!

[MMLauritsen]

I recently did a similar course, its funny to hear you talk about stuff I know. I love Scala and pattern matching.

[theboutique]

I have no interest in studying computer science and I will never get excepted into Cambridge but I still found this a really interesting video :) I always thought you learnt the work in the supervisons which I though odd as uni usually promotes independent learning ... I never realised you just went over the work it must be really useful and you get to have practically one on one help rather than a lecture !!

[JakeSoccerMan]

Congrats on 200 videos, mate! Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see your next video

[millennia]

This is really cool. I wish I was fortune it enough to study at a university like Cambridge! keep uploading, Jake! Enjoying all of your videos. :)

[elsalolz]

You look so serious Jake! But great video, thanks for going the lengths you did to share it with us :)

[berniec]

Interesting. I think things have changed over the years. It is 50 years since my last supervisions and they were in Economics at Queens'. If there was a link between Supervisions and exams, that was definitely never clear to me - IIRC. The dynamics on the video are about the same. Supervisions do put you on the spot and my supervisors (who included John Eatwell and Ajit Singh) took it as a personal insult if you came ill-prepared.

Jake, I have watched a number of the video. Good job.

[bhco]

this was a really interesting video. thanks for the upload. I've graduated at Ruskin in Computer Science, so its interesting to see this.