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28 May 2010 09:05:55
It was all a learning experience as MSc Computer Security and Forensic students went to Luton and South Bedfordshire Magistrates’ Court.
Two dozen students had the opportunity to attend morning sessions at the Luton-based magistrates’ court on successive Fridays (30 April and 7 May) as part of an arrangement with local magistrate John Sentinella.
John is also a Business Development Manager for the Knowledge Hub at the Putteridge Bury campus.
Students were briefed on the function of the court prior to the sessions starting and John and the other magistrates then discussed the events of the morning afterwards.
Geraint Williams, the CST Infrastructure Manager at the University, said: “This gives the Computer Security and Forensic students an opportunity to see the workings of a court as part of their studies.
“This is the second year of running such sessions and has proved popular with the students. We’re hoping to give level three BSc students the same opportunity in October and repeat these sessions for the new MSc students in May 2011.
“Computing students studying security and forensics may need to give expert witness at some point after graduating. This experience will help them in understanding courtroom procedure and the role of expert witness.”
One of the students, Ahmad Alenezi, said: “It was an excellent experience and we saw many cases; the first one was related to our subject because the suspect wrote on Facebook.”
Another, Jibran Mir, said: “We learned a lot of things from this visit; we now know what the court looks like, where people are in the courtroom and how the judicial system works.”
The field trips continue a successful year for security and forensic students in which they enjoyed a number of excellent opportunities.
As well as twice visiting the magistrates’ court, they also went for training in forensics and security testing this month and back in October to 7Safe in Cambridge. Full story here.
The students also had a presentation by MicroSystemation AB on mobile phone forensics in November, and a presentation and demonstration of reverse engineering of malware by Norman Data Defence in March.
Networking and security students from the same department, Computer Science and Technology, also received a talk by Modern Networks back in November.
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