Strong links to industry are important for any degree. Our courses are highly respected throughout industry with many of our former students occupying high level positions.  Many of our academic staff are also members of professional bodies. This allows industrial and commercial expertise to be developed and encourages employers to come to Plymouth to recruit our students.  The BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) is the leading professional body for people working in IT and sets the standards for IT professional practice in the UK.  Our BCS accreditation means that the organisation recognises the quality of our degree courses and their fit with the demands of the UK IT industry.  Achieving an accredited degree enables you to gain accelerated progress to chartered status within the profession. In an industry where professional accountability is becoming increasingly important, achieving membership and

chartered status to the leading body for the sector in the UK is another important step for career development.

We were established as a Cisco Regional and Local Academy in September 2006, selected in part due to Cisco’s appreciation of the quality of previous networking graduates from Plymouth.  Students within the School of Computing and Mathematics doing our networking courses are able to achieve CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) professional certification - the industry standard for networking professionals - alongside their degree qualification.  The school is also a member of the Oracle Academy – which is the leading provider of database and information management software in the world. This enables us to provide access to the latest Oracle software to develop up-to-theminute skills on its database products.  In addition, we are the only university in the UK to offer education in Oracle's text and multimedia retrieval  technologies, used in the search engines of organisations such as Motorola and the World Bank.

The Women in Technology Network (WiTNet) is a support network for all female students in technology and science subjects. Led by students and supported by staff, WiTNet helps you get the most out of your studies and progress to a successful career.