Alan Turing - Hucknall Library - Adult Learning

Hucknall Library, Hucknall

Key details

Date
Time 1:30pm - 4pm
Venue Hucknall Library, Hucknall
For ages 19+
Group size 5 - 15
Cost FREE - £10

About this course

Alan Turing is celebrated for his role in the breaking of wartime cyphers, but in his short lifetime he made so many more important breakthroughs in mathematics, computing and even biology. This course will describe Turing’s life and work before and after World War II and the lasting impact that his work had, particularly in the field of computer science.

What will be covered on the course?

The Turing family and its history

Alan’s formative years at Sherbourne School and Cambridge University

His major breakthrough in the mathematics of logic –

The Turing Machine Postwar work developing the NPL ACE and Manchester “Baby” computers.

“Turing Patterns” – mathematics and biology

The circumstances of his death

Please note: Turing’s wartime work at Bletchley Park is covered in the companion course “Bletchley Codebreakers”

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

Knowledge of Turing’s life and contributions to maths, science and computing basics of simple logic

Understand the operation of the theoretical Turing Machine

What you will need to bring to the course:

A pen and paper

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield 

  • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

  • Greater London

  • Greater Manchester

  • Liverpool City Region

  • Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland

  • Tees Valley

  • West of England

  • West Midlands

  • West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

  • Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course

  • Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office

  • You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.

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