The set of digital artefacts relating to specific events in our history provided via this page range from the formal records of the 34-year series of several-day Newcastle International Seminars on the Teaching of Computing Science, to those of various (very) informal evening “entertainments” such as the mock trial of Professor Page for offences under the Megalomania Act of 1642. A much fuller event sequence is summarised and illustrated in the Timeline page.
The Official Opening of Pegasus (1958)
Installation of the KDF9 Computer (1963)
Announcement of the IBM 360/67 Acquisition (1967)
They’re all a little older now! (1967)
International Seminars On The Teaching Of Computing Science (1967 – 2001)
Honorary Graduates and Fellows (1972 – )
New Computers for Newcastle and Durham Universities (1985)
Xerox $1 million Equipment Grant (1985)
Elizabeth Barraclough’s Retirement Celebrations (1993)
The 40th Anniversary Celebration (1997)
Alan Turing Centenary Seminar (2012)
BBC: Newcastle Science Central computer school plan unveiled (2015)
