Ciao, Maleficent Members,

Welcome to Week 2! Time rolls by quickly, as does our calendar of events, of which we have a few in store for you this week.

On Thursday at 1pm, we'll be popping down to Common Ground Cafe and cracking out our problem sheets for a study social! Come along and get some work done with friends while enjoying a nice hot cup.

We've got a familiar double barrel of events on Saturday! At 5:30pm, our Learn to Code sessions will return with a new twist! With the basics of programming out of the way, we'll be touching on some supplemental knowledge, starting with version control system Git this week.

At 7pm, we're in the Undergraduate Social Area for CompSoc's classic Saturday Social! Join us and reap the benefits of our benevolence with a slice of free pizza and some snacks.

We also can this week unveil our complete termcard for Hilary Term 2025, bearing a bounty of events, new and old. Check it out below! We also now have sign ups open for ice skating on Tuesday next week – sign up below if you're interested!

— Declan, your slightly tardy CompSoc envoy

Fun Computing Fact: If you're old enough, you may be familiar with the television's precursor to the Internet – teletext. Teletext was a system for transmitting pages of data to a television alongside the video feed from the TV channel, and was first developed by BBC engineers as a way of providing subtitles for deaf viewers. The system developed stored data inside the vertical blanking interval – the space between frames of video on an analogue video feed.

The BBC's implementation, Ceefax, launched in 1974. Users could read the latest headlines, check financial data and sports news, and even download microcomputer software in the 1980s. Despite support being added for teletext to the digital TV standard, Ceefax closed in 2012 with the final shutdown of analogue television.

Still not a member? How?! Membership only costs £1 for LIFE, with tons of benefits - discounts on merch and tickets, free food at all socials, our exclusive Discord server and more - so it's definitely worth signing up!

or, go to https://ox.compsoc.net/product/lifetime-membership/

Feel like getting your skates on? Hurry up and sign up to join us on Tuesday next week for a spot of ice skating at the ice rink! We'll be enjoying just over an hour of ice skating. Spaces are free but availability is limited, so make sure to sign up now with the link below if you're interested!

When: 8:45-10pm, Tuesday 4th February

Where: Oxford Ice Rink Oxpens Rd, Oxford OX1 1RX

Sign up here: https://forms.gle/irfrfE9x9cjAtVHdA

Fancy getting some work done with friends over a hot cup of coffee? Head on down to Common Ground and join us this Thursday! Between 1pm and 3pm, we'll be cracking out our problem sheets and getting to work. If you're stuck with something or just want to work in company, make sure to come along!

When: 1-3pm, Thursday 30th January

Where: Common Ground Cafe 37-38 Little Clarendon St, Oxford OX1 2HF

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/ah98Dws0y

Now we've gotten through the basics of programming, it's time to pick up some extra skills! Join us on Saturday at 5:30pm for the return of our Learn to Code sessions this term, where we'll be covering extra content useful to anyone seeking to put their programming skills to use. This week, we'll be covering the popular version control system Git, so that you can work on your projects without needing to create a million backup copies!

When: 5:30-6:30pm, Saturday 1st February

Where: Seminar Room 051, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/1Y2VYMP2o

We're back in Week 2 with another classic Saturday Social! Come on down to the Undergraduate Social Area this Saturday at 7pm for fun conversation, scrumptious snacks and, most importantly of all, bountiful pizza. Fun times guaranteed!

When: 7pm, Saturday 1st February

Where: Undergraduate Social Area, Department of Computer Science 7 Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QG

Click 'Going' here: https://fb.me/e/5e5opV7mC

Make sure to join OxWoCS (Oxford Women in CS), a society we're working closely with, if you identify as a woman or woman-adjacent person in CS! They have a host of wonderful events on, including talks, panels and socials. Computer Science is unfortunately a subject with one of the biggest gender gaps in Oxford and worldwide, and addressing this is at the core of OxWoCS.

or, contact us at committee@ox.compsoc.net

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