Monday 20 December 2010

CSI Comes to FVC

Forth Valley College’s fingerprints are all over a new course which is about to test the limits of science students.

Falkirk may not be in Florida but the town’s FVC campus will try to emulate CSI: Miami when it launches an official certified (level 5 – Level 6) Forensic Science evening class for the first time in January 2011.

The 18 week, 36 hour course is pitched at Access Level which means it will be a great introduction to learners interested in studying science at a higher grade.

Science Lecturer Paul Sweeney who will be taking the course, said: “Up to now we have been running something similar as a leisure course, but it didn’t have any recognised certificate.

“Obviously the very successful TV crime shows which delve into forensics have opened up science to a wide section of the public and there is now a lot of interest in what it’s all about.

“What you see on the TV is fairly sound science, though the timescales are a bit off as they seem to get the test results back the same day they are done! We hope to tap into this interest by offering a unique insight into this field using tests such as fingerprinting and DNA identification. Anyone interested in forensics and science should find out more about this Wednesday night course.”

Anyone wishing further information should contact Paul Sweeney on
01324 403168 or e-mail paul.sweeney@forthvalley.ac.uk.

Tags: Applied science and computing, Evening, Falkirk, New Course