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I want to thank you for the amazing experience Andrew had at the Hackathon Cyber Security Residential Camp. He not only improved his cyber security skills but also made great friends who share his interests. The tutors were exceptional, offering guidance and challenges that kept him engaged and m...

I want to thank you for the amazing experience Andrew had at the Hackathon Cyber Security Residential Camp. He not only improved his cyber security skills but also made great friends who share his interests. The tutors were exceptional, offering guidance and challenges that kept him engaged and motivated.
This camp has truly inspired him and boosted his confidence. I highly recommend it to any parent looking to nurture their child's passion for technology.
Thank you for such a fantastic program!

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Funtech Review

Previously I have completed 5 Funtech courses this potentially being my last and through my time at Funtech I have learnt so much due to the small dedicated classes and specialist teachers that don't always feel like teachers and more like friends making it seem as if you are having fun with frie...

Previously I have completed 5 Funtech courses this potentially being my last and through my time at Funtech I have learnt so much due to the small dedicated classes and specialist teachers that don't always feel like teachers and more like friends making it seem as if you are having fun with friends whilst you are learning giving you the perfect mix of spending time with a screen and spending time with people a similar ages to you. I originally started my Funtech journey a while before covid when I was completing a day course in scratch then it went to Lego robotics then python we then had covid which gave me a break from coding then I started last year it was my first residential coding course where I was further advancing my python knowledge and now when I am doing the hackathon course I have been able to use similar thinking to allow me to progress quickly through different tasks and for the additional residential activities they are amazing this includes the variety of facilities and equipment that I have access to this then allowing me to form friendships with most of the class plus the knowledge that I have learnt has given me a new way of thinking allowing me to look at computer science as fun not work letting me progress with higher grades in my GCSE's which would be brilliant potentially giving me a life long career in computer science as I am currently interested in going to a-level if not a university masters degree. I would highly recommend sending your child to any Funtech course and I can guarantee that they will enjoy there course activities and much more.
Oscar

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Great Week :D

The week was great, interactive and interesting the course goes through the basics as well as some slightly more advanced but simple codes. The tutors help every time you need and are up for any questions you throw at them and keep you entertained throughout the breaks as well as enjoying your ti...

The week was great, interactive and interesting the course goes through the basics as well as some slightly more advanced but simple codes. The tutors help every time you need and are up for any questions you throw at them and keep you entertained throughout the breaks as well as enjoying your time with you.

For the course it is THE BEST course that I've ever done and takes the most complex codes and breaks them down throughout five days.

Funtech overall is great even one evening hosting a gaming tournament for both day and residential students.
Thank you funtech!

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Very enjoyable and worthwhile experience

The lessons each day were varied and informative whilst also being fairly easy to follow along. The student to teacher ratio was good and the tutors were very helpful and taught the lessons well and thoroughly. The accommodation was very nice and the evening entertainment was very enjoyable each ...

The lessons each day were varied and informative whilst also being fairly easy to follow along. The student to teacher ratio was good and the tutors were very helpful and taught the lessons well and thoroughly. The accommodation was very nice and the evening entertainment was very enjoyable each day. I would definitely recommend this course and would come again if given a chance.

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Wonderful, interactive and overall fun week.

I really enjoyed most of my time in the camp. The lessons were interactive, very educational and fun. I learnt quite a lot in the space of the week. I made loads of amazing friends and an absolute blast. They help you with everything, in lesson and out. Lunchtime breaks always had energetic and f...

I really enjoyed most of my time in the camp. The lessons were interactive, very educational and fun. I learnt quite a lot in the space of the week. I made loads of amazing friends and an absolute blast. They help you with everything, in lesson and out. Lunchtime breaks always had energetic and fun activities and game time (17:00-21:00/22:00 depending on age) were always an enjoyable and calming time playing pool, football, basketball with friends or crashing on the couch watching your phone, TV or playing board games with friends. Would go again.

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THE FUNTECH CAMP IS COOL

The lunches are yummy in my tummy, good activities and the teachers join in as well and we learn lots of coding. Good, Fun and good Teaching.Great camp.

Worthwhile experience

Very good and learnt a lot. Recommend it a lot and cool teachers. The teachers are highly qualified and clever as well as nice. By doing this course you are being taught by geniuses especially Tom. Tom is a very good teaher.
Highly recommended.

Funtech Course - Hackathon

I really enjoyed this Hackathon course, and I found the topics enjoyable, I think I learnt a lot, the residential aspect was also great, and I found a lot of new friends, I recommend this course for any parent looking for a fun yet extremely educational week for their kids. I will definitely come...

I really enjoyed this Hackathon course, and I found the topics enjoyable, I think I learnt a lot, the residential aspect was also great, and I found a lot of new friends, I recommend this course for any parent looking for a fun yet extremely educational week for their kids. I will definitely come to Funtech again if I am not too old.
Adam 13yrs

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A great camp that is very educational and still fun.

I was doing the hackathon course and as someone who has never hacked before I did not know what to expect other than that it would be hard. Even though I had no experience of hacking, Tom and Seb helped me a ton with hacking and always come to my aid with insightful and full responses to my many ...

I was doing the hackathon course and as someone who has never hacked before I did not know what to expect other than that it would be hard. Even though I had no experience of hacking, Tom and Seb helped me a ton with hacking and always come to my aid with insightful and full responses to my many questions. I also really liked how every hour we get a 15 minute break of social games away from the computer. I really enjoyed playing mafia and splat. I was surprised at how spacious the rooms were and and the fact that we get one room per person. The food was also good and lunch activities were also fun. My only pet peeve is that they did not let us order food but Its not that big of a deal. In conclusion, I really recommend going to this camp if you want to have an amazing time and still somehow learn a lot and meet a bunch of new people.

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Happy Hackathon

My son loved this camp, he's done a few of the others and he was properly challenged and learned a lot.
Massive thanks to all the team as ever for their patience and ever enduring sense of humour!

GOOD

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Great Course

Loved the content!

My Hackathon Course

My experience for the hackathon course was very enjoyable and I had a great time. 5*

Fun and useful

My son really enjoyed this course. He also learned about internet and security vulnerabilities.

good but 1 problem

good learned about hacking very fun but just one thing I would like to use the laptop in break best teacher Dylan he taught us everything and he teaches in a very good way.

My time at FunTech:

I can sum up my experience this week with FunTech in one word; superb. Superb teachers, who're always are the help and guide you in the right direction; Amazing lessons, that keep every one engaged and excited to learn; Fantastic breaks; that give us moments of rest whilst also being really fun!...

I can sum up my experience this week with FunTech in one word; superb. Superb teachers, who're always are the help and guide you in the right direction; Amazing lessons, that keep every one engaged and excited to learn; Fantastic breaks; that give us moments of rest whilst also being really fun! In summary, FunTech Barbican is one of the best Computer Science Camps you could ever go to. In my time at the camp

I studied Ethical Hacking (Hackathon) in a group of 6 , which was not so many that I did not get the help I needed in a timely fashion, but not too many that I was able to grow friendships and bonds with the people in my group. The Teacher who taught us (Alliyah) was always there when we needed, and explained what we needed to do, and why we needed to do it; a perfect example of a model teacher. The Teacher and my group where not the only upsides though; the curriculum that they taught us was both entertaining and engaging with interesting subjects and topics that covered the whole field of Cyber Security from Ethics to Social Engineering.

In conclusion, my time at FunTech was "the Ritz", a 10/10 experience and would 100% do again if they had a second, more advanced, course. No matter there age, you kid will love and enjoy there time here.

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It was amazing

during this week i have learnt how to hack it has been very fun

It was great!

I really enjoyed this camp, I learnt so much. I would really recommend this camp for other people as it was really informative! I also liked how I learnt how computers work, to understand how passwords are stored.

Week Review

It was very fun as well informative, this was quite interesting as the teacher (Dylan) would give us each useful help for each of our need. Hacking the passwords was exhilarating especially when we cracked it!

4& A Half Stars :)))))))

Yay! It was so FUN. It was genuinely fun because of dylannic vinegar (my tutor). He DESTROYED any slight boredom I had. The course helped me understand more things about navigating computers, understanding OSs and just computers more generally. My favourite thing was hacking into windows and turn...

Yay! It was so FUN. It was genuinely fun because of dylannic vinegar (my tutor). He DESTROYED any slight boredom I had. The course helped me understand more things about navigating computers, understanding OSs and just computers more generally. My favourite thing was hacking into windows and turning on the mic. I had already done hacking before but his was much easier to understand. Thank you dyllpickle!

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5/5 Funtech course

very fun

a great week at funtech

enjoyed making new friends and socialising through games. the content was both challenging and achievable so i highly recommend this for people who want to broaden their skills and opportunities!

sigma241 out xoxo :p :p :p

Hackathon - Cyber security

Thank you for the opportunity for letting me participate in the Cyber Security Hackathon. The course over the past few days was well-organized. The challenges were made very thoughtfully. The teacher was approachable, providing guidance throughout the course. Overall, this course was a highly eng...

Thank you for the opportunity for letting me participate in the Cyber Security Hackathon. The course over the past few days was well-organized. The challenges were made very thoughtfully. The teacher was approachable, providing guidance throughout the course. Overall, this course was a highly engaging and fun experience. Many Thanks.

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Brilliant

V fun, interesting and enjoyable!

fun time

It was really interesting to learn all these concepts and it was very useful to have an Alexia as my teacher who could answer questions and help when I was stuck. She was very nice too! It was cool to learn that some of the stuff we did was university level and it was a fun course overall that wi...

It was really interesting to learn all these concepts and it was very useful to have an Alexia as my teacher who could answer questions and help when I was stuck. She was very nice too! It was cool to learn that some of the stuff we did was university level and it was a fun course overall that will be very useful for me in the future no doubt.

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nice week

Enjoyed making new friends and playing games both indoors and outdoors. I enjoyed having videos to assist as well as a nice teacher who made our lessons fun, interactive and not boring. I would definitely recommend for both young and older children to attend. Considering coming back and trying a ...

Enjoyed making new friends and playing games both indoors and outdoors. I enjoyed having videos to assist as well as a nice teacher who made our lessons fun, interactive and not boring. I would definitely recommend for both young and older children to attend. Considering coming back and trying a new course.

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Very nice teachers and camp

it was fun as teachers and people were nice

Fum5ech reviwe

Amazing course
Pss great course

Cyber Security: Hackathon Review

This week I did the Cyber Security: Hackathon and really enjoyed it.

I learnt about how to use Linux commands on Kali, and using the windows command prompt. I also enjoyed the project at the end where we used the skills we learnt over the week to try and break into a server. ...

This week I did the Cyber Security: Hackathon and really enjoyed it.

I learnt about how to use Linux commands on Kali, and using the windows command prompt. I also enjoyed the project at the end where we used the skills we learnt over the week to try and break into a server.

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fun

tech *ba dum pshhhh*

Great course

Great course I feel like I learned a lot and the people were great :)

Hackathon Happiness!

My son had a great time on the Cyber Security Hackathon camp. He is very interested in ethical hacking so this was the perfect camp for him. He loved the practical challenges as well as learning how to use new software and he's much more security conscious as a result of attending the camp.

Great

My son had a great time. Long days, nicely broken up with play times, and he came away feeling like he had learned a lot.

coding

this past week i have learned the unsterstanding and foundations of computer science this has been a boost for me as i am going into gsce's and the games are the best thing we have done in the week as i have high aura and iq

FUN-TECH

hard at first but as the days go the experience gets better along the days AND VERY USEFUL OF MY TIME and has made me a computr genius

Great Camp!

This week I have learnt a lot about hacking into different servers/computers and websites. I now know a lot more about Cyber Security. I also had a lot of fun playing outside and playing indoor social games with friends.

summery

over all good and enjoyed the corse

Amazing course

Great fun and would do it again. Learnt lots of stuff and enjoyed everything.

A TALE OF EIGHT HOURS A DAY

As I stepped foot into the funtech camp, I was surrounded by an air of curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. Through intense but engaging methods, I was inducted into the wonderful word of hacking (although was warned with extreme severity that I would only use these skills in an ethical and cons...

As I stepped foot into the funtech camp, I was surrounded by an air of curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. Through intense but engaging methods, I was inducted into the wonderful word of hacking (although was warned with extreme severity that I would only use these skills in an ethical and considerate -as well as under permission- way).

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AMAZING FUNTECH LESSON

I HAD SOOOOO MUCH FUN I LOVED IT SO MUCH FUN I LOVED IT!

gud

luved it

Cyber Security Northwood

I enjoyed the course thoroughly and the Kahoots were very fun. This course slowly introduced the art of hacking and went from creating folders to using John the Ripper to hydra and everything in between. Overall, I found the entire course very fun and educational.

Cyber Security (Northwood)

I really enjoyed this week liked the kahoot and learning how to hack it was very knowledgeable and I learnt a lot.

Cyber Security Northwood

From simply navigating the linux terminal to full on cracking passwords, this was an amazing course. Every lesson was thorough with information and the tutors were immensely helpful. At some points, the course was very challenging but the walkthroughs helped that, and overall I found the whole th...

From simply navigating the linux terminal to full on cracking passwords, this was an amazing course. Every lesson was thorough with information and the tutors were immensely helpful. At some points, the course was very challenging but the walkthroughs helped that, and overall I found the whole thing definitely worth it!

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Really rewarding

Our son loved this course, it really piques their interest in how networks and interactions work. Hopefully he won't be on the FBIs most wanted list now. In all seriousness though, he really wants to come back and loved interacting with the other kids, thanks for all the 1:1 support!

Review - Hackathon (Ethical Hacking) Course, FunTech

The rating speaks for itself - this course was worth everything that was done to make it happen.

The "Hackathon" course focused on the use of Kali Linux, an operating system used by hackers worldwide, and was introduced to students like myself. The first-rate program taught myself and ...

The rating speaks for itself - this course was worth everything that was done to make it happen.

The "Hackathon" course focused on the use of Kali Linux, an operating system used by hackers worldwide, and was introduced to students like myself. The first-rate program taught myself and my colleagues how to use this tool to think and operate like a real hacker. The perfectly paced learning, the humorous atmosphere, the useful help of the teachers, all contributed to make this course instructive while having fun at the same time.

The main highlight of this course was when we got the chance to break into web servers, by brute forcing the credentials and altering cookie settings to reach and end goal on the web pages.

I would recommend this course to anyone who is curious about hacking, a term heard on a daily basis, and what some of the processes of hacking really look like.

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Great Course - Highly Recommended

The hackathon course was outstanding, offering in-depth insights into web servers, and the powerful tools used by Kali Linux, such as Hydra, beef and Clippy. The curriculum was well structured, featuring practical coding skills that could be used in later life. This course is highly recommended ...

The hackathon course was outstanding, offering in-depth insights into web servers, and the powerful tools used by Kali Linux, such as Hydra, beef and Clippy. The curriculum was well structured, featuring practical coding skills that could be used in later life. This course is highly recommended for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of cybersecurity, coding, and ethical hacking.

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Good course. (Hackathon)

It was an excellent course with intriguing ideas. We used Kali (Linux) operating system to hack into many servers. It was very fun and it taught me to implement many new devices in cybersecurity and to protect mine and other people's computers.

Hackathon

It is really fun, you learn to do many different things such as using the Linux operating system. I highly recommend this course.

Thrilling!

This
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simply
Great.