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best program

one of the best class I've had in my life

nice camp

I enjoyed the camp

Funtech - Hackathon

Hackathon was a really fun class! It was a little difficult at times but the teachers were really helpful and always made sure we understood everything. I’d definitely come to funtech again.

Cybersecurity Hackathon

This was great for my daughter of 16yrs. It was very engaging. She came home feeling tired. She learnt about vulnerabilities and a bit about using linux and VMs and networking. The instructors were good.

I had a GREAT week - I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at FunTech's Hackathon course. My tutors (David and Toru) were very helpful. Toru was very good at making kahoots about our hackathon course and other general trivia and fun games in for our breaks and helping out. David was good at helping us out and fixing any probl...

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at FunTech's Hackathon course. My tutors (David and Toru) were very helpful. Toru was very good at making kahoots about our hackathon course and other general trivia and fun games in for our breaks and helping out. David was good at helping us out and fixing any problems we had with our commands. It was a very inclusive course as you did not need to know anything about the topic, and came out knowing lots. I absoloutely enjoyed the course but it was sometimes quite hard. But these hardships were quickly resolved with David or Toru helping us out! Overall, I would definitely give this course a 5/5.

However, one problem i had was the fact that we kept having to change server, as each one was a different level of hardness for hacking. But we got used to it eventually

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Educational and requires hard work - but very enjoyable

I enjoyed this FunTech the most out of all the Funtech camps I have done. The work is sometimes challenge but I received a once-in-a-lifetime experience in term of education and info/knowledge. I managed to gel with some of my classmates despite the course only lasting 5 days due to Kahoots and o...

I enjoyed this FunTech the most out of all the Funtech camps I have done. The work is sometimes challenge but I received a once-in-a-lifetime experience in term of education and info/knowledge. I managed to gel with some of my classmates despite the course only lasting 5 days due to Kahoots and other games. They tutors were amazing and helped us in times of need. I would recommend bringing a notebook as they provide so much information and material. Even my parents were very interested in what I was learning.

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Great place to spend a week

Both my tutors were amazing and with one providing entertainment during the breaks and one who was amazing at helping with the course. Had such a good time and other people should definitely do this as well (if you are in to tech as it is quite information heavy) but great fun.

It was really fun. Absolutely recommend.

The tutors were really nice, mainly David, he was cool. He even downloaded Kali on my device for me. Toru helped and entertained us well during screen breaks which made the course better. The final project was amazing and really cool. I felt like a hacker and that feeling was nice. I can't t...

The tutors were really nice, mainly David, he was cool. He even downloaded Kali on my device for me. Toru helped and entertained us well during screen breaks which made the course better.

The final project was amazing and really cool. I felt like a hacker and that feeling was nice.
I can't think of anything to improve because the course was really helpful and covered most areas. Using programs like John, Hydra, Metasploit and BeEF was enjoyable.

Thanks David and Toru for a great experience. You are the GOATs.

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good :)

I liked it. it was good. some stuff was hard but I completed it in end.

Good

Enjoyable but tricky

very fun - recommend

i did hackathon and the coding was really fun and interesting its quite difficult but the tutors are really helpful and nice
overall a very fun experience :))

yes

it was really fun. david and toru on top

Hackathon Review

My daughter enjoyed Hackathon very much and felt that she learned a lot during that week. The staff and the instructors were wonderful. My only issue with the Barbican location is that they were stuck indoors the entire day due to the lack of outdoor space. It happened to be one of the hottest we...

My daughter enjoyed Hackathon very much and felt that she learned a lot during that week. The staff and the instructors were wonderful. My only issue with the Barbican location is that they were stuck indoors the entire day due to the lack of outdoor space. It happened to be one of the hottest weeks of the summer too. Ideally, it would have been great to have some proper screen breaks outside, but I understand why that was difficult, given the location.

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Best Experience

Would like to thank everyone for an exceptional, amazing, enjoyable week for my daughter. The courses were at the high professional level, very informative and age appropriate. My child felt safe, entertained, the food was Amazing. I would highly recommend the residential camp for your child.

Great experience

My 10 year-old had a great time at Tonbridge. The camp was well-organized, with a good mix of classes, fun activities and regular timed- breaks.

A wonderful experience overall.

Cybersecurity Residential Camp

My son had a great week away at the residential cybersecurity camp this summer. His instructor was engaging and a great communicator, my son really enjoyed the course. The dormitories were super. Food was good.

We will definitely be booking again next summer.
5 stars!

hackethon

Aina had a fun time learning about Ciber security.
She made many new friends and was very enthusiastic about the tutors.

Many thanks for this new and good experience!

Cyber Security

It was our first camp with Funtech and we were not disappointed.

My son enjoyed every minute of his time in the Day Camp. He has learned a lot during the week and we are planning to book another camp already.

Thank you everyone for your dedication and will see you soon.

Thank you Funtech

The week was great. I loved Funtech and they taught me a lot of skills in a fun way. My tutor, Samuel was a great tutor and helped me a lot and he was also very very fun. I hope to be taught by sam again. I think that he really goes out of his way to help us and to make this the best time of our ...

The week was great. I loved Funtech and they taught me a lot of skills in a fun way. My tutor, Samuel was a great tutor and helped me a lot and he was also very very fun. I hope to be taught by sam again. I think that he really goes out of his way to help us and to make this the best time of our lives. Thank you Funtech and Sam! I will definitely come next year.

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Cyber Security- Hackathon

Sam and Beatriz were absolutely amazing tutors who made the experience a lot better however the course wasn't for me, the residential was not suitable, the evening activities was underwhelming and it wasn't catered for the older students who wanted to relax at night and not necessarily watch Spo...

Sam and Beatriz were absolutely amazing tutors who made the experience a lot better however the course wasn't for me, the residential was not suitable, the evening activities was underwhelming and it wasn't catered for the older students who wanted to relax at night and not necessarily watch SpongeBob or other kids shows and be kept downstairs until 21:00.

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This funtech camp is extremely good

whilst in the camp I thought there was a good balance between learning new things and fun challenges to solidify your understanding of the topic, and also my teacher Sam was exceptional at teaching. Also the residential place that we stayed at was very big and the rooms are very nice.

Great camp.

As the last day of the week of the camp, I loved doing the project which was fun and challenging which helped me alot

Hackathon - Cyber Security camp

We were so grateful that my son Krish got the opportunity to experience the residential camp at Tonbridge - Hackathon Cybersecurity. The venue is stunning and it is a wonderful experience to learn in such a beautiful setting. Krish has been a student of term time classes with Funtech for a nu...

We were so grateful that my son Krish got the opportunity to experience the residential camp at Tonbridge - Hackathon Cybersecurity.

The venue is stunning and it is a wonderful experience to learn in such a beautiful setting. Krish has been a student of term time classes with Funtech for a number of years.

I can truly say that Funtech is more than a corporate entity, everyone, all the staff, from the helpers to the Founder Sheineez genuinely care for the children and it is very refreshing to see and exceptionally reassuring as a parent. I could leave Krish with the confidence and full faith that he will be safe and engaged during his week long stay at Hackathon.

Krish was excited by what he learnt coupled with the confidence he gained from making new friends. I would love Krish to attend more camps and my only regret is we did not send him sooner!

Thank you Funtech!

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Amazing

I really enjoyed it and definitely recommend this course to those of all ages, and will surely be garuanteed a great experience.

Funtech review

The course was very good, and I had a lot of fun with it. The tutors are great

The camp was excellent.

The teachers were so friendly and helpful. They went over the most important aspects in cybersecurity. My kids learnt a lot. However, Arar has experienced bullying from the two boys who are 14 and 15r years old. The problem is that the trainers have no control on the students in class which may c...

The teachers were so friendly and helpful. They went over the most important aspects in cybersecurity. My kids learnt a lot. However, Arar has experienced bullying from the two boys who are 14 and 15r years old. The problem is that the trainers have no control on the students in class which may cause bit disruption in class. I would recommend more control policy on bullying. Other than that, everything was excellent.

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Hackathon Northwood 1st-5th August 2022

Hackathon was a great introduction to cyber security and my daughter thoroughly enjoyed it.
It was delivered efficiently, professionally and with aplomb by the Funtech team right from enrolment through to completion.
I would highly recommend this course to others.

Superb Experience

Joshua attended the 1-week residential course 'Hackathon - Cyber Security' at Tonbridge School. Joshua enjoyed himself thoroughly, and the course was everything we'd hoped for. The balance of social activities, interaction with other children, and supportive instructors was excellent. A holida...

Joshua attended the 1-week residential course 'Hackathon - Cyber Security' at Tonbridge School. Joshua enjoyed himself thoroughly, and the course was everything we'd hoped for. The balance of social activities, interaction with other children, and supportive instructors was excellent. A holiday, where academic learning occurred every day, and independence flourished for our child. Plus, top quality accommodation and food. Thank you, FunTech, for investing the effort to get it right.

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Funtech Cybersecurity course

The course has useful content as the kids understand the vulnerability of networks to hacking, learn about the concept of cybersecurity and how to distinguish between different hacking types. The course equips them to an extent with the skills to perform certain tasks related to cybersecurity. T...

The course has useful content as the kids understand the vulnerability of networks to hacking, learn about the concept of cybersecurity and how to distinguish between different hacking types. The course equips them to an extent with the skills to perform certain tasks related to cybersecurity.
The tutors were knowlegeable and friendly including those part-time tutors who are still undergraduate students.
The facilities were superb, including the single occupancy dormitory and the airconditioned classrooms, and even though the hardware was not always up to the requirements of the course, there were only minor issues and Funtech is committed to source more powerful macines next time.
I could not comment much on the activities offered as my son preferred the option of "sit in the shade" in the afternoon rather than engaging in the field games, but given this year's very hot weather, this was not for the lack of the choice but due to his preference.
Thank you for running this course after Covid delays, my son enjoyed it a lot.

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Dima

I had fun(tech). i loved learning how to crack password hashes and getting usernames without entering the virtual machine (computer). it was my favourite course yet. if i could i would rate it 15/10

My funtech experience

My experience at this camp was amazing! I can see why it is called FUNtech. I really enjoyed using our ip addresses to message ourselves from different servers and learning the features of cowsay. My favourite part was when we were able to hack passwords using only hashes. I would definitely reco...

My experience at this camp was amazing! I can see why it is called FUNtech. I really enjoyed using our ip addresses to message ourselves from different servers and learning the features of cowsay. My favourite part was when we were able to hack passwords using only hashes. I would definitely recommend funtech to anyone and I will certainly be back for another course next summer!

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great use of my holiday!

i spent a week doing a cyber security course and it was great fun, I'm glad i spent my holidays doing it

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I leant so much more than I thought I would!

This course has taught me so much about cyber security and I can definitely take this further if I want to, which I really do. The day is well structured and the material taught is very thorough and informational. There is lots f information to absorb but my teacher gave me a cheat sheet to take ...

This course has taught me so much about cyber security and I can definitely take this further if I want to, which I really do. The day is well structured and the material taught is very thorough and informational. There is lots f information to absorb but my teacher gave me a cheat sheet to take with all the commands on, this really helped. The only improvement I have is to increase the number of tutors on a course. I only had one and this was a problem at times when everybody needed help on different things. I would highly recommend Funtech and this course to anyone. This was not my last time here, for sure!

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very fun and useful information

very fun cource student are interesting but teacher nice

funtech review

pros: great teacher (very patient) interesting topic, and lots of linux skills learnt.

cons: annoying kids in the class and in the break room , needed more managing.(2 break rooms) Computers could be ridiculously slow at times, otherwise the course was great.

I learnt a lot in this course!

This course was very good in my opinion. I've been able to learn the basics of how to hack and what cybersecurity is. On some days it got quite intense and we sometimes ran into errors but in the end we managed to complete every exercise. The teacher was also very polite and was able to teach th...

This course was very good in my opinion. I've been able to learn the basics of how to hack and what cybersecurity is. On some days it got quite intense and we sometimes ran into errors but in the end we managed to complete every exercise.
The teacher was also very polite and was able to teach things well.

I would definitely recommend this course to anyone that wants to get into cybersecurity or know the basics of how to hack.

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Last day at Funtech

I think I really enjoyed the coding camp. I was able to learn new things abut hacking and maintaining high security on a computer. Although, it was a rough start for me because I am quite unexperienced with coding, I was able to learn new commands that I could easily remember.

Mostly good

The camp was super fun.
The tutorial videos were a bit lagy though and for the metasploit exercises it didn't specify what we had to do which made our teacher very confused and frustrated. Overall great camp.

Excellent!

Overall, I really enjoyed the camp. Despite not being here one of the days, I was able to catch up quickly. Everyone was very nice, and it was an all around great experience.

5*

5*

Fabulous Couse, much recommended!

I had a very enjoyable experience. I completed the residential hackathon course and it was really worth while. We learnt about the Linux operating system, ad the basics of its operations. I learnt a lot and hope to use my newly learned knowledge later on in life. I have to say the entertainmen...

I had a very enjoyable experience. I completed the residential hackathon course and it was really worth while. We learnt about the Linux operating system, ad the basics of its operations. I learnt a lot and hope to use my newly learned knowledge later on in life.

I have to say the entertainment and social side of the course wasn't completely tailored for slightly older kids 14-16, but I did make friends and thoroughly enjoyed the time. Tutors were FAB!.

Once again I recommend this course, for the experience gained along with the course learning.

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Hackathon Week

This week has been a very good one, and it went too quick! We have learnt so many skills from this course that will allow us to be able to bring this knowledge into the future, and possibly take work with these skills. One suggestion I would like to make would be to have an OnBoard subscription t...

This week has been a very good one, and it went too quick! We have learnt so many skills from this course that will allow us to be able to bring this knowledge into the future, and possibly take work with these skills. One suggestion I would like to make would be to have an OnBoard subscription thingy for the hackathon, so that could allow students to be able to practice these skills and make them better than before. However the week in general has been really good, and I want to do this again at some point! If you have any more complex courses, please do let me know :)

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Great time

Very entertaining time with a very interesting course. Very easy to make friends with a supportive pastoral team. However the activities were targeted towards the younger people much more than to the older students which made meant that they were less entertaining for us older children. The cours...

Very entertaining time with a very interesting course. Very easy to make friends with a supportive pastoral team. However the activities were targeted towards the younger people much more than to the older students which made meant that they were less entertaining for us older children. The course was challenging but at the same time very rewarding for when you were able to solve the problems.

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Funtech camp- review

This week was great. I learned so much and had great teachers who guided me through my learning. I enjoyed the activities e.g game night, movie night etc.. the reason for this is because it added things to do. In my opinion this was one of the best and most fun camps i've done.

An experience

A nice experience. The classes have been fun and the people very nice. It is true that sometimes it has been a bit difficult for me to follow but in my opinion it is worth it, I have learned a lot.

Brilliant!

This was my third time doing a funtech course and it was very fun. The course (Hackathon) was enjoyable and the tutors were very helpful when you didn't understand. The accommodation is nice, as is the food. The evening activities are great - especially movie night and scuba diving. Overall, fun...

This was my third time doing a funtech course and it was very fun. The course (Hackathon) was enjoyable and the tutors were very helpful when you didn't understand. The accommodation is nice, as is the food. The evening activities are great - especially movie night and scuba diving. Overall, funtech courses are educational, fun and entertaining - I would definitely recommend it.

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This Was A Great Week!

I really enjoyed this week of Hackathon in FunTech! It was a great experience, as I have not done anything like it before! I learned new terminology and interesting ways to hack into other virtual machines. The tutors of this course were great, helping whenever possible, and overall it was a grea...

I really enjoyed this week of Hackathon in FunTech! It was a great experience, as I have not done anything like it before! I learned new terminology and interesting ways to hack into other virtual machines. The tutors of this course were great, helping whenever possible, and overall it was a great experience! The only downside were the physical laptops, which some were slow. Apart from that however, I would give five out of five stars for this course!

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Great time.

I had a great time and made some great friends. My only gripe is not with my experience but this very website. I am trans as such you have Addison as my preferred name on your profile you have (known as Addison) in brackets then my legal name. then a separate place for my preferred name. I feel t...

I had a great time and made some great friends. My only gripe is not with my experience but this very website. I am trans as such you have Addison as my preferred name on your profile you have (known as Addison) in brackets then my legal name. then a separate place for my preferred name. I feel this is just a bit unnecessary. As you can easily just put a section saying "legal name" then "preferred name" .

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Amazing!!!!

This course, Hackathon, was lovely the and the teachers were very helpful if you didn't understand. The summer camp was so fun and an amazing experience the activities were so enjoyable and making friends was fun and easy. If you do the accommodation rather than daytime the rooms were stunning an...

This course, Hackathon, was lovely the and the teachers were very helpful if you didn't understand. The summer camp was so fun and an amazing experience the activities were so enjoyable and making friends was fun and easy. If you do the accommodation rather than daytime the rooms were stunning and so comfortable very clean. Overall this experience was very educational, fun and unique.

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hackathon

very fun course and week. nice people there. played fun games and overall had a good time