Computing students at the University of Portsmouth take part in the discourse about the nation’s emerging threats and security challenges as part of a course to address complex real-world and national security issues.
Hacking for the Ministry of Defence (H4MoD) is a university course where teams of four to five students learn and apply lean startup methods to solve real national security and defense problems alongside a government problem sponsor.
Key Takeaways:
- Thirty-five Portsmouth students will start the Hacking for Ministry of Defence (H4MoD) this October.
- The university course will allow students to learn and apply lean startup methods to solve actual national security and defense problems.
- Portsmouth computing students will be presenting their findings and solutions in January 2022.
Lean startup methods stem from the creation of a capstone entrepreneurship class, the Lean LaunchPad, which is team-based, experiential, and lean-driven (hypothesis testing/business model/customer development/agile engineering).
Under the Lean LaunchPad, the How to Build a Startup course is an introduction to the basics of the famous Customer Development Process that provides insight into the key steps needed to build a successful startup.
The main idea in this course is learning how to rapidly develop and test ideas by gathering massive amounts of customer and marketplace feedback.
In essence, students are brought together to think through, engage in a discourse, and solve some of today’s most pressing issues, from national security to natural disasters.
The university course, considered by students as “the hardest class, but the best,” is an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial module that puts students on the frontlines of the United Kingdom’s emerging threats and security challenges.
Common Mission Project, an organization focused on building mission-driven entrepreneurs, leads the project; its programs are built on the success of multiple methodologies and programs.
Thirty-five students from the University of Portsmouth’s cyber security and forensic computing degree will start the course in October and work in teams for 11 weeks.
After thinking through the assigned problem and working alongside a government sponsor for the duration, Portsmouth computing students will be presenting their findings and solutions in January 2022.
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