Published by Gil Sweetenham, CAS Master Teacher on 2018-06-26
The cyber roadshow visited SNHS to inspire and educate year 8 students, read on to see how they got on...
Read more...Published by Amanda Matheson on 2018-06-26
Teachers in NI can now access funding to take the BCS Certificate in Computer Science Teaching- thanks to a grant from Google!
Read more...Published by Sophie Rice on 2018-06-21
Barefoot launched #BarefootGoesWild #BGW on 4th June, a six-week campaign demonstrating how computational thinking can be used outdoors.
Read more...Published by Claire Davenport on 2018-06-20
The winners of the recent CAS Hub Group Awards were announced at the CAS Conference Saturday 16 June, University of Birmingham.
Read more...Published by Julia Adamson on 2018-06-19
We're all aware our subject is fragile, the recently published report from Roehampton point this out but provides little context or explanations. Julia Adamson (Director of Education, BCS) points out that despite this there are reasons to be hopeful just around the corner.
Read more...Published by Simon Humphreys on 2018-06-18
Over 40 workshops, 4 plenaries, 300 people, 48 speakers and 1 massive cake. The 10th Annual CAS Conference (Bham) was held on June 16th. Here's a brief summary.
Read more...Published by Paul Curfzon on 2018-06-15
The last in our series of top tens to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the CAS Conference happening on June 16th 2018. Enjoy (if you can).
Read more...Published by Paul Curzon on 2018-06-13
"Computing is too important to be left to the men" quipped Karen Spärck Jones. How true! In this next of our top ten series we highlight ten extraordinary female pioneers of computing.
Read more...Published by Paul Curzon on 2018-06-11
We all make them when we try any programming but here's a top ten list, the third in our series to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the CAS Conference, of some bugs that have had dramatic, and expensive, consequences.
Read more...Published by Claire Wicher on 2018-06-07
Including Computer Science in the curriculum is a positive move for an increasingly digital nation. The UK is facing a huge skills shortage, and yet the number of students taking the subject is declining. So what’s the problem?
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