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The UK's GCSE Has Been Positive News for The IT Industry
Aug 23, 2013The UK's GCSE results came out this week and, on the whole, it's been positive news for the IT industry, with a 38 per cent year-on-year rise in students aged 14-16 taking the ICT exam - 73,847 exams sat this year compared to 53,197 last ...
Tags: Computer Products, Service
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The Government's £650m Budget for Cyber Security Is Not Sufficient
Apr 15, 2013Ex-Metropolitan Police cyber crime detective and current MD of Cyber Security Consulting - which still handles government contracts - Adrian Culley has told Computing that the government's £650m budget for cyber security is not ...
Tags: Cyber Security, Computer Products
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UK Is Open to Cyber-Attacks Because of a Lack of Experts Able to Thwart Threats
Feb 17, 2013The UK's critical infrastructure is open to cyber-attacks because of a lack of experts able to thwart threats, warns a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). One year on: The UK Cyber Security Strategy UK military unprepared for ...
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Computer Science Is to Be Included as Part of The English Baccalaureate
Feb 1, 2013Computer science is to be included as part of the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), a performance indicator that measures the percentage of students in a school who achieve grades A* to C at GCSE level in specific subjects. The EBacc ...
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The Recent Addition of a Dedicated New Theatre in Kent College
Jan 17, 2013St Beneluxin Ramsgate prides itself on the cutting edge facilities available to its students, so the recent addition of a dedicated new theatre at the college had to live up to high expectations. The multi-use theatre, which forms part of ...
Tags: St Lawrence College, Stage Electrics, Roland
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Below Are Some The Biggest and Most Interesting Women in IT Stories to Come out of 2012
Jan 5, 2013The challenge of attracting more women in to the technology sector has been an issue for some time now, but 2012 saw some interesting steps forward in the gender equality debate. Below are some the biggest and most interesting women in IT ...
Tags: women, IT stories, technology sector, 2012, Top 10
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Grade Boundaries of Some GCSE Science Examinations Were Changed Halfway
Dec 28, 2012As UK pupils studying core science,technology,engineering and maths(STEM)subjects continue to decline,exam board figures have revealed that grade boundaries of some GCSE science examinations were changed halfway through 2012,placing many ...
Tags: science grade goalposts, GCSE
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Employers and Universities Need to Work Closely to Ensure Graduates with Necessary Skills
Dec 27, 2012Thousands of UK students are eagerly awaiting their GCSE and A-level results, with just weeks to go until they find out if they have made it through to the next step on their chosen career paths. But with unemployment on the rise, how ...
Tags: GCSE, cience, technology, engineering, UK education, IT industry
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IT Professionals and Teachers Expressed Concerns to Remove ICT From The School Curriculum
Dec 24, 2012IT professionals and teachers have expressed concerns over the government’s decision to remove ICT from the school curriculum for two years while a new computer science curriculum is devised. During the Reviewing the ICT Curriculum ...
Tags: IT, ICT, ICT curriculum, computer
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The Save Gloop APP Has Launched in The iTunes APP Store
Dec 19, 2012The Save Gloop app has launched in the iTunes App Store, designed and marketed by 15-year-old James Allen. James Allen, a school student from the Isle of Man, came up with the idea in April 2012 during a skiing trip to Canada. As an ...
Tags: Teen Tech Fanatic, James Allen, Save Gloop App, Itunes
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Many Students Return to School Today to Start The New E-Skills Computing Curriculum
Dec 17, 2012Many students return to school today to start the new e-skills computing curriculum. Speaking at the education show BETT, in January, education secretary Michael Gove said the current ICT curriculum is too off-putting, demotivating and ...
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In 2015,The EBacc Is Set to Replace The Current GCSE Examination System in 5 Core Subjects
Dec 6, 2012Vint Cerf–the founding father of the internet–is backing the BCS's call for computer science to be included in the English Baccalaureate(EBacc). In 2015,the EBacc is set to replace the current GCSE examination system in five ...
Tags: Vint Cerf, Computer Science, EBacc, Education
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Our Aim Was to Once More Identify The 50 Most Influential Leaders in UK IT
Nov 22, 2012Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
Tags: UK IT, UKtech50, ARM, GCHQ, Government Digital Service, Salesforce.com
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BCS Has Made The First Draft of The Reformed ICT Curriculum Available to The Public
Oct 30, 2012The British Computing Society(BCS)has made the first draft of the reformed ICT curriculum available to the public. Available on the BCS website,the first draft has been unveiled to enable the BCS and the Royal Academy of ...
Tags: BCS, ICT curriculum, BCS website, RAEng
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Suffolk County Council to Roll out APP Development Tool to Enable Students Across Region
Sep 21, 2012Suffolk County Council is to roll out an app development tool to enable students across the region to design their own smartphone apps. Suffolk County Council will trial the Weejot.com mobile app publishing tool from Jadu across five ...
Tags: App Design Tool, app development tool, smartphone apps
