An exam board is to offer a digitally assessed GCSE in computer science for pupils starting their course in 2025, in what it described as a UK first. Jill Duffy, chief executive of OCR, said a pilot ...

Benjamin Wohl receives funding from The RCUK Digital Economy theme for his ongoing research into the UK computing curriculum. He is a volunteer with Code Club Uk and is a Cumbria STEM ambassador.

EDUCATION secretary Michael Gove said last week that information communications technology (ICT) students are ‘bored out of their minds’, as he announced plans to scrap the computing curriculum.

The Royal Society today released a damning report highlighting the woeful state of computer science education in England. There’s bad news all around, but here are the headline figures: 54 percent of ...

Exam board OCR said schools can still opt for a paper-based assessment for its computer science qualification if they prefer. Exam board OCR staged a pilot of digital exams earlier this year and will ...

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Exam board OCR said schools can still opt for a paper-based assessment for its computer science qualification if they prefer. An exam board is to offer a digitally assessed GCSE in computer science ...

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