The pandemic has shown just how much digital skills are now a vital part of education, and are increasingly in demand from employers. Teachers can get ahead with NCCE’s Summer of Computing

The hubs will provide a range of support for primary and secondary computing teachers in schools and colleges in their area

Vodafone Foundation has launched ‘Digital Creators’ Challenge’ for 11-14 year olds to improve young people’s understanding of tech and how it can be used to help the communities

The government wants to ensure the education sector can take advantage of the opportunities available through technology and its EdTech Strategy outlines the support it will give schools

This new accreditation standard from the IoC and BCS will help to ensure that learners have the skills that industry needs, making them more employable.

The overall number of computing/ICT qualifications taken by students at Year 11 decreased by 45 per cent between 2017 and 2018, according to a new report.

The DfE has granted £2.4 million of funding to the ‘Gender Balance in Computing’ project which will trial a number of new initiatives aimed at improving girls’ participation in computing.

Ofqual has consulted on the long-term arrangements for assessing programming skills in GCSE computer science following problems with malpractice.

BESA is working closely with the DfE to deliver its EdTech ambition, which is to help school leaders use technology to improve education outcomes, efficiencies and achieve a better workload balance

The UK’s first National Centre for Computing Education will run by a consortium made up of STEM Learning, the British Computing Society and the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

Increasing numbers of schools are offering computer science at GCSE and A-Level, however, relatively few students choose to take the subject.

John Jackson, CEO at London Grid for Learning, talks to Education Business about digital innovation and how organisations can future proof their technology purchases

Practical assessments in computer science will no longer go towards pupils' GCSE grades from this summer or next, following concerns of malpractice. So what lead to this decision?

Technology is changing all the time. But what remains the same is the need for an IT strategy that considers the desired outcomes for learners and teachers, writes Neil Watkins from Think IT