Dino Distefano presented with the BCS Needham Award, sponsored by Microsoft...
Dino Distefano, lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London, has been named as the winner of the BCS Roger Needham Award sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge.
View ArticleGrady Booch presented with BCS Lovelace Medal
Grady Booch, Chief Scientist for IBM Research and an IBM Fellow has been awarded the BCS Lovelace Medal in recognition of his innovative work in software architecture, software engineering and...
View ArticleBCS welcomes DfE commitment to disapplying the ICT programme of study
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, welcomes today’s response from the Department for Education (DfE) which confirms that it will disapply ICT programme of study from September for secondary schools.
View ArticleBCS seeks 250 schools for a Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT (formerly British Computer Society), together with Computing at School (CAS), is looking for 250 schools to register interest in its new Network of Teaching...
View ArticleDfE invite BCS and RAEng to co-ordinate the revised programmes of study for ICT
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, together with the Royal Academy of Engineering have accepted an invitation from the Department for Education (DfE) to co-ordinate the development of a revised...
View ArticleMichael Gove announces computer science teacher training scholarships run by BCS
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is looking for would-be computer science teachers to take up the new scholarship scheme* announced today by Michael Gove.
View ArticleBCS calls for computer science to be included in the EBacc
A new report from BCS urges that computer science should be included as an optional subject within the EBacc and a new computer science EBacc certificate should be developed as soon as possible.
View ArticleVint Cerf, a founding father of the Internet, backs BCS call for computer...
Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google and a Distinguished Fellow of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has added his voice to the Institute’s call for computer science to...
View ArticleBCS welcomes announcement that Computer Science will be included in EBacc
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has welcomed the announcement by Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove MP, that Computer Science is to be included in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc.)
View ArticleBCS launches computer science teacher training scholarship
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT has launched a new teacher training scholarship* aimed at creating the next generation of computer science teachers.
View ArticleBCS welcomes new draft Computing curriculum
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, welcomes the new draft computing curriculum, part of the draft national curriculum, published today by the Department for Education (DfE) for consultation.
View ArticleBCS announce Needham and Lovelace Award winners
Two computer science lecturers from the University of Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to the field by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
View ArticleProfessor Barbara Liskov to present BCS’ Karen Spärck Jones Lecture
Professor Barbara Liskov will be presenting the third Karen Spärck Jones Lecture, an annual event sponsored by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and IBM, which honours women in computing research.
View ArticleBCS Lovelace Lecture 2013 - Registration now open
Registration is now open for this year’s Lovelace lecture entitled ‘I Think, Therefore I Am’ (Is the mind computable?) which will be presented by Grady Booch on 27 June at the Institute of Physics.
View ArticleDfE funding will create national infrastructure for computer science CPD
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, plans to extend the Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science (NoE) to provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for 16,000 teachers...
View ArticleDfE grant to CAS and BCS to create national computer science CPD infrastructure
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, plans to extend the Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science (NoE) to provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for 16,000 teachers...
View ArticleDfE grant to CAS and BCS to create national infrastructure for computer...
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, plans to extend the Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science (NoE) to provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities for 16,000 teachers...
View ArticleStill time to apply for computer science teacher training scholarship...
There is still time to submit an application for the computer science teacher training scholarship scheme being funded by the Department for Education and managed by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
View ArticleEnsoft donate £40,000 to Computing At School
Ensoft, a UK based software company specialising in developing all aspects of networking software, has donated £40,000 to support Computing At School (CAS).
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