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Dear silicon.com: Tech teacher shortage, Kangaroo and phones on planes
Comment Hardly surprising - the IT curriculum is crap and you end up teaching all of the kids who think that GCSE IT is a free ticket to play computer games all day. The issue that got readers talking this week was the IT-teacher drought - is "boring" IT... [03 Jul 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News In terms of skills, Northern Ireland is one of the strongest region in terms of attainment at GCSE and A-level, while its two universities have strong reputations for technology. Northern Ireland is making a name for itself as an emerging UK tech hub. [02 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment Is this at all surprising given that IT has been a "sink" subject in schools for the last few years, with the best schools not even carrying it as a GCSE option. The so-called skills slump in the UK has attracted a lot of attention this week, with... [22 May 2008]
GCSE IT entries down by 10,000
News The number of students sitting the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) GCSE fell by around 10,000 this summer in comparison to last year. A spokesman for the Department for Children, Schools and Families suggested the introduction of... [24 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.08.07
Round-Up Last year a measly 47 per cent of pupils sitting GCSE English and maths achieved grade C or better. A Confederation of British Industry study has found that 92 per cent of employers are happy with the IT skills of their new GCSE-laden employees. [24 Aug 2007]
Tech-savvy school-leavers 'lack basic skills'
News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Pertemps Employment Trends Survey found 92 per cent of employers are happy with the IT skills of GCSE students. The CBI puts this down to the familiarity of "generation text" with web and mobile-based... [20 Aug 2007]
£1,000 boost for tech and science students?
News At present, just eight per cent of GCSE students take three separate science courses, which the CBI hopes to raise to 40 per cent. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said undergraduate students need a greater incentive to study science... [13 Aug 2007]
First online GCSE makes the grade
News The UK is soon to get its very first GCSE assessed entirely online. Awards body OCR has launched web assessment for the Environmental and Land-Based Science GCSE from this month. Thomas Alleynes School in Uttoxeter is among the schools that will be... [10 Oct 2006]
Pupils to receive GCSE and A-Level results online
News Exam board Edexcel is trialling the service this summer with around 1,000 GCSE and A-Level students who will get their results on 17 and 24 August. A smaller pilot among 200 maths GCSE students from mainly Birmingham schools is also being conducted... [01 Aug 2006]
School system and tech sector fail UK businesses
News The latest batch of A-Level and GCSE passes has once again highlighted a failing on the part of the UK school system, according to critics who fear education is now further adrift than ever from the needs of British business. [26 Aug 2005]
GCSE mobile cheating hits record high
News Over 250 children were banned from their GCSEs and A-levels after taking mobile phones into their exams. According to figures obtained by the Times Educational Supplement, taking mobiles into examinations is now the most common form of misconduct... [18 Apr 2005]
Kids still shunning IT in worrying numbers
News The latest GCSE results show continued apathy among schools and students for IT-related subjects and do little to encourage the industry that last week's poor showing in technical A-Levels wasn't a blip, with fears growing about a skills gap and... [26 Aug 2004]
How will UK legislation affect ageism in IT?
Comment To some extent it is not too surprising that there are fewer forty-somethings applying for jobs in IT when you consider that GCSE (or even 'O' level) IT studies have not been widely promoted in schools until recently. [21 Jun 2004]
Women: IT needs you
News In the meantime, girls continue to outperform boys at GCSE-level science, and the proportion of girls taking science-related A Levels has grown 8.7 per cent in the last five years. The UK's technology industry is wasting more than £70bn worth of... [20 Oct 2003]
Devil's Advocate: The making of an IT professional
Comment Now there are large numbers of IT graduates and computer science is even a GCSE subject. Martin Brampton has his doubts… Talk about jobs in IT always seems to involve constant use of the term 'professional'. [02 Sep 2003]
