Computer Science – Thomas Lancaster's Blog

Reviewing The Way That Computing Is Taught At School

Thomas Lancaster — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:06:38 +0000

I’m currently attending ITiCSE 2013 which is one of the world’s major conferences looking at Computer Science Education. One of the major changes being discussed related to the planned changes in the way that Computing is taught in schools within the UK. Simon Peyton Jones (of Haskell fame) delivered a keynote address about his work …

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Mobile, Social and Cloud

Thomas Lancaster — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:41:26 +0000

Over the past months, I’ve attended events and workshops run by three of the best-known (and biggest) IT vendors – Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. And, three common themes have been emerging about where the IT industry is heading, and what skills students need to have by the end of a degree within a Computing discipline. …

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Computer Science – Birmingham City University – Word Cloud

Thomas Lancaster — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:25:11 +0000

Here's a word cloud for a BSc Computer Science course.