The number of students in England choosing computing as a GCSE subject has fallen in 2020, despite growing in popularity in recent years. Computing at GCSE level in England had 75,730 candidates in ...

New research has revealed that Computing is growing in popularity as a subject taken at both GCSE and A-Level. However, despite climbing levels of student interest, the subject is facing a teaching ...

The number of students taking GCSE computing rocketed by 76% over the past year, fuelling hopes that this could translate into more UK school leavers pursuing careers in cybersecurity. In total, entry ...

Comment from Dominic Harvey, Director at leading tech jobs board, CWJobs, on the importance of promoting STEM subjects and the variety of job opportunities available to both boys and girls in the UK.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The latest set of GCSE and A-Level results in the UK have highlighted some major concerns for the technology sector and access to future skilled workers - as well as showing no signs of tackling the ...

The Chartered Institute of IT (BCS) has issued a statement fully supporting Education Secretary Michael Gove’s new draft curriculum for GCSE Computing. Gove today announced a U-turn on his plans to ...

A House of Lords committee has backed a policy recommendation by Swindon-headquartered BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT to introduce a new applied computing GCSE and create a digital literacy ...

An embedded system is a small computer that forms part of a larger system, device or machine. Its purpose is to control the device and to allow a user to interact with it. Embedded systems tend to ...