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BCS Academy of Computing
Prof Liz Bacon
BCS Deputy President & Chair of Academy of Computing
Overview
• Initiatives around the School curriculum
• Student Engagement Project
• Eqanie - European Quality Assurance Network for
Informatics Education
• Awards Committee
• Research Committee
• Education Committee
• Academy website
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School Curriculum
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January 2011:
DfE intend to withdraw ICT as a distinct subject
January 2013:
DfE announce statutory Computing curriculum
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August 2012:
DfE ask BCS and Royal Academy of Engineering to
develop new statutory Computing curriculum
• Computer Science at heart of new curriculum
• Schoolchildren from age 5 to be taught programing
• Still includes digital literacy as major component
• Feb 2013 draft published for consultation
https://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/national%20curriculum%20consultation%20-%20framework%20document.pdf
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January 2013 DfE announce Computer Science
added as the fourth science in EBacc school
performance measure – but had to prove it was a
rigorous science
http://www.education.gov.uk/inthenews/inthenews/a00221085/ebacccompsci
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September 2012:
• Teaching Agency removes allocation
of ICT only teacher training places
• Replaces them with Computer Science
teacher training places, which can also
include ICT
• New guidance for teacher, subject
knowledge requirements based on
CAS curriculum
Teaching Agency
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• October 2012, Michael Gove announces new £20k
scholarships for trainee computer science teachers
• Run by BCS
• Up to 100 scholarships per year
• For graduates with first or upper second (in any subject)
• Integrated into new Network of Teaching Excellence for
Computer Science
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University
(<40)
Schools
Master
Teacher
CPD
First three months, 250 teachers on CPD courses
Network of Excellence
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600 schools,
120 lead schools
70 universities,
18/24 Russell Group
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Anglia Ruskin; Aston; Bath; Bedfordshire; Birkbeck; Birmingham; Bournemouth; Bradford; Brighton; Bristol; Brunel; Cambridge; Cardiff; Cardiff Metropolitan; Chester; Coventry; Durham; Edge Hill; Edinburgh; Edinburgh Napier; Glasgow; Gloucestershire; Glyndwr; Greenwich; Hertfordshire; Imperial; Institute of Education; KCL; Keele; Kent; Lancaster; Leeds; Lincoln; Liverpool; Liverpool John Moores; London Metropolitan; London South Bank; Loughborough; Manchester; Manchester Metropolitan; Newcastle; Newman University College; Newport; Northumbria; Nottingham; Nottingham Trent; OU; Oxford; Oxford Brookes; Portsmouth; QMUL; Reading; Roehampton; Royal Holloway; Sheffield Hallam; Southampton; Staffordshire; Sunderland; Surrey; Sussex; Swansea; Swansea Metropolitan; Teesside; UCL; UEA; University of Central Lancashire; UWE; Warwick; Westminster; Worcester; York
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Royal Society of Edinburgh and BCS Exemplification
Exemplification materials for standard grade (GCSE
equivalent), phase 1, are complete
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Endorsed by Scottish Government
http://www.rse.org.uk/1034_ComputingScience.html
Money being raised for phase 2 exemplification materials
for Scottish Highers
Student Engagement Project
• Theme of Roger Marshall’s presidential year
• Average age of BCS member dropped from 47 to 41 in the last few years.
• Students are the future professionals however many drop their membership on
graduation
• Pilot in 13-14 to start in Sept
• The purpose is to explore the different ways in which BCS engages with the student
community and to propose how engagement may be improved.
• Involve:
– BCS Academy Board
– Professionalism Board (leads on recognition for the IT profession)
– Member Groups – Branches and Specialist groups
• Development of Student Chapters
• Pilot project will involve: document existing best practice, consider how good
practice can be extended and/or what new initiatives are needed, how to roll out on
a larger scale.
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Eqanie
• European Quality Assurance Network for Informatics Education
• BCS Academy in process of seeking approval to award Euro-Inf
Quality Label to degree programmes alongside accreditation for
CITP, CEng, CSci
Why?
• Objectives of the Euro-Inf Quality Label are:
– “To enhance quality and transparency of educational programmes in
informatics;
– To provide information on study programmes across Europe through
an appropriate label for accredited educational programmes in
informatics;
– To facilitate mutual transnational recognition of qualifications
– To increase mobility of students”
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Awards Committee
Needham Award
• Made annually for a distinguished research contribution in computer
science by a UK based researcher who has completed up to 10 years of
post-doctoral research.
• Sponsored by Microsoft Research
• 2013 Winner: Dr Boris Motik
Lovelace Medal
• Presented to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to
the understanding or advancement of Computing.
• 2013 Winner: Professor Samson Abramsky FRS
• Lovelace lecture for 2012 Winner Grady Booch, 27th June 2013
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Research Committee
• Responses to consultations e.g. on open access publishing
• Input to the Computer Journal
• BCS Academy Symposium 2014 – scheduled for
Loughborough
• Women in Computing Research group reports to the
committee - organise a number of events e.g. London
Hopper Colloquium and the annual 3rd Karen Spärck Jones
Lecture
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Education Committee
• Schedule of work for the next 18 months in a blog on the Academy website
http://academy.bcs.org/blogs/agenda-education-committee-next-18-months
• Covers e.g.
• Impact of CS teaching at schools on FE and HE admission, courses and
curricula
• Relationship of FE & HE courses to Apprenticeship / Higher
Apprenticeship
• Support for National Placement scheme, or coordination of local
placement schemes
• Support for CPD training, and teacher training, at all levels
• Requirements for graduate employment training v. Postgraduate
qualifications
• Coordination of activities with specialist groups, funding bodies, public
bodies and NGOs
• Relationships with other organisations
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Website
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Website
• Free to read - everything on the site is in the public domain. There are no parts
of the site hidden for specific groups or permission sets.
• Register to write e.g. blog
– BCS members can log-in using their BCS website log-in credentials.
• Anyone with an ac.uk email address can register for an account to use the site.
– Registration is automated – will get an email that includes a verification link.
• Once logged-in users can:
– Post a blog (community blog section) – appears immediately
– Post a news item (community news section) – appears immediately
– Submit an event for inclusion in the events calendar - sign off typically within
24 hours
– Participate in a discussion thread or suggest discussion thread – will be attributed
if accepted
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Blogs
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News
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Events
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Discussion Forum
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Questions?
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