The number of girls choosing to take computing at GCSE level is rising steadily, with 2024 seeing the third consecutive year of growth. This year, 21,020 female students across the UK took the GCSE ...
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.
This is amid an overall decrease in number of tech exams taken and against a backdrop of the UK needing to plug a STEM skills shortage. GCSE results were out today, putting half a million children - ...
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 ...
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