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News & Updates
13 February 2020
Quick Read: Using semantic waves to improve explanations and learning activities in computing
Throughout computing, and in particular programming, there are many technical terms with precise technical meanings. This can frame expert knowledge as inaccessible to novice learners. Using semantic waves is one way to support novice learners in computing.
13 February 2020
The National Centre for Computing Education announces four new Computing Hubs
The National Centre for Computing Education has announced a further four schools/colleges that have been successful in their application to become Computing Hubs.
5 February 2020
Isaac Computer Science: introducing our Student Rewards Programme
An exciting announcement today: as part of our ongoing work and support for the National Centre for Computing Education, we have launched a new rewards programme that will see us give away 4,000 Raspberry Pi 4 kits over the next three years!
29 January 2020
With technology changing the way we live, learn and work, our chair Simon Peyton Jones spoke at Bett about the need for a different approach to the teaching of computing in the classroom.
The National Centre for Computing Education is funded by the Department for Education and is run by a consortium of STEM Learning, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
