The number of female students choosing to sit GCSE computing in the UK saw a year-on-year drop in 2021. Female candidate numbers dropped from 16,919 in 2020 to 16,549 this year, despite the overall ...
The number of girls choosing to take GCSE computing has risen for the second year in a row after a few years of falling numbers. It comes as the number of overall students choosing to take the subject ...
Employers need more people with technology skills but a new study has found that fewer students are taking IT subjects at school. The survey by the Learning and Work Institute and WorldSkills UK warns ...
The recently-launched vocational GCSE in engineering needs to be taught in at least 400 UK schools if it is to succeed, according to the Engineering Employers Federation and training body EMTA. The ...