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The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective.

Smith, Sally; Phillips, Iain

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Prof Sally Smith S.Smith@napier.ac.uk
Head of Graduate Apprenticeships and Skills Development and Professor

Iain Phillips



Abstract

In March 2015, the Shadbolt Review group was established in the UK to review course accreditation of computer science university courses. The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing is represented on the review group alongside industry, funding councils and the UK government. The aim of the review is to explore ways in which course accreditation might address the relatively high levels of unemployment
among computer science graduates. This paper considers the role of accreditation and the nature of professional bodies both in the UK and beyond in order to explore how the complex interactions between graduates, industry and universities can benefit the computer science discipline in Europe in the future.

Citation

Smith, S., & Phillips, I. (2015, October). The future of professionalising informatics: a university education perspective. Paper presented at 11th European Computer Science Summit

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name 11th European Computer Science Summit
Start Date Oct 12, 2015
End Date Oct 14, 2015
Publication Date 2015
Deposit Date Dec 18, 2015
Publicly Available Date May 16, 2017
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Keywords Computing degrees; course accreditation; computer science industry;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9325
Contract Date May 16, 2017

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