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Queen’s Speech: Government Targets Skills, Advanced Research, Online Safety

Government unveils ambitious raft of changes including a lifetime skills guarantee, an advanced research agency, online safety, and many more

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Minecraft beta opens up so the game can help teachers and students explore ways to build and design a world

Tech giants support Royal Society study into how to improve computer science teaching in schools

Budget cuts blamed in Ireland as lecturers down tools and distrupt tech teaching to students

Government and Google-backed organisation looks to boost computing skills of primary teachers

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The government is to make Computer Science a core subject being taught in British schools

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The OU gathers online higher education courses from top UK universities for a global education push

350 schools will be invited to share teaching practices and materials as part of wider ICT education reforms

A tiny computer that will be sold for just £20 later this month, is currently fetching bids worth thousands on the giant auction website eBay

The government offers a review, but thee is no sign of coding on the National Curriculum

BCS says the. government strategy is a good overall vision, but lacks emphasis in key areas

Some of the biggest names in multi-media and IT want the government to kick IT education up a notch

Britain is squandering its history of technological innovation, according to Google chairman Eric Schmidt