Computing - The Higher Education Issue
Monday, 12 May 2008
This paper is an interim research summary into the issues related to the current crisis in computing within UK Higher Education (HE).
The work was presented at City University, London, May 2008 (influencing policy & professionalism) on the policies that formulate Government interventions and agendas for the UK Knowledge Economy. The wider research begins to examine some of the major concerns expressed by the IT profession over how it can build a competitive UK IT industry for the 21st century.
The results introduce a new concept - the Core Spectral Signature (CSS) and the conjecture is that the UK HE Informatics landscape is currently not fit for purpose.
The paper also highlights that this research work is being used to influence and inform Government policy, the UK skills agenda and professionalism in Informatics.
This ongoing research is uncovering key reasons for the current decline in university applications and acceptances for computing.
Computing - The Higher Education Issue