Tameside College set to be regional hub for computing specialists | FE News

>The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) @WeAreComputing has announced that @TamesideCollege will become the #ComputingHub for Greater Manchester. The college is part of a network of over 30 Computing Hubs across England which will be focal points for local computing training for primary and secondary schools and will also form links with industry and universities by Tameside College.

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The college is part of a network of over 30 Computing Hubs across England which will be focal points for local computing training for primary and secondary schools and will also form links with industry and universities.

The NCCE was set up in November 2018, with funding from the Department for Education to increase the number of pupils in schools and colleges who study computer science at GCSE, AS and A level, particularly girls and those in disadvantaged areas, and to ensure that there is a strong pipeline of digital skills in England

Computing courses for teachers will be launched in April and delivered within the college “digital zone” in Ashton-under-Lyne town centre with an investment in digital technologies of over £500k and links with digital industry employers to lead the way in training and development of all digital technologies for school leavers and adults...

The NCCE - which is led by a consortium of; STEM Learning, Raspberry Pi and BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT – is working to equip teachers with the confidence and expertise to teach the new, reformed computer science curriculum.
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