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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: Programming 'is modern-day wizardry']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Drawing attention to the creative possibilities of coding could help to boost interest in programming careers, industry experts have claimed.Speaking to the Independent, games programmer Jeff Minter explained...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Computeach sponsor local civic awards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The search has begun to find Dudley&rsquo;s unsung heroes with the launch of the ninth prestigious Mayor&rsquo;s Civic Awards. The Mayor&rsquo;s Civic Awards give people the chance to highlight those...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: School computing plans 'risky']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Professor Steve Furber has described Michael Gove&#39;s plan to shake up ICT teaching in British schools as &quot;high risk&quot; due to the current lack of specialist teachers.The computing academic,...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: Schools 'need more specialist ICT teachers']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[British schools require more teachers who are specialists in ICT, according to the Royal Society.The Department for Education has this week launched a consultation on plans to radically overhaul the curriculum...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: School computing overhaul welcomed by experts]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Industry figures have reacted positively to the government&#39;s plan for shaking up the way schoolchildren are taught to use computers.Education secretary Michael Gove yesterday (January 11th) announced...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: Government announces IT teaching revamp]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The current ICT curriculum is set to be abolished in favour of a new computer science programme, Michael Gove has announced.Speaking at the BETT conference in central London, the education secretary said...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: Computer skills 'on par with arts and humanities']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Culture minister Ed Vaizey has said learning computer science is now just as important for young people as a grounding in traditional academic subjects. In an interview with the Guardian, the Conservative...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: Ofsted slams ICT teaching standards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new report from Ofsted has described the ICT lessons taught in many British schools as &quot;inadequate&quot;.The education regulator, which studied 74 secondary schools between 2008 and 2011, revealed...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: Michael Gove admits need for computer science lessons]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Education secretary Michael Gove has appeared to endorse recent calls for the government to replace ICT lessons in British secondary schools with computer science.In comments reported by the Guardian,...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IT industry news: Experts say IT training in schools must improve]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ICT lessons currently taught in British classrooms are not adequate to prepare young people for employment, according to The Independent Games Developers&#39; Association (TIGA).Richard Wilson, chief...]]></description>
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