Professor Simon Peyton Jones is on a mission to change the face of computing education in schools, as demonstrated by the recent launch of the National Centre for Computing Education.
This revolution is taking place in the field of computer science and within our local schools. Colleagues are being invited to contribute and shape its approach. In his talk Simon will make concrete suggestions about how this will happen. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussion.
Professor Jones FRS, MA, FACM, FBCS, CEng, graduated from Trinity College Cambridge in 1980. After two years in industry, he spent seven years as a Lecturer at University College London, and nine years as a Professor at Glasgow University, before moving to Microsoft Research (Cambridge) in 1998.
Time and date: 18:00 on Thursday 24 November
Venue: Garden Court (Building 40), Highfield Campus)
Programme:
18:00: Meet and greet; refreshments will be provided
18:30: Education Talk
19:30: Networking until close at 8pm
For further information contact Victoria Bennett on [email protected]
