Joint event: BCS Academy Board of Computing & the International Federation for Information Processing, Technical Committee 3.
Agenda
09:00 - Introduction and Objectives – Alastair Irons
09:15 - IFIP Opportunities and Challenges in University Teaching from TC3 Perspective – Don Passey
09:40 - Overview of work BCS for new CS Academics – Alan Hayes
10:05 - BCS Academic Package – Holly Porter
10:30 - Coffee Break
10:50 - International perspective Challenges in developing Data Science curriculum – Angela Lee Siew Hoong Malaysia
11:15 - Early Careers Network for Computer Science academics: Experiences from the point of view of an Early Careerist – Simon Payne
11:30 - Workshop – post it note session Tom Prickett
12:00 - Conclusion and way forward – Alastair Irons
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Synopsis
The workshop will explore the work that has been undertaken by the BCS Academy Board and IFIP TC3 to support academics new to computing and computer science and discuss how the BCS and IFIP can work together to create a community of practice and support for those academics.
The workshop will share and reflect on the activities and events that already exist from BCS and IFIP and discuss what we might want to establish moving forward – CPD programme, shared resources, mentoring, collaboration and research.
Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.
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For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.
This event is brought to you by: BCS Academy Board and IFIP Technical Community 3
