Inf4All Welcomes European Recommendation on Informatics Education at School
On 23 November 2023, the Council of the European Union has adopted a set of recommendations on digital skills and education. The Informatics for All Coalition, a consortium formed to promote informatics education across Europe, of which CEPIS is a founding member, has endorsed the bold recommendations outlined in the new Council report.
Registration to the Informatics Education Conference still open
There are only a few days left to register for the first pan-European Informatics Conference “The future of European Informatics Education – How to counter the skills shortage without compromising on quality?”, organised together by CEPIS, Informatics Europe, EQANIE and ASIIN and taking place in Valencia on 14-15 December 2023.
CEPIS to take part in IT Education 2023 conference in Türkiye
The CEPIS Informatics Education (IE) expert group will hold a mini-conference within this year’s edition of The Education in the Light of Information Technologies Conference and Exhibition (BTIE’23). Organised by the Informatics Association of Türkiye (IAT), it will be held In Ankara on 6 and 7 October 2023. IAT is a member of both CEPIS and the IE expert group.
IAT Announces New Programme to Train Turkish IT Professionals for AI Future
A new certified training programme aimed at training IT professionals will be launched by IAT, the Turkish Informatics Association, in October 2023. The programme will train professionals with in-demand skills in artificial intelligence. The programme will initially train 140 AI professionals, with the course being open to university graduates from different disciplines, including data science, …
BYTE Challenge Empowers Students with Digital Education in Schools
Schools, students, and teachers are now able to access BYTE Challenge, a free online learning platform from the German Informatics Society (GI). The platform features interactive multimedia courses for digital skills, computer science, and STEM.
TrainDL WebTalk “Policy Experimentation – Innovation in and for Digital Education”
Digitization is changing our societies and individual lives by the minute. Educational systems in Europe adapt in various ways and political decision-makers often need to rely on goodwill when adopting new measures for digital education. This upcoming TrainDL WebTalk will explore if and how “policy experimentation” can be an effective approach for better educational policies.
“Teaching informatics for all teachers”mini-conference held in Italy
The CEPIS Informatics Education (IE) expert group held a mini-conference on teaching informatics to teachers on 11 November 2022 in Milan, Italy. The mini-conference was organised within the scope of the two-day Didamatica 2022 conference, which was organised by the Italian ICT Association (AICA).
CCS hosts first RE-EDUCO in-person project meeting
RE-EDUCO project partners from Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Greece and Finland met in person for the first time at the 4th Translational meeting of the project, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, hosted by Cyprus Computer Society. The meeting was held on 7 and 8 November 2022.
New education profiles for software roles in Europe
The European Software Skills Alliance (ESSA) has published 9 new education profiles to cover 5 software roles at different qualification levels — ranging from Vocational Education and Training (VET) to Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
Atilim University team wins 2nd place in Teknofest competition
At the University Students’ Research Project Competitions of the Aviation, Space and Technology Festival 2022, the project team, which consists of graduates of the Computer Engineering Department, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meltem Eryilmaz, achieved the second place in the “Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship” category.
