The SCARI Computing project is based at King's College London with support from the University of Reading. The study was funded by the Nuffield Foundation for 3 years (March 2021-June 2024).
Reports
Journal articles
- Only Ada?: The dominance of entrepreneurial white men as the famous figures in computing and technology for young people [2024 - Oxford Review of Education]
- Cracking the code: exploring student attitudes towards coding in secondary education [2024 - CCJE]
- Is being clever enough? Young people’s construction of the ideal student in computer science education [2024 - Educational Review]
- Who wants to be a computer scientist? The computing aspirations of students in English secondary schools [2023 - IJSE]
- Should we be concerned about who is studying computing in schools? [2021 - Raspberry Pi Foundation]
- Rethinking School Computing Education in England (1966-2024): a subject fit for purpose? [forthcoming]
- Predictors of outcomes and uptake of GCSE and A-level computer science [forthcoming]
Blogs and articles
- Launch event blog with survey results
- Exploring female participation and performance in computer science in English schools
- The number of girls participating in a computing education is on the decline
- Self-efficacy and its role in computing education
- Parents and their role in the subject and career choices of their daughters studying Computer Science
- What works for girls in computing Hello World magazine issue 20
- Why aren’t more girls in the UK choosing to study computing and technology? Computinged Blog
- Decoding the decade: The time for reform in computing education is now Computing at School blog
- Girls in computing Infographic
Conferences
- Digital equity for a digital future in STEM [2024 - ASE]
- What Works for Girls in Computing? Insights from Teachers on Supporting Gender Diversity in Computing [2023 - WiPSCE]
- “Natural Brilliance”? Young People’s Construction of the Ideal Student in Computing [2023 - ESERA]
- Young people and computing: who they are, what they want to do and how we can support them [2023 - ASE]
- Who wants to be a computer scientist? A survey of young people and their computing aspirations in England [2022 - BERA]
Code and data
Media coverage
- Number of girls in England taking computing GCSE plummets, study finds The Guardian - 27th June
- Male stereotypes put girls off computing p.18 The Times - 27th June
- Computing ‘revolution’ led to ‘stark’ drop in girls taking subject Schools Week - 27th June
- Fewer girls into tech p.15 Evening Standard - 27th June
- Number of girls studying computer science halves over the past decade National Technology News - 27th June
- Calls grow for an overhaul of GCSE computer science as number of girls studying the subject nosedives IT Pro - 27th June
- Research calls for curriculum changes as proportion of girls studying computing drops to around one in five Reading Today - 30th June
- Quote of the week CityA.M. - 2nd July
- Inequality in access to Computer Science in selective areas Comprehensive future - 3rd July
- Computing curriculum leaving digital skills behind, research suggests Computer Weekly - 9th July
- Meet the group recoding the City’s ‘tech bro’ culture CityA.M. - 18th July
- Uni of Reading releases new study’s findings showing young people value diversity in computer sciences Wokingham Today - 14th August
- Abstract, theoretical computing qualifications are turning teens off The Register - 28th November
- ‘Computer sciences need better role models’: Uni of Reading figures show lack of diversity in leading computer sciences influences Reading Today - 4th December
- Billionaire tech bros dominate children’s perception of computer scientists Cosmos Magazine - 9th December