A generation of British schoolchildren risks being left behind in an analogue world unless they learn computer programming skills, a group of some of the UK's leading digital entrepreneurs warn today.

Owning a computer once went hand in hand with understanding exactly how it worked. That may have changed but Tom Chatfield says it's time to reclaim the past. There is an old joke amongst computer ...

Swayed by tech evangelists, the UK government has put programming on the curriculum. But will kids really be left behind without it? Behind the sliding glass door of Makers Academy in Shoreditch, east ...

From September, computer coding will be taught in schools across England to children aged five and over. This trailblazing education policy could spark a skills revolution and help get to grips with ...

When you're writing code, you're laying out instructions on what you'd like to see on the app you're building or the website you're designing. But there are a number of coding languages to choose from ...

Parts of the brain are "rewired" when people learn computer programming, according to new research. Scientists watched university students’ brains as they learned to code. The team used functional ...

Five-year-olds will learn about fractions and computer programming in the revised national curriculum for children from five-to-16. ICT will be replaced with computer programming, so that children ...

It’s time women said to the tech industry: ‘It’s not me, it’s you.’ And universities can help by not confusing the art of computer programming with rather dull ‘careers in coding’ Mary-Ann Russon, a ...