From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An insight for Computer Science students into how computers actually work. Filmed in real life work settings, the videos look closely at what a computer consists of; how the various components work; ...

Girls sitting their computing GCSE exams have more than doubled since 2015, with 12,500 taking the subject, compared with 5,600 in 2015. Overall, the popularity of the subject, which was announced in ...

Today thousands of teenagers across the country will receive their GCSE grades (Thursday, August 24). Most pupils will receive grades from 9 to 1, with 9 being the highest grade possible. Generally ...

Fretting teenagers are about to learn their GCSE results this morning after years of hard work. Pupils across the UK sat various examinations through to June 19, with their grades used to determine ...

If you think that computing skills are vital for Britain's economic future, there is worrying news in Thursday's GCSE results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They show a drop of more than ...

An exam board is to offer a digitally assessed GCSE in computer science for pupils starting their course in 2025, in what it described as a UK first. Jill Duffy, chief executive of OCR, said a pilot ...

Exam board OCR said schools can still opt for a paper-based assessment for its computer science qualification if they prefer. Exam board OCR staged a pilot of digital exams earlier this year and will ...