A faculty’s computing division has received an award for uplifting ladies to check laptop science.
Nunnery Wooden Excessive College’s computing division acquired the Nationwide Centre for Computing Training (NCCE) iBelong Award.
Lee Boniface, curriculum chief of the computing division on the faculty, stated: “We’re honoured to obtain the distinguished iBelong Award from the Nationwide Centre for Computing Training (NCCE).
“This award recognises the efforts we go to at Nunnery Wooden to encourage and empower ladies to thrive in laptop science—a topic historically underrepresented by females.
“With an ethos of inclusivity and innovation, we’ve got loved closing the gender hole in STEM training.”
He added: “With one third of our GCSE Laptop Science cohort as feminine, we’re far surpassing the nationwide common.
“We’re very happy with our ladies in Laptop Science who present willpower and proceed to amaze us with their computational considering skills.”
The NCCE stated: “Laptop science is the fastest-growing STEM topic, and but, regardless of its recognition, ladies are constantly outnumbered by boys.
“To enhance the range each in and past the classroom, we have to present ladies from a younger age that they belong in laptop science.”