Timeshighereducation

“While most computer science graduates go on to well-paid, professional jobs, too many find themselves unemployed,” the Labour-backed report, Digital Skills for Tomorrow’s World, says. “This is concentrated among black and minority ethnic students, who tend to achieve lower grades at university and are then more likely to be unemployed. This cannot be excused and is an urgent issue that universities must address. The report – by the UK Digital Skills Taskforce – cites research by the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing, a professional association for staff of university computing departments, that highlights that fewer than half of BME computer science graduates obtain a first or 2:1 degree, compared with 63 per cent of their white peers.To read further, please visit http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/bme-students-need-more-support-in-computer-science/2014765.article.