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📢 New privacy features for Computer Scientists

Based on your feedback, we’ve introduced 2 new features to give you more control over where your profile appears and who can view it. These features are to make sure everyone feels comfortable taking part. If you have had a bad experience online before or have a job that requires sensitivity, for example, you can limit your online presence while still getting involved. 1. Hide Page from Search Engines This feature allows you to discourage search engines from including your profile in search results by adding a ‘noindex’ tag to your profile page. Please note that this doesn’t guarantee immediate or complete removal from search results. Existing indexed results may take time to disappear, and some search engines might still display the page. It’s worth considering that by increasing the privacy of your profile, you will also be limiting its impact. Public profiles are a great source for people to … Continue reading

Posted on January 31, 2025 by modjamie in Scientist. Tagged , , . Leave a comment

💻 National Coding Week 2024

We celebrated National Coding Week with a week of Chats connecting students and people whose roles in STEM use computing skills. Some popular topics and questions emerged across the week – what do we use AI for? How much does it help us? What could it mean for the future? Discussions bridged the gap from the classroom to real life, showing the value of computing in students’ everyday lives. Over 80 students across 5 schools joined us in celebrating National Coding Week. They connected with people whose work spans fields like cyber security, coding, software engineering, AI, and more. The variety of these roles showed how broadly computer science applies across industries and our daily lives, addressing real-world issues in health, infrastructure, and climate. This year’s theme was AI, exploring the value of coding and AI in everyone’s professional and personal lives. Artificial intelligence was a popular Chat topic. Students … Continue reading

Posted on September 26, 2024 by modjamie in News, Teacher. Tagged , , . Comments Off on 💻 National Coding Week 2024