A UK Case Study on Cybersecurity Education and Accreditation
- Submitting institution
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University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 25210767
- Type
- E - Conference contribution
- DOI
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10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028407
- Title of conference / published proceedings
- Frontiers in Education Conference
- First page
- 1
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- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- October
- Year of publication
- 2019
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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C - Digital Learning Laboratory (DLL)
- Citation count
- 0
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This research evaluates professional accreditation and its application to update curricula in 70 Higher Education Institutions (UK wide, 2 South Africa, 1 Cyprus and 1 Brunei). Conducted in conjunction with Tech Partnership, UK Government (Cabinet Office/Department for Business Innovation and Skills) and the professional bodies (BCS, IET and (ISC)2 ) this has led to an agreed defined standard for including cybersecurity in general computer science higher education (https://cphc.ac.uk/2015/06/29/cybersecurity-to-become-core-component-of-uk-computing-degrees/#more-1832). The work has been disseminated to the 70000 readership of ITNOW (https://academic.oup.com/itnow/article/58/2/56/1745108 and https://academic.oup.com/itnow/article/61/4/46/5628374). The resulting enhanced BCS accreditation regime now informs the curricula at over 100 Higher Education Institutions.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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