The Department for Education says the change is intended to reflect the "importance of computer science to both education and the economy".

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Salaries are also increasing for education and computer science grads.

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Professor Charles Hoare, Fellow of the Royal Society, has been awarded a knighthood for services to education and computer science, while Professor Martin Harris, CBE, Vice-chancellor of Manchester University, has received a knighthood for his services to higher education.

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One other gap between expectations and reality: Despite numerous studies showing that there is a high demand for graduates with engineering and computer science degrees, new grads most want to work in education, media and entertainment, and healthcare.

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Computer science, engineering, mathematics, psychology, science education and social sciences are not eligible for this Fellowship.

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L.A., and show greater improvement, than students majoring in non-liberal-arts fields such as business, education and social work, communications, engineering and computer science, and health.

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The stress should be on vocational training, postsecondary education and every program that will broaden access to computer science and strengthen science, technology, engineering and math in high schools and at the university level.

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To qualify the candidates will need a good understanding of computer science concepts such as algorithms, logic, data networks and the internet, according to the Department for Education.

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This may provide some comfort to parents who have recently sent in deposits and are worrying about the futility of a liberal arts education versus more practical degrees in engineering, computer science or say, nursing.

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