Back in 2010, 1500 Facebook users were polled in a University of Colorado study conducted through Twitter by PhD Computer Science and Information Systems student Christopher Sibona, where he focused on the repercussions of unfriending someone on Facebook.

FORBES: Unfriending: A Facebook 'Fate' Accompli?

Researchers at the School of Computer and Information Science at the University of South Australia are currently conducting research into a mobile outdoor AR system.

CNN: Turning virtual visions into reality

Faculty of information and computer science, King Fahd University also held a workshop for faculty on Open Access and open source.

UNESCO: Global Open Access Portal

Today Ashesi, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, offers degrees in business, information systems and computer science, with plans to offer engineering and economics majors in the near future.

CNN: SHARE THIS

In January 2012, Mr Gove announced he was replacing the information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum in schools with a more challenging computer science curriculum, developed to meet the needs of technology firms.

BBC: Computer science part of English Baccalaureate