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Number of female students studying A-level Computer Science increases dramatically!

18 August 2020

Number of female students studying Computer Science increases by 300% in five years, new data reveals...

Record numbers of female students took Computer Science A-level this year, with an increase of 23% on 2019, new figures show. Female students were seven times more likely to choose Computer Science in 2020 than they were in 2015; a 301% increase according to analysis of A-level results data by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. Overall entries for A-level Computer Science also rose this year, up by 12%, while a record number of students were also placed on Computer Science degree courses through UCAS.