Thus the cataract operations that will allow the recipients to return to work, and the digital education that will create a generation of computer-savvy Mexican youth.
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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.
Following the path of other industries such as telecommunications or computer services, this modularization of higher education into scalable online courses will allow a reintegration of modules with the needs of users, not of course providers, in the forefront.
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And Adam McNichol - one of the few teaching this subject who has a computer science degree - told us the whole education system needed to change, so that the value of the subject was recognised.
The chief ministers also want to revamp education policy to enourage the rapid expansion of computer skills and allow a much greater role for private colleges.
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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Taking a wider approach, Intel hopes to establish a network of 100 Computer Clubhouses around the world to proliferate technology education among students between the ages of 8 and 18.
Microsoft's education director Steve Beswick welcomed the announcement as the "start of a journey" in changing how computer science is taught.
The proposals, amendments to a large education bill, will seek to improve computer technology to meet the learning styles of girls, reduce sexual harassment in schools, gather statistics on girls' participation in high school sports and develop ways to help keep pregnant and parenting teens in school.
Also at CES, Marvell and OLPC showcased the first prototype of the X0 3.0, a low cost, low power rugged tablet computer designed for education in emerging markets.
Those in India's Education Ministry say they dream of a day when students around the world are able to get their hands on an Aakash computer, because of its affordability.
Other students are turning toward computer science because of a change in social mores: A backlash against Wall Street bailouts means careers in the financial sector may now carry a negative stigma, said Adam Cannon, associate chair for undergraduate education in Columbia's department of computer science.
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