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Overcoming the Challenges of Teaching Cybersecurity in UK Computer Science Degree Programmes

Tom Crick Orcid Logo, James H. Davenport, Paul Hanna, Alastair Irons, Tom Prickett

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE'20)

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DOI (Published version): 10.1109/fie44824.2020.9274033

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This Innovative Practice Full Paper explores the diversity of challenges relating to the teaching of cybersecurity in UK higher education degree programmes, through the lens of national policy, to the impact on pedagogy and practice.There is a serious demand for cybersecurity specialists, both in th...

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Published in: IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE'20)
ISBN: 978-1-7281-8962-8 9781728189611
ISSN: 1539-4565 2377-634X
Published: Upsala, Sweden IEEE 2020
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