Andrew Csizmadia Named Fellow of the British Computer Society for Excellence in Computing Education
Andrew Csizmadia SFHEA, Emeritus Fellow in Computing Education at Birmingham Newman University, has been appointed as a Fellow of the British Computer Society.
This prestigious appointment recognises an individual that has made outstanding contributions and a significant impact in the digital sector during their career.
Andrew’s research into computing education whilst conducted at Birmingham Newman University has had a significant impact not only across the West Midlands but worldwide as well. In addition, Andrew was instrumental in developing the undergraduate computing provision at Birmingham Newman. Following his retirement from Birmingham Newman, Andrew is now employed as the Bebras Competition Manager at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a computational thinking challenge which annually attracts over 500,000 participants.
Andrew’s outstanding contribution and dedication to computing education across Birmingham and the West Midlands, the United Kingdom and worldwide has earned him this well-deserved recognition.
Speaking on the shortlisting, Andrew said: “I’m honoured to share that I have been appointed as a Fellow of the British Computer Society. This professional recognition means so much, as it reflects the years of passion, dedication, and the privilege of working with computing students at Birmingham Newman University, and computing educators worldwide. One substantive piece of work that I submitted as evidence in my application was the establishment of the BSc Computer Science programme at Birmingham Newman.”
A British Computer Society Fellowship acknowledges an individual’s professional standing and eminence within the computing community, recognises their outstanding contribution they have made to the advancement of computing and celebrates the body of work that they have created and contributed to so far.
