The UK and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference, of the UK Chapter of the ACM Special Interest Group in Computing Science Education (SIGCSE), is emerging as one of the leading forums for researchers and practitioners to meet and share advances in computing science education.
We are a diverse and inclusive community bringing together researchers, academics, industry practitioners and teachers from across the UK and Ireland as well as from the rest of Europe and the wider world.
The conference takes place in-person on Thursday 5th of September 2024 and Friday 6th of September 2024 in Manchester, UK.
An EasyChair installation for UKICER 2024 is setup, and linked throughout this page, but is not yet ready to accept submissions.
It will open when the configuration and licensing is completed.
You may prepare submissions in the meantime.
20th December 2023
The Call for Participation (CfP) The Call for Participation has now been formally announced for the United Kingdom and Ireland (UKICER) 2024 conference.
Tuesday the 12th of December 2023.
Important dates. Submission, review process and events dates are now published. Make sure to add them to your calendar.
Tuesday the 12th of December 2023.
Conference proceedings. The conference proceedings for the 2023 United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) Conference
are available via the ACM Digital Library.
Tuesday the 26th of September 2023.
The United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference from the UK ACM Special Interest Group in Computing Science Education Chapter is seeking high quality contributions to research relevant to computing science education.
Contributions are sought in a variety of categories with emphasis on high-quality and rigorous work. Researchers have the opportunity to disseminate their work as a full paper, workshop or poster.
The following contributions are sought from the community:
Papers. Six-page research or tool design papers for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings.
DC Applications. Two-page application to participate in the Doctoral Consortium (DC) at the conference, including single-page abstract for publication in the conference proceedings.
WiP Applications. Two-page application to participate in the Works-in-Progress (WiP) at the conference, including single-page abstract for publication in the conference proceedings.
Research in Practice Project Activities (RIPPA). Two-page proposals for RIPPA activity at conference.
Workshop proposals. Two-page workshop proposal for workshops to be delivered to attendees at the conference.
Posters. Single-page poster abstract for publication in conference proceedings and poster for presentation at the conference.
Submission for all the afordmentioned contributions should be made via EasyChair. Authors should consult the detail submission format instructions and guidelines prior to submitting contributions for consideration.
Any questions about submissions should be emailed to the Programme Chairs.
We invite submissions of research papers on the topic of computing science education. Themes of interest include:
Papers should describe a rigorously executed piece of work, include a motivating research question and discussion of prior related work. We welcome:
All submitted papers should have a research component. Papers focused purely on practice-related topics such as implementation of new curricula or new course designs may be better suited to our sister Computing Education Practice conference.
Papers that authors would like to be considered for presentation at the conference and publication in proceedings must be be submitted via EasyChair. Authors should consult the detail submission format instructions and guidelines for papers prior to submission.
The United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference Doctoral Consortium (DC) provides an opportunity for doctoral students to engage with peers and work with researchers to reflect on the wider computing education research landscape and expand it through connection and collaboration.
The WiP is a small, intimate venue, a ‘grown-up doctoral consortium’ for academics. The aspiration is to bring together individuals to act as critical friends to discuss and nurture ideas and projects that are in progress. The ‘works’ from participants vary in terms of type, from research papers to projects, and progress, from embryonic to near-completion.
We invite proposals for running 1-2 hour workshops. The workshops should be relevant to British and Irish educators (in a university or school setting) and/or computing science education researchers. Example workshops may be on the use of research techniques (e.g. qualitative methods), grant writing, pedagogical techniques (e.g. peer instruction), tools (e.g. programming environments, assessment tools), or any other topic which may be relevant to conference attendees.
Workshop organisers will be given an opportunity to advertise their workshop via a one-minute lightning talk earlier in the conference.
Workshop proposal that leaders would like to be considered for delivery at the conference must be be submitted via EasyChair. Authors should consult the detail submission format instructions and guidelines for workshop proposals prior to submission.
We invite posters for presentation and discussion at the conference. The posters should be relevant to British and Irish educators (in a university or school setting) and/or computing science education researchers. Example posters could include initial ideas, experimental designs, pedagogical techniques or early proposals to address open challenges in computing science education research.
Poster abstracts that presenters would like to be considered for presentation at the conference must be be submitted via EasyChair. Authors should consult the detail submission format instructions and guidelines for poster abstracts prior to submission.
Research in Practice Project Activities (RIPPAs) are a new form of collaborative, community-forming activity for Computing Science education research and practice at the United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research (UKICER) conference.
The aim is to bring practitioners and researchers together in computing science education to form networks, exchanges ideas, form collaborations and put research into practice, incorporate research into practice or improving practice.
RIPPAs span several months and participants are expected to commit to participating in a small number of workshops as well as conducting some activity in their context, such as incorporating research into practice, collecting data and/or conducting research.
The specific participation and commitment requirements depends on the RIPPA, but broadly RIPPAS required participants to:
The focus of RIPPAs is the participants and the expectation is that rippers will achieve the following from participating in a RIPPA:
RIPPA proposals that presenters would like to be considered for delivery at the conference and beyond must be be submitted via EasyChair. Authors should consult the detail submission format instructions and guidelines for RIPPA prior to submission.
There are several important dates for the United Kingdom and Ireland Computing Education Research conference.
Milestone | Date and Time (anywhere on Earth, UTC-12) |
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Call for Participation | 12th December 2023 |
Abstracts (250 words) |
24th May 2024 |
Full papers |
31st May 2024 |
Notification of paper acceptance |
27th June 2024 |
Final camera ready paper submission |
25th July 2024 |
Milestone | Date and Time (AoE, UTC-12) |
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Call for Participation | 12th December 2023 |
Workshop Proposal |
24th May 2024 |
RIPPA |
24th May 2024 |
Doctoral Consortium application |
24th May 2024 |
Works-in-Progress (WiP) |
24th May 2024 |
Notification of WiP acceptance |
27th June 2024 |
Notification of workshop acceptance |
27th June 2024 |
Notification of RIPPA acceptance |
27th June 2024 |
Notification of Doctoral Consortium participation |
27th June 2024 |
Posters abstract submissions |
5th July 2024 |
Notification of poster acceptance |
19th July 2024 |
Final camera ready workshop proposal submission |
25th July 2024 |
Final camera ready RIPPA submission |
25th July 2024 |
Final camera ready Doctoral Consortium one-page abstract |
25th July 2024 |
Final camera ready poster submission |
25th July 2024 |
Milestone | Date and Time |
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Review process commences |
24th May 2024 |
Paper bidding commences |
24th May 2024 |
Paper bidding completes |
29th May 2024 |
Allocation |
1st June 2024 |
Reviews due |
13th June 2024 |
Discussion commences |
14th June 2024 |
Discussion completes |
20th June 2024 |
Notification of paper acceptance |
27th June 2024 |
Milestone | Date and Time |
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UKICER Conference | Thursday 5th September–Friday 6th September 2024 |