IFIP Working Group 3.4 (Professional, Higher and Vocational Education in ICT) has used its AGM to elect new leadership.
The new Chair is Nicholas Blessing Mavengere, a Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University, UK. He can be contacted at nmavengere@bournemouth.ac.uk
The new Vice Chair is Toshinori Saito, a Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Seisa University, Japan. He can be reached at t-saito@gred.seisa.ac.jp
Working Group 3.4 is focused on higher, professional and vocational education in ICT – education leading towards careers or professional development in some form of computing.
Its goal is to promote the acquisition and updating of appropriate ICT knowledge and expertise by all whose working environment requires contact with computer-based systems. It aims to consider the nature, content and method of delivery of professional, higher and vocational education within the ICT sector, which will enable learners to achieve their employment expectations and to foster lifelong learning in ICT-related areas.