{"id":2922,"date":"2021-01-25T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:14:31","slug":"news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-and-his-colleague-dr-peter-kemp-principal-investigator-from-kings-college-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/01\/25\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-and-his-colleague-dr-peter-kemp-principal-investigator-from-kings-college-london\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS &#8211; Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) and his colleague \u2013 Dr. Peter Kemp (Principal Investigator) from King\u2019s College London \u2013 have been successful in being awarded c.\u00a3243,000 from the Nuffield Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\"><strong>Dr. Billy Wong<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) and his colleague \u2013 Dr. Peter Kemp (Principal Investigator) from King\u2019s College London \u2013 have been successful in being awarded c.\u00a3243,000 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuffieldfoundation.org\/\"><strong>Nuffield Foundation<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This three-year project is titled <em>&#8216;Exploring female computing performance and subject choice in English schools&#8217;<\/em>, and will start in March 2021, with the aim to explore factors that explain female performance and participation in secondary school level computing, with a particular focus on computer science (CS) exams.<\/p>\n<p>Further details about the project will be published in due time.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Dr. Wong\u2019s research, visit his staff profile page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. 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