ABSTRACT
Information and computing skills are an essential component of all undergraduate programmes and the wider process of lifelong learning. In addressing the key issues of teaching and learning in the information and computing sciences (ICS) it is useful to have an insight into the short history of the subject in order to put it in context. Certainly no other subject community can claim that their industry or interest has had a greater impact on the everyday life of so many in the developed sector of our world. Likewise, no other subject discipline has been exposed to the rate of change that has occurred within computer science.
