‘Computer science is the future, especially with the rise of AI,” says Eno Gerguri, 17, a sixth-former at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace in south London. Like many of Gen Z, he is inspired by a wave of hugely rich tech tycoons such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, and motivated by the idea of being at the cutting edge of 21st-century creativity, of inventing a new ChatGPT or the latest driverless car.
Gerguri, who has 12 GCSEs, all 8s and 9s, and is planning to apply to the University of Cambridge, is not alone in his ambition.
The latest data for the most popular degrees shows a boom in computer science courses, including AI, video games design and robotics as well as
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