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<p>Dear Colleagues, </p>
<p>Informatics Europe (IE) has recently updated its <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/data/higher-education/"
moz-do-not-send="true">Informatics Higher Education Data Portal</a>
with the data of 2021/22 academic year. We are also proud to
announce that a related <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/component/phocadownload/category/12-articles.html?download=200:informatics-higher-education-in-europe-a-data-portal-and-case-study"
moz-do-not-send="true">article</a> has been published in the
November 2023 issue of the Communications of the ACM Journal. </p>
<p>The Portal now covers statistics of <b>12 academic years for 23
countries</b> on students enrolled and degrees awarded at
Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD levels, including information on
gender distribution. For selected countries, the Portal provides
additional data, such as comparative analysis of<b> key academic
positions </b>and related <b>employment details</b>, including
estimations of <b>academic salaries</b>. The <b>full
downloadable dataset</b> is exclusively available to faculty and
researchers of <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/join-us/current-members.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">IE members</a>. <br>
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<p>Prepared by members of the Informatics Europe Working Group on
Data Analysis and Reporting, the <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/component/phocadownload/category/12-articles.html?download=200:informatics-higher-education-in-europe-a-data-portal-and-case-study"
moz-do-not-send="true">article</a> <b>“Informatics Higher
Education in Europe: A Data Portal and Case Study”</b> was
recently <b>published in the Communications of the ACM Journal.</b>
It describes the IE Higher Education Data Portal functionalities
and offers - by way of case study research - a data-driven
perspective over how informatics education can be studied and
improved in a data-driven fashion. We thank the article’s authors
<b>Elisabetta Di Nitto</b> and <b>Damian A. Tamburri</b>
(Politecnico di Milano), <b>Ismael García-Varea</b> (University
of Castilla-La Mancha), <b>Mehdi Jazayeri</b> (Universita' della
Svizzera Italiana) and <b>Svetlana Tikhonenko </b>(Informatics
Europe) for their contribution and efforts in preparing this
study. </p>
<p>Our continued work on the Data Portal, one of IE’s most used and
valued services, aims to empower the informatics community to
better understand trends and improve issues in informatics
(Computer Science, Computing, IT, ICT) higher education in
Europe. We invite you to support us in the creation and
contribution of analytical outputs and reports as well as the
improvement of the IE Data Portal functionalities by <b>joining
our </b><a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/education/data-analysis-and-reporting.html"
moz-do-not-send="true"><b>Data Analysis and Reporting working
group</b></a>. Additionally, if you are interested in making
the state of informatics education in your country better known at
a European level, please reach out to <a
href="mailto:svetlana.tikhonenko@informatics-europe.org"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">svetlana.tikhonenko@informatics-europe.org</a>
and join the team of dedicated <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/data-portal/?page=acknowledgements.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">colleagues</a> contributing to the
gathering and interpretation of national data. We express our deep
gratitude to all of them, as the update of the Portal greatly
relies on this crucial support.</p>
<p>Visit the Data Portal at: <a
href="https://www.informatics-europe.org/data-portal"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.informatics-europe.org/data-portal</a>,
with recent years of data exclusively available to IE members,
upon registration on the IE website with an institutional email
address.</p>
<p>We kindly ask you to <b>disseminate the news about the portal
update in your institution and research community.</b> For this
purpose, you can find attached the official press release. </p>
<p>Thank you and best wishes,<br>
</p>
Svetlana.
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Tikhonenko<br>
Program Associate - Web, Data and Analysis <br>
Informatics Europe<br>
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