Has anybody else's Dc done the GCHQ cyber discovery thing?

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My ds year 10 is spending quite a few hours on it. Will it be worth getting through to the final stage and help re uni applications?

Interested to hear responses. Looking into this for my DC next year.

My ds wants to get it done before year11 so it doesn’t impact on revision. Think they can have a break and pick it up later but then it will be A levels. He is 40% through the second bit which needs to be finished by March sometime. Then he’ll be through to the last stage. Having to teach himself Python and Lynyx? which is what is taking him so long. Think you have up to year 13 to finish it. He is 15.That is all I know.

Just want to make sure it’s a good use of time.😬

I doubt it will have any impact on uni applications. Seriously, faculties have one thing they are looking for. Grades and a genuine interest in the subject. So unless your dc is looking to apply to study cyber security, I can't see any uni's being in the slightest interested.

Yes he would be, computer science degree/coding.

Although there don’t seem to be many Computet Science degrees with a security specialism. Haven’t done a thorough search though yet,bit early.