The Centre for Teaching Computing was set up as a joint initiative by the University of Ulster, Belfast and Dublin City University. It is based at DCU. Its mission is to:
• maintain and improve the quality of computing courses at third level institutions
• provide a mechanism for the more efficient use of resources in the development and delivery of computing courses.
The CTC organises an annual conference on the teaching of computing. It maintains a number of databases, organises a series of workshops, training courses and lectures, and maintains nine electronic special interest groups. The CTC also coordinates a number of postgraduate research projects on the teaching of computing.