Brunel University has launched a workplace-skills master's programme, teaching IT professionals to apply practical skills to real-life business situations.
Norwich Union has reduced the workload of its human resources department through the introduction of an online tool to provide employees with answers to their queries.
The Confederation of British industry (CBI) has called for urgent action on the UK's science skills base after the publication of Lord's Sainsbury's review of science and innovation.
Whitehall and the government have been criticised over a large early retirement payoff to a top civil servant whose organisation oversees government IT.
Would-be IT professionals develop their own computer literacy, and the education system needs to support their intellectual develoment, according to shadow secretary of state for the Department of Universities, Innovation and Skills, David Willetts.