March 2014
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March 07, 2014
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Mar'14
National Apprenticeship Week: From an IT apprentice 15 years on
This week celebrates the seventh year of National Apprenticeship Week, helping to raise the profile of apprenticeships in the UK at a time when many young people are potentially struggling to get ... Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Duke of York learns to code with London school children
The Duke of York attended a CoderDojo session in London to encourage more young people to learn to code Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Enterprising Women unveils new West London businesswomen club
Enterprising Women has launched a monthly club for businesswomen in Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster. Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Croydon’s technology cluster sees 23% growth
The fast growing tech and media cluster of Croydon has seen 23% growth over the past three years Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
International Women's Day: Five inspiring quotes to achieve career success
International Women's day is on Saturday 8th March, a universal event to celebrate women's achievements in social, political and economic advancements whilst also encouraging individuals to ... Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Andy Nelson quits as DWP CIO
Andy Nelson has resigned as CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Computer Weekly has learned Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Privacy groups call for review of Facebook Whatsapp deal
Privacy groups are calling for a halt to Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp until it clarifies how it plans to use the personal data of WhatsApp's members Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Free Wi-Fi isn't worth the risk...
Troels Oerting, the head of Europol's cybercrime division told viewers of BBC's Click that they shouldn't use free Wi-Fi for sending secure data such as when they log into an online bank, to avoid ... Continue Reading
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Europol issues public Wi-Fi security warning
Europol has issued a warning about sending sensitive information over public Wi-Fi hotspots Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Employers pledge over 20,000 apprenticeships roles for National Apprenticeship Week
Employers pledge to create more than 20,000 apprenticeships as National Apprentice Week celebrates its seventh year Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Morgan Stanley and comparethemarket.com join BCS teacher training scheme
Morgan Stanley and comparethemarket.com back BCS computer ‘Master Teacher’ training scheme Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Nominet's apprenticeship scheme 2014 open for applicants
Applications for Nominet's 2014 apprenticeship scheme are open again. Now in its fourth year the apprenticeships are aimed at school leavers and are based in the Oxford Science Park. Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
National Apprenticeship Week: Sticking to your guns
When I was at college, I was told to apply to university, even though I didn't want to. My college was focused on getting people into university. As it was the norm, the end of the school year came ... Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Why I chose an apprenticeship over University
I always really enjoyed IT and knew I wanted to make a career out of it. But, when it came to leaving school, I think the teachers were expecting all the students to go to university and were ... Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
A focus on STEM careers is for life, not just Apprenticeship Week
I joined EDF Energy straight from 6th Form three years ago to work as a nuclear safety engineer, which essentially means I help ensure the nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point B Power Station are ... Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Techpreneur of the Year Awards launched for women in tech startups
The University Women’s Club has launched an awards to encourage more women onto the tech startup scene Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
John Lewis sees omni-channel growth in yearly results
John Lewis has seen growth from both its in-store, online and mobile channels across its John Lewis and Waitrose branches. Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
The supplier landscape is changing as IT buyers shun inflexible traditional vendors
IT suppliers have always been an easy target for criticism and cynicism. IT managers will raise their eyebrows at the mention of vendors and share war stories with their peers of the relentless ... Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Cold Storage, Helium and HAMR. Can they save the spinning disk HDD?
While super-fast flash storage has hogged the headlines, recent months have seen the available capacity of spinning disk HDDs increase to 6TB with the shipping since last September of HGST's ... Continue Reading
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Microsoft: developers, developers, (brave) developers
Microsoft: developers, developers, (brave) developers Continue Reading