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The rise of the virtual workplace and its implications for inclusivity and Generation Z.

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Layla Porter, senior developer evangelist at Twilio, talks about how in many cases developers are now self-taught.  Coding is becoming an in-demand skill ...

For many years, the UK IT community pined for a government that wants to put technology at the heart of the country’s future; one that understands the importance of bringing digital and policy ...

GUEST POST: In this contributed blog post, Claudia Harris, CEO of Makers Software Bootcamp, declares a call to action for the UK tech sector to kickstart National Coding Week, highlighting how ...

If tech. companies want to cast off the public perception that they are part of the previous economy’s problems, they could start offering genuinely radical solutions to the pressing problems now ...

Imagine you’re a skilled, ambitious IT professional living outside the UK and you want to maximise your earning potential and your exposure to the latest technology. You’re assessing where in the ...

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Rhonda Textor, head of data science at True Fit talks about the changes she had to make to her hiring practices to close the data science diversity gap I ...

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Yaara Letz, partner consulting engineer at Tyk, explains why women in tech need to carve out their own career path rather than wait for diversity and ...

For any IT professional who has managed to make a living as a contractor for the past 20 years, the acronym IR35 must be like a crucifix held up to a vampire. The tax reforms were considered ...

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post Byron Calmonson, director at the resourcing hub, discusses strategies for 'smart recruitment' and how this will contribute to a more diverse and inclusive ...

In this guest blog post Jenny Kelly, client relationship manager - business partner at Computer Futures, talks about how companies can increase diversity in their organisation and end the gender ...

Facing negative PR all around after announcing a strategic realignment that is to see 13,000 employees made redundant and the closure of its central London HQ after over 100 years, even the good ...

More than three-quarters of UK organisations are experiencing challenges in recruiting people with digital skills, according to research from Deloitte. It’s a shocking figure, but is anyone really ...

There’s rather a lot going on in government IT at the moment. Last year’s ambitious transformation strategy set challenging aims of overhauling back-office systems across Whitehall, building an ...

In this contributed blog post, Mark Settle, CIO of Okta, talks about millennials and how they have changed the technology industry. The millennial generation, born between the early 1980s to the ...

In this contributed blog post Maria McKavanagh, COO of Verv  discusses unconscious bias in the technology industry and how we can tackle this issue faced by women every day.  While we are seeing a ...

UK Fintechs are implementing their Brexit plans and it means the UK is losing jobs now could be bypassed for future roles

The finalists for this year’s everywoman in Technology Awards have been announced prior to the awards ceremony in February 2018. After sorting through applications from hundreds of candidates, ...

In this guest post, Byron Calmonson, director at recruitment consultancy Resourcing Hub, talks about the importance of backing up diversity and inclusion policies with real action and engagement ...

Goldman Sachs CEO fuels speculation about the UK's financial services hub post Brexit with another thinly veiled warning

Government, business and the tech sector are getting very excited about artificial intelligence (AI). For government, AI presents an opportunity for a technology where the UK hopes to lead the ...

Six years after launching Computer Weekly’s annual search for the most influential women in UK technology – and perhaps 20 years since we started writing about the issue of diversity in IT – ...

HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) new chief digital and information officer (CDIO), Jacky Wright, appears  to be an excellent appointment. She’s spent six years in senior roles at Microsoft, most ...

Having trouble recruiting IT professionals? If so, the government wants your help. Most IT managers that Computer Weekly talks to have some form of skills shortages in their teams, and struggle to ...

James Damore thinks he was frogmarched out of Google for telling the truth. In reality, he wrote a 10-page memo, cobbled together from scraps of research chosen to fit his intense fear of gender ...

We have read a lot about the issue of women in technology lately, since the publication of a dubious “manifesto” by a male Google employee, postulating that women may be biologically unsuited to a ...

Clearly we are going through the phase in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology where rationality and reasoned debate are replaced by science-fiction scaremongering and ...

As one of Southeast Asia’s “tiger cub” economies, Thailand has seen tremendous growth in the past three decades. Driven by its export-focused growth strategy, particularly in automobiles, ...

In this guest post Shirley Wood, training and support director at education technology solutions organisation, Jisc, looks at the positive efforts being made to encourage more women into tech While ...

In this guest post, Susan Bowen, vice president and general manager at Cogeco Peer 1  and new trustee at education technology solutions organisation Jisc, explains her journey into the technology ...

When Sanderson Hotel London invited me to a Code First: Girls introduction to coding event (including free cocktails) I decided to see if code still gave me the cold sweats it did at university ...

For a long time, people working in IT laboured under the knowledge that nobody from outside IT was interested in what they do because it’s all too technical  - a bit boring and geeky. It’s been ...

Last week’s highly critical National Audit Office (NAO) report highlighted the need for change at the Government Digital Service (GDS). The NAO “found widespread views across government that GDS ...

The otherwise obscure topic of taxation for the self-employed hit the headlines this week after chancellor of the exchequer Philip Hammond announced in his latest Budget a rise in national ...

In this guest blog Amali de Alwis, CEO of Code First: Girls and winner of the Women in IT Awards -Skills Initiative of the Year award, explains why the technology industry needs to consider targets ...

In this guest post Brynne Kennedy, CEO and founder of MOVE Guides and Women in IT Awards finalist, discusses how diverse tech cultures create the perfect breeding ground for innovation I recently ...

In this guest post Sarah Davies, head of higher education and student experience at Jisc, explains why a tech career does not have to be daunting To some people a 'tech career' could seem daunting, ...

This guest blog features two women in tech from the same firm - product manager Therese Stowell and senior software engineer Maria Ntalla - both explain their career paths and how they became women ...

In this contributed blog post Keith Tilley, EVP at Sungard Availability Services explains why there is a "me or the IT" attitude amongst employees and what firms can do about it  The “head down ...

In this contributed blog post, Damilola Erinle, area vice-president for UK & Ireland at Salesforce, discusses why businesses should see gender diversity as a way to increase productivity and ...

A militant train working on the driverless Dockland Light Railway (DLR) in London is running an online campaign for equal rights for hard working robots. In a show of solidarity to striking rail ...

In this is contributed blog post from O2's HR director Ann Pickering, she discusses the barriers women can face when trying to move up within an organisation - Breaking barriers for women in tech: ...

IT contractors working in government are under pressure like never before over their tax status, and many people in Whitehall IT fear that a clampdown on the use of temporary staff could lead to a ...

This contributed post by David Allison, founder and managing director of GetMyFirstJob, discusses the potential for apprenticeships to fill the UK's tech skills gap.  Despite a challenging economic ...

The deadline for FDM’s Everywoman in Technology Awards has been extended to Monday 17th of October. This is your last chance to nominate inspirational women in tech for the FDM Everywoman in ...

The Earlham Institute is working hard to break down preconceptions about who can have a Stem career, and Rob Davey and Peter Bickerton took the time to tell Computer Weekly how. In the lead up to ...

Everywoman has begun its search for nominees for its 2017 FDM Everywoman in technology awards. The awards, which are run annually by Everywoman, are designed to showcase inspiring female role ...

Jenny Hogan, EMEA Operations Director for Digital Realty, talks about the women working in data centres across the world, and why Stem careers are important.  When you think of a data centre, you ...

In this contributed blog post Lisa Heneghan, head of UK CIO Advisory at KPMG UK, discusses how the changing demands placed on CIOs may lead to more women in the c-suite The recent Harvey Nash/KPMG ...

This guest post by Adelle Desouza, group CSR manager at Colt Technology Services looks in to why many people are all talk and no action when it comes to change. I have written for a few years now ...

I recently spoke to Judith Williams, the global head of diversity at Dropbox, about how to increase and sustain diversity in tech and the wider workplace. Unsurprisingly, Williams explains that the ...

The deadline to enter the annual NatWest Everywoman awards has been extended to allow more female business owners to put themselves forward. Female entrepreneurs now have until Monday July 11 to ...

In this contributed blog post, Elaine Baker, the engineering director for the Applied Intelligence division of BAE Systems, explains the need for strong female role models in building the next ...

In this contributed blog post Ellie Martin, co-founder of the Startup Change Group, highlights five women who act as an inspiration to others in the technology industry, and how we can all learn ...

Since Computer Weekly launched its list of the most influential women in UK IT in 2011, the number of initiatives championing and encouraging women in technology has grown enormously. Through ...

In this contributed blog post, two women at differed points in their careers describe their experiences persuing a career in the tech industry. Ritu Mahandru, vice-president of application delivery ...

This contributed blog post by Jo Cruse, communication lead at Stemettes, looks into diversity in Stem-based careers, and how far away we really are from a gender diverse workplace. It is often the ...

In this contributed blog post, Jacquelyn Guderley, co-founder and managing director of social enterprise Stemettes, discusses the role social organisations can play in promoting diversity in the ...