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Diversity in IT

• February 22, 2021 22 Feb'21

  UK government set to offer fintech visa

  The importance of immigrant workers to the UK's fintech sector highlighted by government planned fintech visa

• February 19, 2021 19 Feb'21

  Interview: From healthcare to healthcare IT provider

  One route into IT is to take your knowledge of a certain sector to an IT firm that specialises in it. This is Katy Cain’s story

• February 15, 2021 15 Feb'21

  ENIAC anniversary: What 75 years of computer technology have delivered

  The ENIAC was a computer built for the US Army to calculate missile trajectories during the Second World War, but it was finally delivered in February 1946

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Future security stars shine in first round of CyberFirst Girls contest

  There were more than 6,500 participants in the opening heats of the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst Girls competition this year

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Nationwide Building Society kicks off search for tech apprentices

  Nationwide is working with local organisations to boost tech skills

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  TCS to recruit 1,500 UK tech professionals this year

  Indian IT service provider Tata Consultancy Services commits to recruiting UK IT professionals

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Century-old insurer uses low code as digital demands increase

  Lloyds of London insurance and reinsurance broker Miller breaks from the past by adopting low-code software development platform

• February 09, 2021 09 Feb'21

  Russia’s Sber launches international AI contest for children

  Children from across the world invited to take part in artificial intelligence competition launched by Russian bank-turned-tech business

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  UK Cyber Security Council to take charge of skills strategy

  New government-backed body will be set up to boost careers opportunities and professional standards in the cyber security sector

• February 08, 2021 08 Feb'21

  Almost 70% of IT staff say firms working on tech gender diversity

  Many IT workers say their companies are working to address gender diversity in their IT departments, according to Computer Weekly’s salary survey

• February 05, 2021 05 Feb'21

  Mayor of London launches digital inclusion initiative

  Taskforce focused on increasing digital inclusion in London will promote digital skills and increase access to devices and connectivity

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  Rethinking IT recruitment

  IT job applications tend to look for skills in particular technologies, but for some tech roles, life skills and worldly experience are equally important

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  Apprenticeships may be a solution to cyber skills shortage, say insiders

  Cyber security professionals are open to new approaches to finding sorely needed talent, according to a poll

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Easily accessible digital skills training among government’s updated education plan

  The government has released a whitepaper detailing plans for skills reforms to encourage lifelong learning, including making digital skills more easily accessible for adults

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Tech salary growth in APAC a mixed bag

  The growing demand for IT pros to support digital transformation projects has not translated to higher salaries across the board, survey finds

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  BT to make data for Oak National Academy charge-free

  Telecoms giant announces that data charges for government-backed academy will be removed

• January 18, 2021 18 Jan'21

  AI specialists and software engineers among most popular UK roles, says LinkedIn

  Demand for specialist software engineers and people with skills in AI have risen, according to professional network LinkedIn

• January 18, 2021 18 Jan'21

  Biased language deters half of female candidates, finds Openreach

  When looking into the language of its job adverts, telecoms firm Openreach found that half of female candidates were put off if the language of a job posting was too unconsciously male

• January 17, 2021 17 Jan'21

  NCSC CyberFirst Girls 2021 contest kicks off

  UK’s national cyber agency says it has already had hundreds of entrants in spite of the challenges presented by the pandemic

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Unforeseen consequences of new technologies put UK at risk

  Lords committee told that the risks associated with various emerging digital technologies must be assessed together, with input from UK citizens, if the government is to avoid ‘siloisation’ of fundamentally interconnected problems

• January 11, 2021 11 Jan'21

  The UK’s struggle with digital schooling

  The UK government’s sudden decision to close schools left many either unprepared or unable to provide children with online schooling, so what does home learning currently look like for children across the UK?

• January 11, 2021 11 Jan'21

  Jobs in fintech bounce back after brief lockdown lull

  Fintechs and payments companies need to make staff recruitment a priority as talent pool shrinks

• December 24, 2020 24 Dec'20

  Top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020

• December 22, 2020 22 Dec'20

  Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2020

  As the year draws to a close, Computer Weekly looks over some of the notable stories relating to women in tech, diversity and inclusion throughout 2020

• December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20

  Number of students taking computer science degrees up 7.6% in 2020

  The number of students choosing to study computer science at degree level rose year-on-year in 2020, according to BCS

• December 14, 2020 14 Dec'20

  Digital Ethics Summit 2020: governance key to inclusive post-Covid economic recovery

  Pluralism key to developing and deploying technologies for an inclusive post-Covid economic recovery, according to a panel at Digital Ethics Summit 2020

• December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20

  Stockport Council launches digital training initiative

  Local authority Stockport Council has launched a programme aimed at training young people in digital skills to give them a better chance at entering digital roles

• December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20

  GSMA launches digital access guidelines to help disabled people

  Industry organisation GSMA has launched a framework of guidelines aimed at making mobile technology more accessible for people with disabilities

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  S/4 Hana projects come off back burner, but skills shortage impedes progress

  UK and Ireland SAP User Group members set to ramp up S/4 ERP migration projects, but skills shortage and retirement of SAP managers in user organisations are a concern

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  Makers partners with Coding Black Females

  Coding bootcamp has linked up with Coding Black Females to train more black talent in software skills

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Interest in UK digital talent visa surges despite pandemic

  Tech Nation, the endorsing body for the digital technology route of the UK’s Global Talent Visa, has seen a 48% increase in applications over the past year

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Robots taking jobs, but creating careers

  Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing

• November 13, 2020 13 Nov'20

  Dutch IT award recognises importance of research in the wild

  Promoter of human-centric scientific research techniques claims the prestigious 2020 Netherlands Prize for ICT Research

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  Winners of female-only data hackathon announced

  Several firms banded together to run a virtual female-only hackathon to encourage data analysts to use Covid-19 data to solve pandemic-related problems

• November 11, 2020 11 Nov'20

  Security pros coped admirably with remote working transition

  Despite facing tight timescales at the onset of the pandemic, security professionals have come through the transition to remote working remarkably well, according to a report

• November 10, 2020 10 Nov'20

  Bright Little Labs launches Agent Asha series

  Children’s media company creates new series of children’s books and resources aimed at teaching children to code

• November 04, 2020 04 Nov'20

  Pandemic prompts interest in career shifts into tech

  Many people considering a career change have chosen to shift their focus to the technology industry since the beginning of the pandemic, according to CWJobs

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Makers and Generation UK to train underrepresented talent

  Coding bootcamp Makers has partnered with Generation UK to provide individuals from underrepresented groups with coding skills

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Tech Talent Charter launches Doing It Anyway role model campaign

  Industry collaborative launches campaign to make female role models more visible and encourage others into tech

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Women in Business Expo: If you can’t find female tech talent, you have hiring and culture issues

  A panel of experts at the Women in Business Expo say problems around hiring and culture can be one of the main reasons firms can’t find female talent

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Nordic countries in denial over IT industry equality

  Arriving in Denmark to find she was the only woman on a computer science master’s course was a shock to Plamena Cherneva

• October 19, 2020 19 Oct'20

  D&I push should come from the top, says panel

  Panel of experts at Black Tech Fest spoke about how a push for diversity and inclusion should come with support from firms’ leaders

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Small training steps can have big impact on economic recovery

  Staff cuts and using IT to drive optimisation are short-term measures and businesses need to reskill their workforce, says Microsoft

• October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20

  Code First Girls teaches over 20,000 women to code

  Not-for-profit has reached its original goal, set in 2017, of teaching 20,000 women to code and now aims to double its community

• October 01, 2020 01 Oct'20

  Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2020

  Computer Weekly has revealed who is on this year’s list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner Anne-Marie Imafidon

• October 01, 2020 01 Oct'20

  Talk is no good without action, says Most Influential Woman in UK Tech 2020

  The Black Lives Matter movement has led to a lot of statements being released signifying tech companies’ intentions, but action is what really matters, says Anne-Marie Imafidon, this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech

• October 01, 2020 01 Oct'20

  Computer Weekly’s 2020 women in tech Rising Stars

  The nature of digital technology means the IT industry is an ever-changing landscape, so who will be at the wheel of the technology sector in years to come?

• October 01, 2020 01 Oct'20

  Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2020: Entrants to the Hall of Fame

  Each year, Computer Weekly and its judges choose women recognised for their lifetime contribution to the technology sector to be added to its Hall of Fame

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Interview: Tech education in Africa, with a focus on female empowerment

  During a trip to East Africa in the early 2000s, Sonal Kadchha found a lack of secondary education and few teachers, which eventually led her to teach women in the region how to code

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Twitter investigates image cropping algorithm for racial bias

  The algorithm’s consistent favouring of white faces in image previews has forced the company to investigate it for racial bias

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Abu Dhabi government launches peer-to-peer coding campus

  Abu Dhabi government launches a specialist programming school that uses peer-to-peer teaching methods and gamification

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Lockdown sees increase in girls applying for GCHQ cyber courses

  The shift to online learning saw an increase in participants for its CyberFirst cyber security training programme, GCHQ found

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Fund helps Good Things Foundation give 4,000 people digital access

  Charity Good Things Foundation has been given £500,000 by the National Lottery Fund to help 4,000 digitally excluded people gain technology skills

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  DWP searches for talent as part of apprenticeship programme

  The Department of Work and Pensions is looking for diverse talent to fill software and networking roles while developing skills on the job

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  My first computer: Making the leap into an IT career

  The IT sector has always struggled to attract enough young talent from different backgrounds. We look at how people gained their first tech experience

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Coronavirus: The pandemic’s impact on tech jobs, now and in the future

  For some, the coronavirus pandemic has meant furloughs and job losses; for others, it has meant expansion and hiring. What impact has the outbreak had on technology recruitment, and will this carry on into the future?

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Computing students achieve high A-level grades despite coronavirus outbreak

  Students taking computing at A-level have achieved higher grades than last year despite the uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  Muslamic Makers launches careers discovery programme

  Tech community Muslamic Makers has launched a programme to help Muslim talent develop skills and understand more about digital careers

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  If you hire foreign IT staff, ‘you’re fired’, Trump tells bosses in government-owned entities

  Donald Trump has fired a pre-election warning to government organisations that give IT jobs to workers from overseas

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Diversity in cyber improving but inclusion needs work, says NCSC

  Study into diversity and inclusion in the cyber security sector has found that diversity is off to a good start, but inclusion is lacking

• July 27, 2020 27 Jul'20

  IT expertise in banking boardrooms reduces risk, finds Europe’s central bank

  Banks with more IT knowledge in the boardroom are more realistic about risk, according to Europe’s banking regulator

• July 24, 2020 24 Jul'20

  Tech’s diversity gap: Slow growth for minority groups

  Research by the BCS has shown a small percentage in growth of BAME and female individuals in the tech sector, revealing the long climb to diversity the industry still needs to tackle

• July 24, 2020 24 Jul'20

  Investment in neurodiverse talent a win-win for security

  Current careers guidance and recruitment processes for security jobs are not working for people with ADHD, autism, dyslexia and dyspraxia, but the problem is fixable with a little attention to detail

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Public sector not considering the elderly in development of digital services

  A study by software firm Civica found public sector leaders have admitted to not targeting digital services at those over 70, despite many people this age claiming to use digital technology

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Room for improvement in Dutch digital skills

  The Netherlands has good telecommunications and IT networks that can be used safely and reliably, but there is room for improvement in digital skills among the Dutch

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  Makers announces winners of the 2020 Women in Software Power List

  Software training academy Makers has announced the 2020 winners of its annual list of notable women in software development

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Banks need to think like Google and not just follow it

  Banks are recruiting senior thinkers from within the IT sector as digital transformations mature

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Voting open for the Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2020

  Submit your vote to tell us who you think should be named the Most Influential Woman in UK Technology for 2020

• July 06, 2020 06 Jul'20

  Lorca scale-ups bring diverse security to the fore

  London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement announces the cyber security scale-ups that will make up its fifth cohort

• July 06, 2020 06 Jul'20

  TLA launches resource hub for digital skills

  Tech London Advocates launches an online hub to provide schools, students and parents with resources to build digital skills

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2020 longlist

  Each year, during its search for influential women in UK technology, Computer Weekly asks the tech industry to nominate who it thinks should be considered for the top 50 – here is the longlist for 2020

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  UK’s unsung cyber security heroes sought

  Nominations have opened for the fifth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  Equity in STEM education more important than ever, says Parliamentary group

  All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM suggests recommendations for increasing equity in education after stating coronavirus makes diversity increasingly important

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  Fund provides routes into digital for under-represented groups in Manchester and Lancashire

  £3m fund is being used to help businesses and residents gain digital skills

• June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20

  Standard Chartered embarks on virtual internship programme

  Bank offers 300 candidates virtual placements on internship programme

• June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20

  IT services giant gives staff time out to volunteer for police clients

  IT services company CGI responds to Met Police call by offering its staff the opportunity to take 11 days paid leave to volunteer their time

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  Advertisers revolt over Facebook’s inaction on hate speech

  Several companies plan to pull their adverts from Facebook in protest at its unwillingness to deal with hateful content on its platforms

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  Neurodiversity on the rise among career hackers

  More diverse hackers enhance the ability of both traditional and cutting-edge cyber security solutions to find and fix vulnerabilities, according to a new report from Bugcrowd

• June 19, 2020 19 Jun'20

  BT searches for Young Pioneer as part of AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards

  BT sponsors Young Pioneer Award category as part of the AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards to hear from young people who want to improve lives by using tech

• June 16, 2020 16 Jun'20

  Activists call on Zoom to implement encryption for all

  A coalition of tech organisations and nonprofits have urged Zoom CEO Eric Yuan to make end-to-end encryption available to all users

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  Santander to recruit 3,000 more IT staff

  Spanish bank to recruit a further 3,000 tech staff globally to accelerate its digital transformation

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  UN secretary general calls for global digital cooperation

  Antonio Guterres launches roadmap for digital cooperation and calls for world leaders to come together to “connect, respect and protect people in the digital age”

• June 10, 2020 10 Jun'20

  Dowden: AI and data science conversion path open and diverse

  DCMS says 2,500 places on university artificial intelligence and data science conversion courses – 1,000 targeted to produce more diversity in tech – are now open for application

• June 10, 2020 10 Jun'20

  Berlin breaks the national mould to become a global hub

  German capital is attracting tech startups from across the world as it cements its position as a leading European hub

• June 09, 2020 09 Jun'20

  Cyber security needs more women role models, says report

  A report compiled by security assurance organisation Crest highlights the progress made on gender diversity in cyber security, and offers pointers for next steps

• June 04, 2020 04 Jun'20

  Black Lives Matter activists targeted by cyber attacks

  Civil liberties organisations are being targeted by far-right trolls as protests over the murder of George Floyd spread worldwide

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Egypt offers free tech scholarship to 100,000 citizens

  Egypt's youths are being offered free training to help them to prepare for the careers of the future

• May 27, 2020 27 May'20

  Makers decides shortlist for Women in Software Powerlist 2020

  Software engineering academy Makers has released the shortlist of candidates for its annual Women in Software Powerlist, from which the winners will be selected

• May 26, 2020 26 May'20

  One-third of all bank jobs are now tech-related

  The proportion of jobs in banks that are technology-related is growing quickly, accelerated further by the Covid-19 pandemic

• May 22, 2020 22 May'20

  Nominations open for Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2020

  Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its 2020 list of the most influential women in UK technology

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  NCSC tackles unconscious bias in security terminology

  The terms whitelisting and blacklisting are out at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Cyber security skills courses go online during pandemic

  The government is turning to online learning to find the next generation of cyber security talent

• April 24, 2020 24 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Remote working and mental health

  As many of us are now working from home due to the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak, while also trying to juggle other responsibilities alongside increased anxiety, how can we make sure that we’re looking after our mental health?

• April 14, 2020 14 Apr'20

  Booking.com celebrates women in tech with annual awards

  Booking.com has announced the winners of its 2020 Technology Playmaker Awards, an annual recognition of female talent launched in 2017

• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Business data science teams need to be multi-disciplined, says Trainline

  Sam Taylor, head of data science at Trainline, says four years of team building points to a need to be multi-disciplinary in pursuit of delivering value for customers

• April 02, 2020 02 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: STEM Women runs virtual graduate careers fairs for female STEM grads

  Recruitment agency STEM Women is running weekly online careers fairs for female graduates to help them connect with potential employers while social distancing measures are in place

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  Workplace misconduct platform reports rise in coronavirus-related racial discrimination

  More people are experiencing racial discrimination at work since the spread of Covid-19

• March 16, 2020 16 Mar'20

  Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board to focus on philanthropic efforts

  The co-founder of Microsoft has decided to step down from Microsoft's board to spend his time ‘focusing on how to solve some of the world's biggest problems’

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  UK’s security sector failing on most diversity measures

  A DCMS report on the state of the UK’s cyber security workforce highlights a huge lack of diversity and a substantial skills gap

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  Fintech workers called to share their experiences of microaggression

  Fintech workers were asked to share upsetting workplace incidents as part of an anonymous study