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Diversity in IT

• February 18, 2020 18 Feb'20

  Most CISOs ready to move jobs if something better comes along

  The shortage of skilled security pros is creating an active recruitment market, with over 80% of CISOs saying they would consider a new role if approached

• February 17, 2020 17 Feb'20

  Ex-soldiers to become ethical hackers

  A new programme will give armed forces veterans in Scotland a grounding in cyber security skills, including penetration testing and ethical hacking

• February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20

  CIO Interview: Siim Sikkut, Estonian government CIO

  Siim Sikkut is one of a generation of tech native Estonians, who is turning his knowledge and experience to transforming government services

• February 11, 2020 11 Feb'20

  Average UK tech salary grows to £74,000 a year in 2019

  Salary rises for UK tech workers outstrip those in San Francisco and New York, according to career marketplace brand Hired

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Digital gig workers are suffering at the hands of tech, says Doteveryone

  Responsible tech think tank recommends ways the government and digital platforms offering gig work can change to improve the lives of people using these technologies for work

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  Makers calls for ‘change in narrative’ around women in tech

  As it opens nominations for its second annual Women in Software Powerlist, software bootcamp Makers calls for a “change in narrative” around women in tech

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  ASEAN’s tech talent crunch pushing up IT wages

  Higher IT salaries were seen across the board in the region, with more than half taking home a bigger pay check last year

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  Government announces fast-track visa scheme for scientists and researchers

  Government also removes cap on the number of people who can enter the UK via the Exceptional Talent route

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  Estonian CIO gives UK IT professionals hope as Brexit removes rights

  Tech chief says Estonia’s door is open to UK IT professionals if they want to continue enjoying an EU lifestyle

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  UK’s Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visa system ‘does not work well’, says MAC

  During a review of whether the government should introduce a points-based system for migration, the Migration Advisory Committee claims the current Tier 1 system for exceptional talent is not fit for purpose

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  NCSC launches study on cyber security diversity

  The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre wants to improve the diversity of the cyber security sector

• January 28, 2020 28 Jan'20

  Digital economy pushing up IT salaries in ANZ

  About eight in 10 IT professionals in Australia and New Zealand earned more over the past year while 23% were rewarded with a bonus, survey finds

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  Gender funding gap reveals complacency in the Nordics

  Tech investors are biased towards men when it comes to investing – even if they are not aware of it

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  Brexit an opportunity for global collaboration on edtech, says universities minister

  Universities minister Chris Skidmore tells 2020 BETT education show that forming global partnerships in the edtech space will spur innovation

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Gartner: Over two-thirds of management tasks will be automated

  Watch out pen-pushers – by 2024, many management tasks will be automated using artificial intelligence

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  UK and EU AI communities will only be globally significant if they work as one

  The European Union and the UK will be left behind in artificial intelligence research and development if they take separate paths after Brexit

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  Nicky Morgan says new government will be pro-tech

  DCMS minister outlines five key ways the government aims to support technology going forward, including being “unashamedly” pro-tech

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  Two-fifths of Middle East IT staff would change job for more money

  IT professionals in the Middle East are mostly motivated by money when it comes to finding a new job, according to a Computer Weekly survey

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  Over a quarter of Middle East businesses have no women in their IT department

  Businesses in the Middle East are failing to balance their IT workforces between men and women, and a quarter have no women in IT roles

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  Norway’s government to upgrade digital in school curriculum

  Primary and secondary schools in Norway will introduce more digital learning, following the latest government reforms

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  NCSC makes final call for entries to CyberFirst Girls contest

  Entry to the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst Girls 2020 competition is about to close

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  Amazon seeks 600 skilled workers for Manchester office

  Online cloud and retail giant opens new office in Manchester and aims to increase tech skills in the region

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  TTC benchmark shifts focus from women to diversity in tech sector

  Latest instalment of Tech Talent Charter benchmarking report signals move away from solely gender and towards diversity in tech more widely

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Just 1% of female jobseekers aspire to work in startups

  Despite technology industry hype about diversity and inclusion, startups are still failing to attract female employees

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  Deliveroo exceeds tech recruitment target in Edinburgh

  Food delivery firm has increased the number of technology staff it wants in its Edinburgh hub

• January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20

  UK cyber security boss Ciaran Martin to step down

  NCSC chief Ciaran Martin will leave his post in the summer of 2020

• December 31, 2019 31 Dec'19

  Women in tech show strong presence in 2020 New Year’s Honours list

  The New Year’s Honours list showcases many women from the IT world for service to the technology industry, equality and STEM education

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2019

  As the year draws to a close, Computer Weekly looks over the top 10 diversity in tech and women in tech stories of 2019

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2019

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2019

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Waltham Forest Tech Camp gives local residents tech experience

  Tech Camp employer-led programmes are aiming to give local residents of London boroughs skills and connections with employers to tackle the growing skills gap

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Women in tech still feel there’s a ‘glass ceiling’ in the sector

  The number of women in the tech sector who think there is a “glass ceiling” has risen over the past year, according to research

• December 10, 2019 10 Dec'19

  Splunk.conf 2019: How men can be allies and why D&I has to be in your DNA

  Suzanne McGovern, chief diversity officer at Splunk, told Computer Weekly how having allies can take the burden off of the minority when calling out problematic behaviour, and why D&I has to be built into an organisation from the top

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  Cyber Girls First volunteers encourage girls to think high-tech

  More than 80 schoolgirls spent a day learning about computer hackers and rocket science – Cyber Girls First hopes they will become the next generation of technologists

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  Percentage of women in tech remains low at 16%, with little growth in 10 years

  The WISE campaign is calling on the STEM sector to increase the number of women in core roles to 30%, after finding the ratio of men to women in IT has been static for a decade

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  Most data scientists plan exit in 2020, Women in Data conference hears

  Survey shows lack of management support is behind a majority of data scientists planning to change jobs next year

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  More women expected to join tech sector in 2020

  Research by travel booking platform Trainline has found more than half of people in tech think there will a rise in the number of female tech workers over the next year

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Stemettes and Monster: Why focusing on STEM confidence is vital for girls

  Job site Monster and social enterprise Stemettes have partnered for a fourth year to run workshops aimed at preparing girls for the world of work and encouraging them into the STEM sector

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  A third of LGBTQIA+ people in tech believe there is a wage gap

  Research has found wage gaps across the technology sector, with LGBT+ people, BAME individuals and women being paid less than their white, straight, male counterparts

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  WISE calls out tech industry for slow approach to equality

  At the 2019 WISE awards, chair of the campaign Trudy Norris-Grey called upon the audience to help find ways to speed up the move to equality in the tech sector

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Abu Dhabi AI university is key to UAE’s future as the oil dries up

  Abu Dhabi’s fledgling artificial intelligence university is part of a highly ambitious 30-year plan to transform the UAE’s economy and culture

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Initiative offers £1.5m for 15 projects to reduce digital exclusion across UK

  Initiative spearheaded by Good Things Foundation and JP Morgan awards funding to 15 projects with the aim of closing the digital divide

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  Thousands apply to Abu Dhabi AI University in first week

  Artificial intelligence university in Abu Dhabi gets more than 3,000 applications in the week following its application process being opened

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  Nordea brings fintech for women by women

  Bank’s female-only hackathon comes up with new ideas for financial services aimed at improving women’s financial wellbeing

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  Refinitiv appoints first female CTO after IT leadership shake-up

  Alex Cesar steps up to be chief technology officer at financial service data provider Refinitiv, after previous CTO Phil Wellard took over as global CIO in September

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  Splunk.conf 2019: Mentorship, advocacy and confidence for women in tech

  At Splunk.conf 2019 in Vegas, senior women in technology from firms such as Splunk, Boeing, and Sandia National Laboratories gave advice for navigating a male-dominated industry

• October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19

  CIOs should think about what it means when employees augment themselves

  The bods at Gartner may have watched a bit too much Hollywood sci-fi: will people really augment themselves with tech to do their jobs better?

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Abu Dhabi AI university open for applications

  New university in UAE aims to enable students, businesses and governments to increase the use of artificial intelligence technology

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Digital and innovation apprentices to start NatWest programme

  NatWest is kicking off a tech apprentice programme, with its digital innovation hub set to play a key role

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Future.now launch: Biggest barrier for digital skills is motivation

  Digital sector must overcome its “image problem” to attract more people to learn new skills, says Lord Mayor at launch of digital skills project

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  The Security Interviews: Applying AI to Lego, and security

  Ann Johnson, Microsoft corporate vice-president of cyber security, is on a mission to prove that artificial intelligence holds great promise for the security sector, and she has the analogies to back it up