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Diversity in IT

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Government whitepaper outlines new rules for skilled working visas

  Government plans to go forward with a recommendation that the cap for tier 2 skilled working visas be removed

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Tech sector vacancies increase by almost a quarter in 2018

  Industry concerned over growing skills shortage as Brexit looms

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Top 10 Nordic IT stories for 2018

  Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Nordic articles for 2018, with a look back at CIO interviews and the effect of AI on the region

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  Chief technology officers in high demand in finance sector

  Financial services firms need to hire experienced chief technology officers as the sector is transformed through fintech

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 2018: Women are making their mark

  Women are making strong progress in the UK technology industry, with seven of the top 10 on Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 list being female

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 interview: Jacky Wright, CDIO, HMRC

  The UKtech50’s most influential person in UK IT 2018, HM Revenue and Customs’ chief digital and information officer, Jacky Wright, on balancing priorities, leveraging new technologies and the changing role of the CIO

• December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18

  BT upgrades InLink street kiosks for deaf, speech-impaired people

  BT has added a next-generation text service to its InLink street kiosks to make the service more accessible to people who are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Inspiring Fifty announces its 2018 list of UK women in tech role models

  Non-profit diversity initiative Inspiring Fifty releases its first annual UK list of female role models in the technology industry

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Facebook helps pupils understand more about tech roles

  The social media company has launched a mentoring programme that allows students to ask Facebook engineers questions about their role and career path

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Why IT infrastructure approach needs modernising

  The freedom and flexibility to develop applications rapidly using diverse platforms will put IT infrastructure teams under increasing strain

• November 22, 2018 22 Nov'18

  TLA calls on tech industry to hire one million tech workers by 2023

  Tech industry network TLA has announced a campaign to encourage one million people into tech sector roles over the next five years

• November 16, 2018 16 Nov'18

  WISE emphasises importance of role models at 2018 awards

  Gender balance campaign WISE used its 2018 awards ceremony to highlight the importance of female role models, and called on men to lead the charge for equality

• November 13, 2018 13 Nov'18

  TeenTech partners with DCMS to reach young people in new areas

  After 10 years in operation, social enterprise links up with government department and Local Digital Skills Partnership to reach teens in new cities

• November 07, 2018 07 Nov'18

  Creativity will ensure humans won’t be left behind by tech, says Fujitsu president

  Fujitsu’s president has claimed humans don’t need to be worried about automation because people and creativity will always be needed for innovation

• November 07, 2018 07 Nov'18

  Why the tech industry needs a moral compass

  Technology has unintended consequences, says Martha Lane Fox – but technologists have an opportunity to make a difference