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IT careers and IT skills

• 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

  Remote workforce demands ‘hybrid working’, not the end of the office in the ‘better normal’

  As lockdowns end, research shows businesses will gradually have to start shifting their focus from purely surviving, yet employees think their desire for hybrid working is out of step with that of their employer

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Locked-down teens flock to NCSC CyberFirst training scheme

  A record number of 14 to 17-year-olds have signed up to the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst summer school

• 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 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Accenture to cut 900 UK staff

  Accenture is cutting 900 jobs in the UK, as business levels drop amid the global Covid-19 pandemic

• 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

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  CIO Interview: Amex Global Business Travel CTO on incident response

  American Express Global Business Travel adapted an existing incident response service to support staff and clients during the lockdown

• June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20

  Microsoft joins up LinkedIn and GitHub to support pandemic job seekers

  Millions of people have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus, and Microsoft wants to help by providing free online resources and real-time data on hot skills

• 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 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  GCHQ launches Manchester accelerator programme to help firms leverage tech for citizen well-being

  Innovation Co-Lab will mentor companies to grow, prevent crime and improve online safety

• June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20

  Standard Chartered embarks on virtual internship programme

  Bank offers 300 candidates virtual placements on internship programme

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  CBI: UK needs an immigration and training rethink

  For the UK to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, vast swathes of the population will need retraining – and overseas IT specialists will also be needed

• 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