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• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Surveillance expert ‘unfairly’ refused job at intelligence regulator after MI5 intervened

  The Home Office unfairly refused Eric Kind, a specialist in criminal justice and UK surveillance law, clearance for a job at an intelligence watchdog after MI5 claimed he was “insufficiently deferential”

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Sarah Wilkinson resigns as NHS Digital CEO

  After four years at the helm of NHS Digital, CEO Sarah Wilkinson will leave in the summer of 2021, and the organisation is looking for an interim replacement

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences combines AI and practice

  University ensures cooperation between scientists and industry when developing artificial intelligence

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  TUC warns of gaps in British law over use of AI at work

  The TUC has published a report warning of AI-powered discrimination against working people enabled by gaps in existing British employment law

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Deliveroo faces pushback from investors and riders ahead of IPO

  Two of the UK’s largest fund managers have said they will not buy shares in Deliveroo because of concerns over workers’ rights

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  UK faces significant cyber talent shortfall

  Cyber security sector is struggling to attract the talented workforce it needs

• March 23, 2021 23 Mar'21

  Generation Z majority left cold by data literacy

  Data literacy is a term with little currency among 16 to 21-year-olds, according to research commissioned by analytics database company Exasol, but more than half of those surveyed think data skills should be more prominent in education

• March 23, 2021 23 Mar'21

  IR35 reforms: Confusion over who pays employers’ NI leaves IT contractors out of pocket

  Litigators are circling as thousands of contractors realise that the 2017 roll-out of IR35 reforms to the public sector may have resulted in unlawful tax deductions – and the private sector could be next

• March 23, 2021 23 Mar'21

  Young people don’t feel they have advanced digital skills for work

  Young people know how important digital skills are, but don’t think they have the necessary level of skill for the workplace, according to the Learning and Work Institute

• March 22, 2021 22 Mar'21

  CIO interview: Juliette Atkinson, IT director, Bradford University

  Bradford University’s IT director took a different route than most to get into IT leadership

• March 18, 2021 18 Mar'21

  Reshaping the women-in-tech debate in Denmark, from the top down

  Tech Nordic Advocates adopts a different approach to closing the gap between women and men in the Danish tech startup sector

• March 17, 2021 17 Mar'21

  Uber classifies drivers as workers after Supreme Court ruling

  Ride-hailing firm will pay its UK drivers minimum wage following court ruling, but has diverged from the court’s interpretation that drivers should be paid from when they log in, not just when passengers are on board

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Children’s learning held back by digital schooling, NAO report finds

  Children’s socio-economic status has affected their experiences with digital learning, and most teachers consider their pupils to be, on average, three months behind where they would be expected to be

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Insurers unable to fill a quarter of tech roles

  Insurance companies need to fill tech skills gaps if they are going to prosper in the age of insurtech

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Uber and Ola ordered to hand over more data to drivers

  A Dutch court has rejected Uber and Ola’s claims that drivers collectively taking action to access their data amounts to an abuse of their individual data access rights, laying the ground for drivers to form their own union-controlled data trust

• March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

  Banks still lack tech skills at the top

  Banks have made progress in adding IT knowledge in their boardrooms, but they need more as digital transformation accelerates

• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: IPSE warns of UK contracting talent exodus unless start date delayed

  Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed research into what contractors plan to do once the IR35 reforms come into play highlights growing risk of talent shortages

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: IT contractors ‘growing reluctant’ to work for ‘blanket banning’ firms

  IT-focused staffing company Ellis Recruitment Group shares its take on how the contracting market is responding to the private sector firms enforcing blanket bans

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Web founder calls for ubiquitous, safe internet access for young people

  Internet access has a direct correlation to GDP. On the 32nd birthday of the world wide web, its founder calls for improvements to safe access

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  UK technology business created every 30 minutes in 2020

  New figures on UK business creation show surge in entrepreneurs setting up technology businesses during 2020, while the sector’s hiring efforts climb back to pre-pandemic levels

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  Scotland launches digital strategy

  Updated strategy aims to equip Scotland for technological transformation post-coronavirus and focuses on building an ethical digital nation

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  UK launches fellowship to attract tech talent to government

  Programme jointly run by Number 10 and Government Digital Service will see 10 leaders enlisted to address key challenges in the public sector

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  SAS launches free data skills programme for job seekers

  Pro bono data skills programme, in tandem with job placement agencies, has the aim of training 10,000 people

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Australia’s job market to shrink 11% with automation

  Those who perform highly structured administrative jobs in finance, accounting and procurement are most at risk as automation continues to reshape Australia’s workforce

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Significant jump in number of hackers reporting vulnerabilities to companies

  Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of hackers reporting security vulnerabilities and bugs to enterprises has increased by nearly two-thirds

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  DevOps pros get salary boost in spite of Covid squeeze

  Although many businesses have tightened spending, digitisation is driving up salaries among DevOps professionals

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Nordic innovators change emphasis on gender equality in society

  Female technology innovators in the Nordics take a different approach to trying to improve opportunities for women

• March 04, 2021 04 Mar'21

  Progress towards gender equality in cyber still slow

  The cyber security sector is making painfully slow progress towards gender equality, according to a report

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  Glitch signs collective bargaining agreement with unionised workers

  US software startup’s ‘milestone’ agreement with employees focuses on job security and labour rights rather than salaries and benefits

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  CIO interview: Laura Dawson, CIO, London School of Economics

  LSE’s CIO talks about focusing on team development, her vision of creating a connected network of technologists, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  More than 20% of tech employees hesitant to speak about diversity

  Despite a large majority of people agreeing that diversity and inclusion initiatives are important, some people are still hesitant to speak about it as a topic, according to TTC research

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  Digital secretary Dowden outlines UK post-Brexit data approach

  The UK government is searching for a new information commissioner with an updated remit to use data to support growth and innovation, and plans on reaching new international data partnerships

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  What it means to be born digital

  We speak to Robert Wigley about his new book, Born Digital, which looks at the societal impact of Generation Z

• February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21

  DCMS gives tablet devices to people with learning disabilities

  The government is providing thousands of free tablet devices to those with learning disabilities to help them stay connected

• February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21

  Huawei opens developer lab in Singapore

  Huawei’s Digix lab will provide software development resources to those who are building mobile apps for Huawei’s mobile platform

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  UKtech50 interview: Sarah Wilkinson, CEO, NHS Digital

  The UKtech50’s most influential person in UK IT in 2021, NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson, talks about how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the speed of projects, staff pressures and key leadership lessons

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: Contractors call for further delays to April 2021 start date

  Research by the online tax consultancy arm of Ernst & Young reveals lack of preparedness among contractors for the onset of the IR35 tax avoidance reforms in the private sector

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  Nearly 80,000 more tech roles filled at end of 2020 compared with end of 2019, says ONS

  Thousands of jobs were created in the UK’s tech sector in 2020, according to ONS figures, with data from elsewhere also showing that the sector is poised for recovery

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: What IT contractors need to know

  Computer Weekly asks contracting experts to answer questions about PSC bans, compliant umbrella companies and challenging status determinations, with the latest IR35 reforms coming into place

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Facebook’s AI doctoral research programme makes inroads into UK

  Facebook collaborates with University College London to bring artificial intelligence doctoral research programme to the UK, with aim to open-sourcing the findings

• February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21

  Tech worker-centric umbrella company launches to target IT contractors 'displaced' by IR35

  As the number of private sector firms enforcing blanket bans on contractors grows, Techcentre Umbrella is offering IT workers ‘displaced’ by the reforms a safe haven, claims its founder

• February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21

  CyberScotland offers centralised security resource hub

  Newly launched partnership brings together security resources for individuals and organisations across Scotland

• 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 19, 2021 19 Feb'21

  Uber drivers should be classified as ‘workers’, UK Supreme Court confirms

  Supreme Court ruling brings Uber’s four-year legal battle to have its drivers classified as self-employed to an end, and could see its drivers in line to receive thousands of pounds in compensation

• February 18, 2021 18 Feb'21

  2020 a record year for cyber, thanks to Covid

  The UK’s cyber industry now employs close to 50,000 people and contributes billions to the economy

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Security pros agree: We need to take a break

  As many as 85% of security staff engage in leisure activities during working hours, but they have excellent reasons for doing so

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Emotional intelligence, empathy increasingly valued in CISOs

  The pandemic has highlighted the value of soft skills, rather than technical ones, in security

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  How software developers can make more dough

  There are subtle differences across Europe in developer salaries, depending on experience and demand for front-end, full-stack or front-end roles

• February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21

  IR35 private sector reforms: HMRC reminds firms to use ‘reasonable care’ when applying new tax rules

  As the countdown to the IR35 reforms being rolled out to the private sector continues apace, HM Revenue and Customs issues compliance guidance for firms in-scope of the new rules