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• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Migration recommendations could hike the cost of Indian IT services

  Government recommendations to tighten up the rules around overseas workers in the UK could increase IT costs for businesses

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  BT brings 1,000 customer service jobs back to UK

  BT is to create 1,000 jobs as part of its commitment to answer the majority of its consumer-facing service calls in the UK

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Education, industry and government mismatch main barrier to digital skills

  Government, education and the IT industry should collaborate on a local level to address the skills gap

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  IT specialists account for 25% of government spend on temps

  A National Audit Office report into government use of consultants and temporary staff shows that IT and project management staff account for the majority of the government's total spend in a bid to tackle the skills gap

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Ofsted ‘should monitor computing success in schools over five years’

  Education professionals say Ofsted should help them provide computing curriculum roadmaps rather than year-on-year assessments only

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Rapid Router: why Ocado Technology turned to open source

  Retailer’s technology division open-sources learning-to-code initiative to encourage continuous development of coding game

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Aviva partners Beyond the Classroom to inspire girls into tech

  Chika Aghadiuno, vice chair of Aviva’s women’s network, says it is important to make young people aware of potential careers

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands

  Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  Games developers to be in demand in 2016

  The UK video games industry is set to grow over the next year, with more than 70% of employers planning to make new hires

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  The IT pioneers on the 2016 honours list

  This year's honours list features many from the IT world for service to the technology industry, equality and Stem education

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  Top 10 IT skills and careers stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly’s top stories about UK technology skills and IT careers in 2015

• December 29, 2015 29 Dec'15

  Top 10 women in IT stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly takes a look at some of the defining moments for women in the technology industry in 2015

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  The Higher Education Academy gives universities £500,000 to develop cyber security specialists

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sports has partnered with the Higher Education Academy to provide universities with funding and support to train cyber security specialists

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  BBC CTO Matthew Postgate to head up technology division

  Matthew Postgate, chief technology officer of the BBC, will take on a different role in April 2016 leading a new division for the firm

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  Emotional intelligence will save us from job automation

  Haringey Stem Commission launches call for evidence into ways to prepare children for the future digital world

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  The CW500 Club in 2015

  Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the latest trends and technologies, and to discuss the challenges they face. Here, we present the coverage of all the 2015 CW500 events, including ...

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Isle of Man eyes datacentre industry growth opportunity after Safe Harbour ruling

  Government's e-business head explains how island could be a safe haven for enterprises concerned by the Safe Harbour fallout

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Brunel University learning centre will inspire Stem skills

  University partners Fujitsu to build a science, technology, engineering and maths learning centre on campus

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Europe’s digital skills gap set to narrow over next five years

  Forecast for 2020 suggests the shortage of skilled IT workers will not be as great as previously expected

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  IT industry needs people with emotional intelligence, says Network Rail CIO

  As Network Rail’s third ‘Could IT be you?’ competition draws to a close, the company’s CIO explains why the project was launched

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Martha Lane Fox hopes digital skills college will prevent IT firms hiring “same kinds of faces”

  At the opening of digital skills academy Ada College, patron Martha Lane Fox calls for the technology sector to solve the skills gap with new blood

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Commonwealth Bank Australia partners University of New South Wales on cyber security

  Australian bank and university work together to train the next generation of cyber security experts

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO

  IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Christina Scott quits Financial Times to become News UK CTO

  CIO of the Financial Times, Christina Scott, will be joining News UK as its chief technology officer in 2016

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Australian university launches cyber security master's degree

  The University of New South Wales in Canberra has launched a master's course in cyber security, strategy and diplomacy

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Indian IT services supplier Infosys creates jobs in Ireland

  Indian IT services supplier Infosys is creating 250 jobs in Ireland to support customers and innovate around financial services IT

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Government digital skills gap concerning, says NAO

  Funding and pay is one of the biggest challenges to getting the right capabilities in place, an NAO survey has found

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Sweden considers writing off IT student loans to attract more women

  Sweden is considering writing off student loans for women who study IT in an attempt to improve the gender balance in the sector to support digitisation

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources

  The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Mikael Pommert, Modern Times Group

  Modern Times Group's CIO tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and benefits of moving an established business to the cloud

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  The capital needs more diverse tech talent, says London Assembly report

  The London Assembly Economy Committee urges mayor of London Boris Johnson to further champion women in IT, re-design apprenticeships to improve skills and diversity, and lobby for superfast broadband in the capital

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Disney joins Hour of Code to teach young people coding skills

  Teaching initiative Hour of Code has teamed up with Disney to encourage children to create games with Star Wars characters – and learn coding skills along the way

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Lack of skills make government infrastructure projects more complex, says John Manzoni

  Chief executive of the civil service, John Manzoni, claims a lack of appropriate skills is a barrier to government projects

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Jesper Riis, DSV

  IT plays a business-critical role at Danish logistics and transportation company DSV. CIO Jesper Riis tells Computer Weekly about his current challenges

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Was enough Stem funding announced in the autumn statement?

  The IT industry is facing a growing skills gap, so what does it think about the announcement of the Department for Education’s budget during the 2015 spending review and autumn statement?

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  What type of CIO do you want to be?

  There are three types of CIO, a major global research study has revealed. Which type would you like to be – trusted operator, change instigator or business co-creator?

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  CIOs aim for CEO role as technology transforms businesses

  Computer Weekly reveals exclusive research from Deloitte on the changing role of the CIO

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Monster launches Tech Talent Charter for IT industry diversity guidelines

  Recruitment firm Monster has launched a Tech Talent Charter to provide the IT industry with guidelines for diverse hiring

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Prince’s Trust uses Oracle for digital transformation

  Youth charity launches new website, customer relationship management system and reporting system

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  TechTalent Charter: Better data will help the women in IT cause

  Recruitment agency Monster is launching a TechTalent Charter to encourage diversity in the IT industry through widespread adoption of best practice

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  UK economy could gain £14bn by investing in digital skills

  A report by the Tinder Foundation and Go On UK reveals that investing in digital skills could produce £14bn for the economy

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  UK and Estonia launch TechLink programme

  The UK and Estonian governments are launching a TechLink programme to share best practice and innovations

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Cyber Security Challenge UK terror final kicks off in London

  Would-be cyber warriors are defending Church House at Westminster Abbey from a simulated biological cyber terror attack in a battle to take top honours in the 2015 Cyber Security Challenge UK final

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  GDS on the hunt for digital training and support suppliers

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) is looking for digital training services suppliers to take part in a framework agreement worth £35m

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Lone Bundgaard, Coloplast

  IT development head at Danish medical products and services company plays core role in major change to how the company engages with its customers

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  The Prince’s Trust bridges digital skills gap with Young Scot partnership

  The charity’s Scottish arm has partnered with not-for-profit Young Scot to tackle a lack of digital skills in young people

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Fujitsu UK CEO calls for more Stem on TV

  Fujitsu’s UK and Ireland CEO Regina Moran argues for promoting science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects and careers in the mainstream media

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  More than 10% of IT workers are employed in male-dominated environments

  More than 10% of technology professionals say they work in a male-dominated environment, according to a survey by Harvey Nash

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  BCS launches Register for IT Technicians to recognise industry skills

  The BCS has launched a register to accredit IT technicians with an industry standard recognition of their skills, backed up by assessments and references

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  TCS to give internships to 1,000 UK graduates

  IT services firm TCS is offering a thousand British youngsters the opportunity to work at some of its technology centres in India

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Meet the Stemettes events aim to entice girls into Stem

  Volunteer organisation Stemettes holds events in London and Dublin to encourage young women to take up Stem careers

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  London Stock Exchange appoints CIO

  The London Stock Exchange appoints Chris Corrado as its technology chief as the previous incumbent, Antoine Shagoury, returns to the US

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Placing unemployed women in the IT industry could solve skills gap, says Martha Lane Fox

  Speaking at the Microsoft Future Decoded event in London, Martha Lane Fox said giving unemployed women digital skills and IT jobs could solve the skills gap

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Young tech entrepreneurs take advantage into the future, says Duke of York

  Entrepreneurs involved with technology from a young age will have the advantage when the world shifts in that direction in the future, says the Duke of York

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Mayor of London launches tech fund for digital skills

  A programme has been launched by the mayor of London to ensure young people in the capital are learning digital skills

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  NHS and local government must overcome barriers to digital care

  TechUK recommends more collaboration, knowledge-sharing and holistic changes, according to its report

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Torben Høeg Bonde, Vestas

  The CIO at Danish wind turbine company Vestas is playing a key role in turning the company into a software supplier

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Social exclusion, IoT and data privacy the biggest issues facing digital economy

  At the 2015 Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster, a series of panels explored some of the key issues affecting the UK’s digital economy

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Students who don’t pick Stem are “cutting themselves off”

  Students who drop Stem subjects are cutting themselves off from a future tech career and widening the skills gap

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  IT entrepreneurs call for easing of immigration rules

  The IT entrepreneur community is asking for the rules on skilled workers entering the UK to be relaxed because of the difficulty faced by startups in finding the right staff

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Mette Jæpelt, Egmont Group

  Egmont CIO Mette Jæpelt is a supplier and colleague to the company's business groups, which makes her current role different from any other in her 35-year career

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Government will tackle barriers to sharing and linking data, says Cabinet Office minister Hancock

  Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock highlights transparency, open data and disruptive technology as key to delivering better public services for less expenditure

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Case study: Dutch firm Fugro moves to the cloud

  Geodata company Fugro is moving its IT infrastructure to the cloud in a project led by CIO Gerko Baarslag

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  More than 70% of teachers still think students are better at using tech

  Teachers are still struggling to adapt to the new curriculum, and more than 70% believe their students are more technology-savvy than they are

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Information security maturing as a profession, says (ISC)2

  Today's information security professionals understand security is a blend of social, people and technology, and to be successful, they have to be capable across all of them, says (ISC)2's managing director for Europe

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Women in tech should take their career into their own hands, say everywoman speakers

  Women in technology should be taking more responsibility for advancing their career, advised speakers at the 2015 everywoman in Technology Leadership Academy

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Companies should do more to promote Stem studies says CA executive

  More companies should band together and collaborate to promote careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem), says CA executive Ritu Mahandru

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  How the Cabinet Office is using open data to tackle youth unemployment

  The Cabinet Office invited IT professionals and young people to a Job Hack event with the aim of using open government datasets to help more young people into work

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Infosec pros should start preparing for the future, say experts

  Information security professionals need to grow their skills, engage with the business, increase security awareness, set business goals and tailor their messages, says a panel of experts

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Security industry broken, says security researcher

  Information security professionals need to start really caring about security and ensuring the suppliers and businesses do the same, according to a security researcher

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Steve Watt, University of St Andrews

  CIOs at universities have very demanding clients in the form of tech-savvy students, but this is only part of the story, explains University of St Andrews CIO Steve Watts

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Avanade to help upskill one billion female charity workers by 2020

  Technology services provider Avanade launches a mentoring scheme to connect volunteers with women who want to know more about leadership, management and technology roles

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Turning data into action still tricky for Australia's data scientists

  Australian businesses need to change their attitudes towards data scientists if they are to unshackle the benefits of data

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  London could help Tokyo embrace finance technology, says Boris Johnson

  Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants Japan to take up financial technologies and is keen to increase the number of London-Tokyo fintech partnerships

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Code4Health helps the NHS to innovate and collaborate

  The Code4Health movement is growing into a series of communities focused on driving innovation and technology in the NHS

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Staff have IT skills but there aren’t enough of us, say public sector workers

  Public sector IT leaders say the people they have are appropriately skilled, but there is not enough staff in public sector organisations to get things done

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Cyber London launches second security accelerator programme

  Applications are open to startups and growth-stage companies from across Europe for CyLon's second incubator programme due to start in early December 2015

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Government sets up £4m fund to spur video games industry

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announces grants of up to £25,000 from the Video Games Prototype fund to help new UK games developers get off the ground

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  UK digital economy needs 2.3 million digital workers by 2020

  The UK will need the skills of 2.3 million digital workers by 2020 if it hopes to power the promised digital economy, according to research from O2

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Apprenticeships could stop potential employees falling through the net, says Bellrock

  The chief technology officer of facilities management company Bellrock explains why apprenticeships should be used to stop potential IT workers moving to other industries

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  National Coding Week 2015 – older people can learn programming skills too

  National Coding Week took place from 21 to 25 September 2015 with a programme of activities helping adults in the UK master technical skills

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Digital inclusion agency funds libraries to teach digital skills

  Tinder Foundation, the digital inclusion agency, has funded an innovation product allowing libraries to teach community members digital skills

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Worldwide #peacehack hackathons use technology to promote peace

  A number of simultaneous hackathons have been held across the globe to promote the use of technology to encourage peace

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  JLab’s 2015 startups explain how the accelerator has helped them

  Finalists of the John Lewis JLab accelerator explain what experience they have gained on the programme

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Smart peep-hole maker Peeple announced as 2015 Jlab winner

  John Lewis accelerator JLab announces Peeple, a smart peep-hole producer, as its 2015 winner

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Women in “a position of power” in IT industry, says BBC panel

  Women looking to make the move to the IT industry have the upper hand, according to a panel discussion at the BBC

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Women an untapped cyber security resource, report reveals

  Women in information security are quickly converging on men in terms of academic focus, computer science and engineering, and have a higher concentration of advanced degrees, a report shows

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  IBM hails apprenticeship degrees as step towards injecting talent into businesses

  Large firms such as IBM, John Lewis and Lloyds Banking Group gathered to discuss the benefits of young IT talent gaining degrees on the job

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Government Digital Service readies for change as its chief Mike Bracken prepares to leave

  GDS is setting up executive training for senior civil servants and looking to work closely with departments to continue the digital transformation of Whitehall

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  Nominet Trust Tech for Good list – why awareness of good causes is important

  Nominations for the Nominet Trust Tech for Good closes at the end of September 2015 – and here's how highlighting good technology deeds helps the industry

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  IT industry calls for the government to fill Stem skills gap

  The government has invested in Stem initiatives but the IT industry still thinks it could be doing more to fill the skills gap

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Talent shortage drives IT salary rise in Singapore

  IT salaries are rising fast in Singapore, fuelled by shortages in key areas and Singapore's image as a gateway to Asia for western businesses

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  IT industry seeks permanent staff as vacancies grow

  KPMG finds demand for IT workers has grown since 2014, leaving more open vacancies for positions

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Employees crave digital skills, but organisations lack budget to teach them

  VMware survey on digital skills finds a large percentage of employees are keen to learn, but organisations are holding them back

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  More than half of 12-year-old girls say Stem subjects are too hard

  Accenture finds more than half of 12-year-old girls in the UK and Ireland think science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects are too hard

• September 16, 2015 16 Sep'15

  Jobs with low risk of automation growing faster than jobs being replaced

  Jobs that cannot be automated have increased since 2001, providing the UK economy with a significant financial boost

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  Rise in IT security demand triggers surge in cyber security jobs

  Cyber security roles account for 14% of UK-based IT jobs as organisations' demand for security provision rises

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  Girls in Tech launches mentoring programme for women in IT

  Network for women, Girls in Tech, has launched a mentoring programme to help selected women to learn entrepreneurial skills

• September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15

  Big Lottery Fund gives £2m to digital champion project

  Non-profit organisation The Big Lottery Fund gives £2m to a project creating digital champions to help people without digital skills use the internet

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  BBC announces digital content season as part of Make it Digital initiative

  Six months on from the launch of its Make it Digital initiative to help children embrace technology, the BBC announces digital content season across its media channels