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• 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

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  BT launches technology scholarships and primary schools IT skills programme

  BT acts to close the skills gap in sponsoring a higher education technology scheme and plans to teach digital skills to primary school children

• September 08, 2015 08 Sep'15

  One-third of schools admit to making no investment in coding training for teachers

  The current computing curriculum has been in place for a year, but the support given to teachers delivering these classes varies across the UK

• September 08, 2015 08 Sep'15

  The Data School: Former Facebook employee launches training programme for future data analysts

  After working at Facebook as a data analyst, Andy Kriebel explains why he moved to the UK and launched a training programme for data scientists

• September 07, 2015 07 Sep'15

  School kids would rather study coding than a foreign language, says Ocado

  A year since computer science was added to the school curriculum Ocado discovers kids would rather learn to code than to speak another language

• September 01, 2015 01 Sep'15

  IT firm aims to close skills gap with technology training academy

  Microsoft-endorsed firm Azzure IT has launched an IT skills academy to teach development, customer support and consultancy in a bid to close the skills gap

• September 01, 2015 01 Sep'15

  Companies would look outside UK for technology talent

  The time it takes to hire technology talent is damaging businesses, who say they will employ workers from outside the UK to get the best

• August 27, 2015 27 Aug'15

  Socitm holds women in IT launch event

  The Society of Information Technology Management will officially launch its women in IT network at an event at Cannon in September 2015

• August 27, 2015 27 Aug'15

  Sky on the hunt for women to join technology team

  Sky wants to recruit 400 staff at its technology hub in Leeds with a push for more women to join the team

• August 25, 2015 25 Aug'15

  Sans Institute identifies top UK cyber talent

  The cream of UK cyber security talent selected from 24,000 candidates are set to begin eight weeks of intensive training in the first-ever intake at the Sans UK Cyber Academy

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Digital skillsets needed to close creative industries' skills gap

  NextGen Skills Academy has launched a new course to teach the digital skills required by creative industry sectors

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Teachers teaching teachers – how Google for Education fuels collaborative learning

  Google’s head of education explains why the use of technology in classrooms is critical and how Google’s education technology is sparking collaboration between teachers

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  Computing GCSE takes centre stage as exam results are released

  Stem subjects shine in GCSE results as 30,000 more girls sit exams compared with last year

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  CIO interview: Kjell Rune Tveita, If Skadeförsäkringar

  Kjell Rune Tveita's first job as CIO at Nordic insurance giant If Skadeförsäkringar was to integrate three companies across three countries

• August 14, 2015 14 Aug'15

  Connecting Cheshire funds masterclasses for women entrepreneurs

  #Eveolution scheme to support women-led SMEs in Cheshire with broadband support and advice on going digital

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Government warned to be cautious over raising salary thresholds for migrant workers

  The organisations asked by government to review plans to raise the salary migrants must earn before getting a visa has recommended a cautious approach

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Sharp increase in students taking computing A-level

  The number of A-level computing students rose 29.1% in 2015, as students pick up their exam results today

• August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15

  Tech Partnership launches #choosetech

  Tech Partnership campaign will showcase the range of IT jobs on offer to students who are collecting their exam results this month

• August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15

  CIO interview: Elizabeth Eastaugh, director of technology at Expedia

  Elizabeth Eastaugh is on a mission to add diversity to the software engineering community

• August 07, 2015 07 Aug'15

  BCSWomen mentor Outbox Incubator residents

  BCSWomen announces its support for the Stemettes Outbox Incubator programme, which is mentoring 45 girls on how to launch a Stem-based business

• August 06, 2015 06 Aug'15

  General election anticipation caused fall in IT hiring

  Tech Cities Job Watch suggests general election postponed hiring decisions, causing a 6% dip in advertised roles in Q2

• August 06, 2015 06 Aug'15

  Get into Docker for big job prospects

  Linux skills, especially Docker and Python, are in high demand and are commanding ever-higher salaries

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  Government fails to impress in its response to call for single digital agenda

  The government's response to calls for better digital education is disappointing, according to the chair of the Digital Skills Committee

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  Tech London Advocates launches four new tech-focused working groups

  Private sector technology network creates working groups to promote tech startup companies in particular sectors

• August 04, 2015 04 Aug'15

  How Iceland will create a new breed of CIO

  Icelandic academics discuss the future of IT and the role of education in the small Nordic nation

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  IaaS mega-framework tender raises hopes of Europe-wide G-cloud launch

  Géant publishes contract notice seeking providers for IaaS frameworks, which will serve 50 million across Europe

• July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15

  HMRC launches paid digital apprenticeship with bonus of funded degree

  HMRC tells Computer Weekly about its first 15 apprenticeships available under the government-led Tech Industry Gold Apprenticeship scheme

• July 29, 2015 29 Jul'15

  Sage Summit 2015: Disruptive technology forces SMEs to take responsibility for skills gap

  Small- and medium-sized businesses should think globally and taking on the challenge of closing skills gaps, said speakers at Sage Summit 2015

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Digital adoption boosts GDP, says Accenture

  Digital technologies boost a country's competitive advantage and drive up its economic growth, Accenture has found

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Tech Partnership to create “digital lexicon”

  Tech Partnership calls on employers to help with digital dictionary to simplify and demystify job applications

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  UK youngsters need support online, says iRights

  A report by the iRights initiative aims to provide an insight into how government can join with technology companies, civil society and business to make a better digital world for young people

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  Kainos CodeCamp kicks off two-week course for students

  All tickets claimed in two hours as 11-14 year olds jump at the chance for free coding training

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Entrepreneurs need a network that understands, says TechHub co-founder

  Elizabeth Varley gives Computer Weekly a tour of TechHub London and explains why entrepreneurs need other people that understand why sacrifices need to be made to be successful

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  Recruitment firm Bubble sheds light on roles in digital sector

  Bubble Jobs teams up with businesses such as River Island, DigitasLBi and Auto Trader to give job seekers a day's work experience in the digital sector

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  Rackspace and Intel outline plans to increase enterprise appeal of OpenStack

  Managed cloud company and chip maker are creating an innovation centre in Texas to accelerate maturity of OpenStack

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Bilingual coders earn £4,500 more than single language colleagues

  Coders that know more than one coding language earn an average of 10% more than single language colleagues, reveals Greythorn report

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills

  Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Schools need to address data gap says Advanced Learning

  MIS software provider says schools are missing out on learning opportunities without full insight into data

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  CIOs need to reboot supplier relationships

  IT leaders need to rethink the balance of spending between maintaining traditional suppliers and introducing innovative new providers

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  PCMS partners with Digital Native for apprenticeship scheme

  Retail services provider joins the drive for more IT apprenticeships available to young people

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Retail should invest in upskilling to close employee skills gaps

  A report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills suggests retailers will need to invest in upskilling to prevent a drop-off from older employees and appeal to the younger generation

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Salesforce eager to support startup culture sweeping Europe

  Salesforce’s head of startup relations shares why it’s partnered with accelerator Startupbootcamp

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  Digital Schoolhouse finishes first successful year of teaching

  The digital education initiative, launched in 2014, has been supporting teachers to explain IT concepts to young children

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Jacqueline De Rojas appointed TechUK president

  Computer Weekly’s Most Influential woman in UK IT 2015 named as TechUK’s new president

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Government to give £5,000 cyber security boost to SMEs

  The UK government has announced initiatives aimed at boosting SME cyber security, promoting the cyber security profession and supporting cyber security innovation projects

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Women in IT meet prime minister David Cameron's gender pay gap news with scepticism

  The prime minister’s announcement that firms with more than 250 employees will have to disclose salaries has been met with concerns over how and when results will be published

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  GDS creates outcomes framework for digital inclusion

  Government Digital Service (GDS) launches Digital Inclusion Outcomes Framework to act as a template for digital inclusion evaluation

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Salesforce Foundation grants $1m to education non-profit organisations

  To mark one million hours volunteered by Salesforce staff the Foundation will donate $1m to non-profit organisations worldwide

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Vodafone scheme to help SMEs get online

  Vodafone is to trial a series of digital workshops for SMEs aimed at equipping them with a stronger online presence

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  74% of engineering, science and hi-tech sector in need of highly skilled staff

  CBI/Pearson Education and Skills survey finds skills shortage expected to continue as firms struggle to find necessary Stem skills

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Silicon Valley Internship Programme teams up with Girls in Tech to find female graduates

  Silicon Valley Internship Programme (SVIP) partners with non-profit group Girls in Tech to boost the number of women applying for the scheme

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  TechUK paper urges industry to collaborate in closing the IT skills gap

  TechUK paper puts forward recommendations to government and industry on closer collaboration to close the IT skills shortfall

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Dutch college live-streams lectures with SDN and load balancers

  Deltion College in the Netherlands beefs up its network with HP SDN and Kemp load balancing technology to support growing traffic levels across its infrastructure

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Public sector organisations not consulting consumers about digital services

  Although most public sector organisations agree consulting with the public is essential for digital services development, only a fraction are doing so

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Eileen Burbidge appointed special envoy for fintech

  George Osborne appointed Passion Capital partner to newly created post as part of government’s Productivity Plan