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IT education and training

• October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18

  Industry and government must collaborate to drive the digital economy, says techUK CEO

  Industry and government must work together to grow use of technology across the UK economy, according to techUK CEO Julian David

• October 17, 2018 17 Oct'18

  Microsoft signs pledge to assist people with dyslexia

  Tech giant Microsoft has signed the Made by Diversity pledge to help more people with dyslexia use technology as part of their education

• October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18

  Monster partners with Stemettes to encourage girls into Stem

  Recruitment firm links up with social enterprise to give young people experience in applying and interviewing for technology roles

• October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18

  More than half of women think their gender helps them pursue tech careers

  A majority of women think being female helps them enter the tech sector, but career progression can be a different story, study shows

• October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18

  Moonpig to open technology hub and create 50 new roles

  Greeting card company chooses Manchester for its first tech hub because of the city’s thriving tech scene and “exceptional” pool of talent

• October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18

  FS-ISAC awards cyber security scholarships in Europe

  Five women have been awarded cyber security scholarships at FS-ISAC’s 2018 EMEA Summit

• October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18

  Google-supported programme in Netherlands helps primary schools with computational thinking

  A programme to help primary school teachers in the Netherlands understand IT is gaining momentum

• October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18

  Bug bounties not a silver bullet, Katie Moussouris warns

  Targeted bug bounties have a role to play in cyber security, but they are not a "silver bullet", and run the risk of wiping out talent pipelines if poorly implemented, warns bug bounty pioneer

• October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18

  Huawei Connect 2018: Huawei tackles barriers to effective AI

  At its annual customer and technology event, Huawei chairman Eric Xu set out 10 key challenges facing AI, and revealed how the networking supplier’s strategy will help to address these

• October 09, 2018 09 Oct'18

  Huawei Connect 2018: China on the hunt for AI talent

  At Huawei Connect 2018 in Shanghai, Huawei shared insights into how the developing artificial intelligence industry is changing the face of IT talent development in Asia-Pacific

• October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18

  Telenor retrains 20,000 staff as it prepares for impact of digital tech

  Norway-based mobile phone company Telenor, which provides phone services in Scandinavia and Asia, is challenging its workforce to spend 40 hours a year learning digital skills as it prepares for the impact of digital technology

• October 05, 2018 05 Oct'18

  Education doesn’t encourage creative thinking, says Apple co-founder

  Speaking at Splunk.conf 2018, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shared his belief that the education system dampens creativity

• October 03, 2018 03 Oct'18

  Tech should intentionally seek out black talent, says Splunk rep

  Speaking at Splunk.conf 2018, a representative of the data firm explained how the technology industry can engage with young people from the BAME community

• October 01, 2018 01 Oct'18

  UK will unilaterally tax web giants, says Hammond

  Chancellor threatens to go it alone on tax reform for digital services businesses if an international agreement cannot be reached

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Creativity and tech ‘two sides of same coin’, says 2018 Most Influential Woman in IT, Amali de Alwis

  The winner of Computer Weekly’s 2018 Most Influential Woman in UK IT award, Amali de Alwis, says creativity and technology go hand in hand in the modern world