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IT education and training

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Skills minister visits school's TechFuture Girls club

  Nick Boles visits Tech Partnership girls club as report reveals that only 17% of workers in the technology industry are female

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Girl Geeks Campus secures support from Accenture

  Accenture signs up to support Girl Geeks Campus to support girls interested in Stem careers

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Women in IT: A word of advice

  Dame Stephanie Shirley and other inspirational females share advice on being a woman in tech at We Are The City event

• March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress: Cisco, Deutsche Telekom and Intel target IoT startups

  Challenge Up! internet of things accelerator launched to target connected European startups

• March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15

  More effort required to equip Stem students with skills for the future

  Westminster Higher Education Forum highlights Stem skills shortage and maps plan for future

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  GCHQ opens applications for cyber security summer school

  UK intelligence agency GCHQ is inviting applications to a 10-week cyber security summer school

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Lean IT Association unveils lean certification

  LITA reveals Lean IT Certification Scheme for training providers wanting to teach the principles of Lean

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Government gives green light for Northern Futures UTC

  George Osborne unveils plan for Northern Futures University Technical College to boost IT and healthcare science careers in north-east of England

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  Reviewers named to ensure computer science degrees are fit for future

  Sir Nigel Shadbolt and Sir William Wakeham to lead STEM degree government review to improve quality and graduate employability

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  UK team wins TCS CodeVita global coding challenge

  TCS’s global coding challenge draws 49,000 two-person teams as University of Scotland walks away with grand prize

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  ‘Your Light Bulb Moment’ events encourage young people to launch startups

  Accenture and the Bright Ideas Trust charity have skilled up 160 young people to launch startup businesses

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  Could IBM really function with tens of thousands fewer staff?

  Could IBM, or any of the large IT and BPO service providers, still function with tens or even hundreds of thousands fewer staff?

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv revealed as top tech cities

  Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv have been ranked as top cities for tech companies, Savills report reveals

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  Digital tech skills added to Shortage Occupation Lists for UK and Scotland

  Digital tech sector roles added to Shortage Occupation List, along with health sector and energy industry workers

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  BCS network to figure out why initiatives to attract females to IT are not working

  BCS, The Charted Institute, president Liz Bacon speaks to Computer Weekly about her senior women network and mission

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  UK needs to embrace its entrepreneurs to keep the country great

  Tech Britain co-founder Doug Ward reveals how the best thing he’s ever done is learn to code

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

  Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Online engagement essential for IT graduate recruitment

  E-recruitment software provider WCN holds event to highlight graduates' frustration with searching for jobs online

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Tinder Foundation launches Be Online campaign

  Thousands of events to take place throughout the UK to encourage people to take advantage of the internet

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  UK tech sector avoids economic slowdown in fourth quarter of 2014

  Fourth quarter of 2014 sees second-highest profitability for tech sector since the fourth quarter of 2007

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Teenage girls code Tampon Run for social change

  Two girls build Tampon Run at Girls Who Code summer camp to address menstruation taboo

• February 23, 2015 23 Feb'15

  Maggie Philbin dispels myths around tech careers at Network Rail event

  TeenTech founder inspires finalist of Network Rail’s Could IT Be You competition

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  NAO to review Capita's government training deal – but not bigger contract for temporary staff

  The NAO is to review a controversial government training deal with Capita – but not the larger contract for supply of temporary staff

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  EMC launches £250,000 training programme for ex-servicemen

  EMC collaborates with X-Forces to narrow the IT skills gap with a training and support programme for ex-serviceman

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Daisy Group and Computer Aid International call on tech role models

  Computer Weekly teams with Daisy Group and Computer Aid International to find the computer and IT industry’s role models

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Intel Security warns of six social engineering techniques targeting businesses

  An Intel Security report encourages businesses to address and educate employees on “six levers of influence” used by hackers

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  UK failing to address digital skills shortage, says Lords report

  Digital Skills Committee calls for improvements to digital skills efforts and a single digital agenda under one cabinet minister

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  WCIT mentors support tech entrepreneurialism

  WCIT members focus on mentoring tech startups and encouraging more entrepreneurialism

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  More IT workers burning midnight oil than five years ago

  Three-quarters of IT professionals admit to working outside office hours

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  Civil service to recruit 50 cyber security apprentices

  Tech Partnership supports civil service drive for more cyber security professionals

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  Army Reserve touts for IT and communications volunteers

  British Army launches annual campaign to encourage Britons to volunteer for IT roles in the Reservists

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service gets bespoke Cisco network training

  Glasgow Caledonian University launches Cisco Certified Network Associate training scheme for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

• February 13, 2015 13 Feb'15

  Virgin Media pumps £3bn investment into UK broadband

  Virgin Media makes major financial commitment to extend digital infrastructure to millions more homes and businesses

• February 10, 2015 10 Feb'15

  Cyber awareness accreditation offered to teachers

  Tech Partnership and NAACE unveil cyber awareness accreditation for teachers

• February 10, 2015 10 Feb'15

  Apadmi hunts for app developer talent in north England

  Manchester-based app developer Apadmi closes the skills gap with drive to find technology talent in graduates of all backgrounds

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  FDM everywoman in Technology Awards 2015 finalists announced

  The FDM everywoman in Technology Awards 2015 judging panel has announced the category finalists

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Most UK digital companies based outside of London

  The government-backed Tech Nation report reveals technology clusters nationwide are driving the UK's digital and wider economy

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Vodafone aims to bridge pupil and parent digital divide

  Vodafone and The Parent Zone hope their 'My Tech Family' initiative will bridge the digital divide between schoolchildren and their parents

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  BCS establishes female network in STEM and IT

  BCS president Liz Bacon creates network to encourage more women to take up careers in STEM and IT

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  65% of IT professionals expect pay rise this year

  Recruiter survey finds majority of IT staff anticipate a pay rise and bonus in 2015

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  Computing Subject Knowledge Enhancement programme unveiled for computing teachers

  Hibernia College UK (HCUK) and The Tech Partnership unveil support for existing computing teachers

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  New College Lanarkshire unveils Oracle curriculum

  New College Lanarkshire, Oracle and RBS team up to entice students into careers in IT

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Tech hotspots outside of London hunting for IT staff

  More than a quarter of IT roles advertised are outside of London, according to a recruitment report

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Employment Minister encourages women with #NotJustForBoys campaign

  Record number of women in employment but women still underrepresented in IT, science and engineering

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Nesta invests in apprenticeships website for young people

  Nesta has invested half a million pounds into a website to help young people connect with employers and colleges to find apprenticeship schemes

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Apps for Good 2014 winners set to launch completed apps

  Seven winning teams to launch finished apps to market after spending six months working with agency partners

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Cisco hosts 10,000 students in 'Internet of Everything' classroom

  Over 10,000 global NetAcademy students converge on Cisco Live! in Milan to explore what Cisco calls the 'Internet of Everything'

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  IT counter-offers 'too little, too late', reveals Randstad survey

  68% say counter-offers are a belated admission from employers that they have been underpaying an employee

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  QinetiQ hosts latest Cyber Security Challenge competition

  UK defence firm QinetiQ challenged amateur cyber defenders in a realistic global online terrorist attack simulation

• January 25, 2015 25 Jan'15

  More UK schools judged ‘outstanding’ with Naace ICT Mark than without

  UK primary schools with Naace ICT Mark three times more likely to achieve Ofsted ‘outstanding’ finds report

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Stress levels on the rise for IT workers

  49% of IT workers say they’re closer to burning out now compared with five years ago

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  CompTIA launches Future Leaders Community

  CompTIA announces community aimed at bridging gap between multi-generational workforce

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Tech Partnership Training Fund to reach 6,000 people in 18 months

  Tech Partnership Training Fund aims to support 500 companies with training costs before March 2016

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Men keep tight grip on computer science degree courses

  Of the 23,500 applicants accepted for degree-level computer science courses in 2014, 85% were men, UCAS figures reveal

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  “Snobbery” over technical education holding UK back, says Labour

  Tristram Hunt, shadow education secretary for Labour, uses Bett speech to declare current government's failure in technical education

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Education secretary unveils £3.5m investment at Bett 2015

  Nicky Morgan unveiled the government and IT industry's plans to train primary school teachers and offer more support

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Besa report reveals lessons learnt over 30 years of ICT education

  British Educational Suppliers Association (Besa) report unveils what has worked in the ICT classroom and the lessons learnt

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Fujitsu unveils education ambassadors at Bett 2015

  Fujitsu partners with education institutions to form Innovation Hubs for teacher training.

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Computing the favourite school subject for quarter of children

  24% of children say learning to code graphics-heavy computer games is their favourite subject at school, finds Barclays survey

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  GICIS launches cyber security school in London

  A private education institution is helping to address the information security skills gap with the launch of a cyber, intelligence and security school

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Networks First offers £50,000 startup funds to new staff

  Managed network services provider hopes to attract ambitious talent and fund new tech businesses through an incentive scheme

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Not enough women in senior IT roles, research finds

  Over half of women in IT believe females do not occupy enough senior positions, O2 research finds

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Virgin Media Business Digital Youth Council presents tech ideas at Bett 2015

  Virgin Media Business's Digital Youth Council shares ideas on the future of education technology at Bett show

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  BT funding extends Barefoot Computing project funding until July 2015

  BT steps in with funding to extend the Barefoot Computing project until July 2015, to train more teachers for the computing curriculum

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Barclays bank launches kids' coding site

  Barclays bank launches a coding app for children and offers weekly classes to increase its credentials in IT-based service provision

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  BCS, Islington Council and Arsenal FC celebrate computing curriculum

  Islington primary school students gather at the Emirates Stadium for a Celebration of Computing event to toast the computing curriculum

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Computer science graduates have highest unemployment rate

  UK computer science students have the highest rate of unemployment six months after graduation, according to a report

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Half of UK’s top 100 employers to hire graduates in IT roles this year

  Some 53% of the UK’s top 100 employers will recruit for graduate IT roles in 2015, according to High Fliers report

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Girls in North East to hear about Stem careers

  Accenture, Stemettes and Schools NorthEast to hold event to encourage girls into Stem careers

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Computing teachers need more training, say students

  After the first term of the computing curriculum in UK primary and secondary schools, 47% of students claim teachers need more training

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  Tech-savvy females taking Gaza startup scene by storm

  With no Stem stigma in the Arab world, females in Gaza soldier through conflict with Gaza Sky Geeks Accelerator

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  Solihull council launches digital strategy

  Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council has launched a digital strategy which outlines how it will engage with citizens across multiple channels

• January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  Cabinet Office searches for CDO to lead digital and tech team

  The Cabinet Office is looking to create a digital and technology team, with a chief digital officer (CDO) at its helm

• January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  DWP begins search for CTO

  The Department for Work and Pensions is looking for a new CTO, who will report into the director general of technology Mayank Prakash

• January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  Traditional security putting UK businesses at risk, study shows

  Traditional approaches to security are exposing UK businesses to heightened risk of attack, a study shows

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  Atos encourages girls into technology with IT Meets High Tea event

  Technology employers offer career workshops for undergraduates on how to be successful women in technology

• December 31, 2014 31 Dec'14

  Top 10 IT skills and careers stories for 2014

  Read the top IT skills and careers stories for 2014

• December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14

  Top 10 women in IT stories of 2014

  Read the top women in business technology stories for the year and see what the hottest debates surrounding gender were for 2014

• December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2014

  Computer Weekly takes a look back at the biggest broadband stories of 2014

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Government chief scientific adviser: 'Don’t trivialise the internet of things'

  Government chief scientific adviser publishes report on the internet of things, making several policy recommendations

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Government to lead review into computer science degrees

  The government plans to fund an independent review into computer science degree accreditation to improve quality and graduate employability.

• December 16, 2014 16 Dec'14

  Move security from IT up to boardroom, says Francis Maude

  Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maud has urged businesses to make IT security a boardroom issue

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  IT sector job increases reveal financial services are using third party IT

  Jobs in the financial services sector decline by 16% since 2009 while the number of staff employed by IT firms increases by 13.9%

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Teens stress need for more females in Stem

  More females are needed in science, technology, engineering and maths, according to students at TeenTech event

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Students take on the Daleks at D5 summit

  Netley Primary School students learn to code via BBC’s Doctor and the Dalek game at D5 London summit

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Career choices stem from education, says Ocado Technology COO

  Anne Marie Neatham speaks to Computer Weekly about her own journey as a woman in tech and inspiring the next generation

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Students' Raspberry Pi computers to run on International Space Station

  Astro Pi competition to send best two Raspberry Pi ideas on next International Space Station mission

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Interview: Lucie Glenday, chief digital officer, Surrey County Council

  Chief digital officer Lucie Glenday was brought into Surrey County Council to change the way it thinks about digital services

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  IT pros interviewed more times than other sectors

  Tech workers undergo more interview processes than any other UK sector, reveals Randstad Technologies report

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  ICT apprenticeship placements fall, while the number of applicants increases

  More than 10 applicants for every ICT apprenticeship as interest rises but fewer people are offered placements

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Case study: Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital turns to Allscripts for e-health system

  Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital – winner of the best virtualisation for disaster recovery at the VMworld Europe User Awards 2014 – shares its story

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Cern makes users responsible for cyber security

  Cern, the European organisation for nuclear research, has made users responsible for their own cyber security

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Home Office appoints former Credit Suisse technology head as CTO

  Home Office appoints former Credit Suisse employee Sarah Wilkinson as its new chief technology officer

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Ripa needs regular review, Blunkett tells (ISC)² security congress

  The powers of public bodies to carry out surveillance and investigation should be reviewed with every parliament, says David Blunkett

• December 09, 2014 09 Dec'14

  Birmingham City Uni invests £10m in tackling Stem skills shortage

  University injects cash into Stem subjects to help tackle skills shortage

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  Computer science GCSE to launch in 2016

  Prime minster David Cameron announces computer science GCSE along with second wave of support for teachers

• December 05, 2014 05 Dec'14

  KPMG says businesses do not take IT risks seriously enough

  UK businesses are paying out £410,000 per year for unplanned IT problems, a study from KPMG has warned

• December 05, 2014 05 Dec'14

  Founders & Coders pooling developer talent through free education course

  Employers testing students’ skills through freelance projects instead of paying recruitment agency fees

• December 05, 2014 05 Dec'14

  Sheffield Hallam University inaugurates SAP 'centre of excellence'

  Sheffield Hallam University has expanded its long-standing academic relationship with SAP with the launch of a study centre

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  Computer Weekly UKtech50: Rising Stars 2014

  Computer Weekly’s five rising stars of 2014