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IT education and training

• April 16, 2025 16 Apr'25

  Interview: Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim

  The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing

• April 11, 2025 11 Apr'25

  Work-life balance biggest barrier for women in tech, says survey

  A lack of work-life balance and discrimination are among the biggest challenges for women in tech, finds Lorien

• April 11, 2025 11 Apr'25

  Wes Streeting launches digital qualification for social care leaders

  As part of the government’s plan to create a digital national care service, social care leaders will be trained in adopting and using cutting-edge technology

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  KubeCon London: Prepare for a shake-up

  Developer overload, inadequate fault tolerance and regional fractionalisation are among the issues the Linux Foundation needs to address

• April 07, 2025 07 Apr'25

  India’s tech talent adapts to AI era

  IT professionals in India need to unlearn old skills and embrace artificial intelligence, automation and specialised domains as the country cements its position as a global tech hub

• March 31, 2025 31 Mar'25

  T-Levels not attracting as many students as hoped

  A report from the National Audit Office has found that fewer students started T-Levels this year than previously predicted

• March 28, 2025 28 Mar'25

  Government sends data scientists to AI school

  Public sector data scientists will learn how to become artificial intelligence (AI) engineers as part of government scheme to upskill civil servants

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  More than 200 Lloyds Bank bosses to receive artificial intelligence training

  Lloyds Banking Group is running a six-month training programme with the aim of building AI skills among its senior leadership

• March 26, 2025 26 Mar'25

  4 Day Week Foundation launches tech sector pilot

  UK tech firms are being invited to join a pilot programme run by the 4 Day Week Foundation, which aims to help prepare them for implementing shorter working weeks

• March 21, 2025 21 Mar'25

  NCSC, DSIT enlist IBM to spearhead cyber diversity agenda

  IBM signs on to a partnership deal in support of the popular NCSC CyberFirst Girls scheme designed to foster gender diversity in the cyber security profession

• March 21, 2025 21 Mar'25

  Dutch workforce faces radical transformation as AI adoption accelerates

  While the Netherlands leads Europe in AI adoption, a deeper analysis of the labour market reveals a more nuanced narrative than the apocalyptic predictions of job losses

• March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

  Everywoman announces 2025 Women in Technology Awards winners

  Network for women in business, Everywoman, has announced the winners of this year’s technology awards, in partnership with Bupa

• March 17, 2025 17 Mar'25

  Tech career interest higher among SEND pupils

  Research by EngineeringUK and The Royal Society has found that students with special educational needs have more interest in tech careers than other pupils

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  Starmer to send AI tech teams into government departments

  In his plans to reform the state, the prime minister is pushing for artificial intelligence to take on tasks for civil servants and calling time on NHS England

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Lord Holmes warns of increasingly ‘urgent’ need to regulate AI

  The real-world negative impacts of artificial intelligence will only get worse if the UK does not move to regulate the technology in a way that centres on accountability, trust and public participation, says Lord Holmes

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Government launches Digital Inclusion Action Plan

  Whitehall aims to fix digital exclusion through funding local digital skills, as charities and industry pledge to help with skills training, devices and connectivity

• February 21, 2025 21 Feb'25

  Understanding intersectionality: Inclusion and employees’ whole life experience

  While businesses increasingly understand how gender, ethnicity or sexuality may impact a person’s experience in the tech sector, many don’t take into account how some will have an overlap of these experiences

• February 19, 2025 19 Feb'25

  European and African tech skills programme could increase economic ties

  Africa is a continent on the up, and if Europe wants to form lucrative relationships with its nations, it must have something to trade. IT skills and knowledge exchanges unlock opportunities

• February 17, 2025 17 Feb'25

  The Security Interviews: Yevgeny Dibrov, Armis

  Armis CEO Yevgeny Dibrov talks about how his military service and intelligence work opened the door into the world of cyber security entrepreneurship

• February 13, 2025 13 Feb'25

  Baltic skills programme to help reduce European skills gap via Africa

  Lithuanian project sets out to connect professionals in Africa with European businesses in need of skills

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  AI Action Summit: Two major AI initiatives launched

  Sustainability and ‘public-interest’ artificial intelligence initiatives have been launched during the AI Action Summit in Paris

• February 07, 2025 07 Feb'25

  Tech job postings dropped in 2024, according to research

  Job postings for several IT roles returned to pre-pandemic levels last year, dropping when compared with 2023

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Malaysian public sector embraces generative AI

  Nearly half a million civil servants set to get access to Google Workspace with Gemini to improve delivery of public services

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  India Budget: Tech takes centre stage with AI and infrastructure boost

  India has earmarked significant investments in artificial intelligence, global capability centres and digital public infrastructure while boosting training and education in its latest budget

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Nationwide Building Society to train people to think like cyber criminals

  Nationwide wants to help bring more diversity into UK cyber security skills base through partnership with training specialist

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  Everywoman in Tech Forum 2024: Being the best leader you can be

  With the theme of ‘igniting leadership potential’, the 2024 Everywoman in Tech Forum focused on helping women to be strong and authentic tech leaders

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  NAO: UK government cyber resilience weak in face of mounting threats

  The National Audit Office has found UK government cyber resilience wanting, weakened by legacy IT and skills shortages, and facing mounting threats

• January 24, 2025 24 Jan'25

  Teachers to use AI for lesson planning and marking

  Speaking at the Bett Show this year, the UK’s education secretary outlined the ways in which teachers will be using technologies such as AI in the future, including planning lessons and marking work

• January 20, 2025 20 Jan'25

  Labour announces plans to overhaul digital government

  The Government Digital Service will be expanded along with changes to the way technology is funded, built and delivered across the public sector, as Labour aims for improvements previous administrations struggled to achieve

• January 19, 2025 19 Jan'25

  ST Logistics teams up with Lenovo on smart warehouses

  The Singapore logistics firm is partnering with Lenovo to integrate AI and automation into its warehouse operations

• January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

  Researchers say AI fails to describe complexities of Holocaust

  Using AI in Holocaust education will require the responsible digitisation of historical assets, as well as collaboration between system providers and domain-specific experts, to ensure effective guardrails that protect against misuse

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  Davos 2025: Digital supply chains at risk as world faces two years of turbulence

  World Economic Forum urges digital business leaders to build the resilience of supply chains, improve cyber defences and develop contingency plans

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  Diversity in tech 2024: Collaboration is vital for DEI progress

  At the 2024 Computer Weekly and Harvey Nash diversity in tech event, speakers and audience members alike made it clear that gaining true equity in the technology sector will continue to move at a snail’s pace without working together

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Experts say ‘something has to break’ before banks slow IT-driven cost-cutting measures

  Banks will cut costs until something breaks and they are forced to scale back, according to industry experts

• January 10, 2025 10 Jan'25

  UK Defence Committee urges MoD to embrace AI

  Defence Committee outlines changes it thinks the Ministry of Defence should make to realise the battlefield advantages of artificial intelligence

• January 08, 2025 08 Jan'25

  Black mothers seek ‘total agency’ over perinatal healthcare data

  Black mothers from Birmingham have organised a community-led data initiative that aims to ensure their perinatal healthcare concerns are taken seriously by medical professionals

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  Regional skills plan to boost UK cyber defences

  Over 30 projects in England and Northern Ireland will receive a share of a £1.9m fund designed to enhance cyber security skills and protect small businesses

• December 20, 2024 20 Dec'24

  Government introduces technology adoption review

  Whitehall has launched a call for evidence on barriers to adopting new technologies in the UK, wanting to know what needs to change for the country to stay at the forefront of technology adoption

• December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

  Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2024

  As the year draws to a close, Computer Weekly looks over some of the notable stories relating to women in tech, diversity and inclusion throughout 2024

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2024

  Looking back at the skills and hiring landscape in 2024, Computer Weekly shares the key moments for IT careers and skills over the past 12 months

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Ofcom publishes Illegal Harms Codes of Practice

  The codes of practice and guidance from Ofcom outline the steps online services providers can take to protect their users from illegal harms

• December 12, 2024 12 Dec'24

  Tech workers say diversity and inclusion efforts are working

  The status of diversity in the technology sector remains up for debate, but some tech industry workers are seeing improvements, says Tenth Revolution Group

• December 05, 2024 05 Dec'24

  UK medical trial of four-day week finds staff happier and more productive

  Researchers said the results of the trial conducted with employees of a learning technology firm provide ‘further compelling evidence’ on the benefits of four-day work weeks for employees

• December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

  Cornwall-based charity launches diverse career programme

  Community focused not-for-profit Tech Cornwall has developed a skills programme to help people from diverse backgrounds move into tech careers

• November 28, 2024 28 Nov'24

  Chulalongkorn University debuts GenAI platform

  Thai university teams up with Google Cloud to empower its community with responsible and customisable AI tools for research, learning and administration

• November 27, 2024 27 Nov'24

  Fears tighter Finnish immigration laws could deter IT talent

  A new wave of restrictive immigration laws threatens to significantly hamper efforts by Finnish firms to recruit international IT talent

• November 27, 2024 27 Nov'24

  Barings Law plans to sue Microsoft and Google over AI training data

  Microsoft and Google are using people’s personal data without proper consent to train artificial intelligence models, alleges Barings Law, as it prepares to launch a legal challenge against the tech giants

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Metropolitan Police officer dismissed for unlawfully accessing Sarah Everard files

  Over 100 Met Police officers and staff have been investigated for accessing sensitive data related to the Sarah Everard case, leading to the dismissal of a Roads and Transport officer who accessed the information while off-duty

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2024

  Each year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  From beauty model to tech role model – this year’s most influential woman in UK tech

  This year’s most influential woman in UK tech, Sheridan Ash, talks about her path into the tech space, from modelling after leaving school at 16, to creating an organisation dedicated to encouraging girls and women to pursue tech roles