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IT education and training

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Lack of skills causing AI setbacks, says research

  Research by IDC and Expereo found UK CIOs are struggling to implement and maintain AI plans because of a lack of skills

• August 15, 2024 15 Aug'24

  Number of girls taking A-level computing exceeds 3,000

  Girls taking A-level computing has seen a large year-on-year jump between 2023 and 2024

• August 13, 2024 13 Aug'24

  Australia’s cyber security skills gap remains pressing issue

  Study reveals Australia’s critical shortage of cyber security professionals, escalating the risk of data breaches

• August 07, 2024 07 Aug'24

  Navigating the data analytics and AI landscape

  Analysts at the Gartner Data and Analytics Summit in Sydney call for organisations to focus on business outcomes, extend data literacy to AI literacy and foster human-AI collaboration to benefit from the AI era

• August 06, 2024 06 Aug'24

  The Prince’s Trust partners with tech company to draw kids into sector

  New programme from The Prince’s Trust sees partnership with tech company encourage young people into the IT sector

• July 31, 2024 31 Jul'24

  Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2024

  Tell us who you think should be included in Computer Weekly’s 2024 list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology

• July 24, 2024 24 Jul'24

  ICO reprimands Essex school for illegal facial recognition use

  The Information Commissioner’s Office has reprimanded Chelmer Valley High School in Chelmsford for introducing facial recognition and failing to conduct a legally required data protection impact assessment and obtain the explicit consent of students

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  DBS rolls out GenAI assistant for customer service teams

  The CSO Assistant was built entirely in-house and uses a large language model tailored to local languages

• July 18, 2024 18 Jul'24

  Glasgow’s digital strategy highlights digital rights for citizens

  The strategy aims to create organisational change, equipping Glasgow to reap the benefits of digital and protect its citizens’ rights

• July 17, 2024 17 Jul'24

  Tech workers misinformed about number of women at top, finds Computer Weekly

  Half of IT workers in Europe believe there is good representation of women in leadership positions in tech, despite numbers telling a different story

• July 17, 2024 17 Jul'24

  Labour government plans new laws around cyber security, data sharing and skills

  The King's Speech outlined the legislative agenda for the new Parliament, including several bills that will impact the tech community

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Finnish tech sector opposes government’s immigration reforms

  The tech sector in Finland fears talent shortage as government introduces stricter immigration policy

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  AI and cyber skills worryingly lacking, say business leaders

  A lack of skilled workers has been an ongoing concern for the tech sector, but Computer Weekly’s annual survey finds skills in artificial intelligence and cyber are a particular pain point

• July 09, 2024 09 Jul'24

  Computing curriculum leaving digital skills behind, research suggests

  Research by the Subject Choice, Attainment and Representation in Computing Project has found that the technical focus of the computing curriculum is leaving many without other important digital skills

• July 04, 2024 04 Jul'24

  UK data regulator should investigate police cloud deployments

  The Scottish biometrics commissioner has called for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to formally investigate whether Police Scotland’s cloud-based evidence sharing system is fully compliant with data protection laws

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Police Scotland did not consult ICO about high-risk cloud system

  Police Scotland chose not to formally consult with the data regulator about the risks identified with a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system, while the regulator itself did not follow up for nearly three months

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership

  The former Fujitsu chief architect for Horizon has resigned as a member of the BCS after he was told he could be investigated

• June 18, 2024 18 Jun'24

  Tech Talent Charter to disband after nearly 10 years of operation

  As the IT industry hits an ‘inflection point’ in its progress towards a more equitable sector, the Tech Talent Charter is bowing out, leaving the industry with resources it has produced since 2015

• June 13, 2024 13 Jun'24

  Tech industry losing steam for DE&I, finds TTC report

  Tech sector diversity is slowly improving, but trends spotted by the Tech Talent Charter could be a threat to current and future progress

• June 11, 2024 11 Jun'24

  General election 2024: Conservative manifesto promises to continue tech policies

  The Conservative Party manifesto contains little by way of new commitments for tech and digital, but lays out plans to continue existing policies and promises made under the last government

• June 11, 2024 11 Jun'24

  Interview: Astronaut Tim Peake on an imminent revolution in space tech

  Britain’s first male astronaut discusses the UK’s successful space sector, its overlaps with enterprise IT, and how to encourage more young people to work in science and technology

• June 10, 2024 10 Jun'24

  General election 2024: Liberal Democrats thread digital commitments throughout manifesto

  The Lib Dems have promised a new industrial strategy and emphasised the importance of the digital sector, skills and regulating AI, as they lay out plans for the UK general election

• June 10, 2024 10 Jun'24

  Post Office Capture software training deficit echoes systemic Horizon problems

  Post Office branch managers have told Computer Weekly they had no training on how to use Capture software, which pre-dated Horizon

• June 04, 2024 04 Jun'24

  Invasive tracking ‘endemic’ on sensitive support websites

  Websites set up by police, charities and universities to help people get support for sensitive issues like addiction and sexual harassment are deploying tracking technologies that harvest information without proper consent

• June 04, 2024 04 Jun'24

  Having female AI decision-makers is a priority for 37% of UK business leaders

  Research from IBM reveals almost 40% of UK business leaders think getting women into decision-making positions is increasingly important in the era of artificial intelligence

• May 29, 2024 29 May'24

  Next UK government must be prepared to legislate on AI, say MPs

  The House Science, Innovation and Technology Committee says the next government should be ready to legislate on artificial intelligence to plug any regulatory gaps

• May 22, 2024 22 May'24

  AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk

  The countries will now work together to identify thresholds at which the risks presented by an AI model or system would be unacceptable without safeguards in place, as well as develop interoperable safety testing regimes for the technology

• May 22, 2024 22 May'24

  Knowledge24: ‘You can’t go it alone’ in life, says actress Viola Davis

  Actress Viola Davis, along with senior women from ServiceNow, spoke at the Knowledge24 conference about the importance of wisely using leadership positions to help others make progress

• May 16, 2024 16 May'24

  Sunak warned against changing foreign student visa rules

  Business leaders have called on prime minister Rishi Sunak not to be pressured into altering the graduate visa route

• May 09, 2024 09 May'24

  Red Hat bullish on APAC growth, targets automakers and SMEs

  Red Hat is expanding its reach into smaller firms as well as the automotive and other industries to fuel its ‘high-double digit’ growth in the region

• May 09, 2024 09 May'24

  Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms

  In the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online

• May 06, 2024 06 May'24

  Microsoft beefs up cyber initiative after hard-hitting US report

  Microsoft is expanding its recently launched Secure Future Initiative in the wake of a hard-hitting US government report on recent nation state intrusions into its systems

• May 01, 2024 01 May'24

  Secure coding benchmark to increase standards among developers

  Developer security advocate Secure Code Warrior has launched what it claims is the industry’s first benchmark designed to quantify the security competence of its customers’ software developer teams

• May 01, 2024 01 May'24

  DSIT launches SME training fund

  Businesses have up until May 31st to apply for a grant covering 50% of the costs for training staff on AI

• May 01, 2024 01 May'24

  Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life

  Military technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithmic-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target

• April 25, 2024 25 Apr'24

  Progress being made on gender diversity in cyber

  Women make up a higher percentage of new entrants to the cyber security profession, particularly among younger age groups, and are increasingly taking up leadership positions and hiring roles, but challenges still persist

• April 22, 2024 22 Apr'24

  NCSC announces PwC’s Richard Horne as CEO

  Former PwC and Barclays cyber chief Richard Horne set to join UK’s National Cyber Security Centre as CEO

• April 22, 2024 22 Apr'24

  IT leaders hiring CISOs aplenty, but don’t fully understand the role

  Most businesses now have a CISO, but perceptions of what CISOs are supposed to do, and confusion over the value they offer, may be holding back harmonious relations, according to a report

• April 19, 2024 19 Apr'24

  Decade-long IR35 dispute between IT contractor and HMRC prompts calls for off-payroll revamp

  An IT contractor’s business is on the brink of insolvency after a decade-long IR35 dispute with HMRC

• April 16, 2024 16 Apr'24

  CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI

  CISOs say their eyes are fixed firmly on threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks, and while AI is becoming a threat that needs to be dealt with, it’s not yet an immediate spending priority

• April 12, 2024 12 Apr'24

  UK in critical need of regulation to fight misinformation online

  Misinformation, where it is generated by AI, poses a serious threat due to the ease with which plausible false content can be created and spread

• April 11, 2024 11 Apr'24

  AI skills gap blocking public sector take-up

  A Salesforce report claims that a lack of skills in artificial intelligence is preventing effective take-up of generative AI to enhance frontline citizen services across the public sector

• April 09, 2024 09 Apr'24

  TeamViewer launches initiative to bring women into sports tech

  TeamViewer’s flagship SheSportTech initiative aims to encourage more women into sports technology, offering ‘inspiration, training grants and access to unique experiences’

• April 08, 2024 08 Apr'24

  Further extension to controversial Post Office contract with Fujitsu inevitable

  Post Office is seeking software developers as it replaces the controversial Horizon system from Fujitsu with an in-house alternative

• March 26, 2024 26 Mar'24

  NHS SBS launches digital advisory framework

  The Digital Health Advisory Services framework agreement aims to provide a way for health and care organisations to get help with digital transformation and skills

• March 22, 2024 22 Mar'24

  Open Data Institute launches digital policy manifesto

  The Open Data Institute has launched a policy manifesto ahead of the UK general election that outlines policies and issues it believes must be part of the political discussion around digital and data

• March 22, 2024 22 Mar'24

  Everywoman announces 2024 Women in Tech Awards winners

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

• March 20, 2024 20 Mar'24

  Inclusive approaches to AI governance needed to engage public

  Technology practitioners and experts gathered at an annual Alan Turing Institute-run conference discussed the need for more inclusive approaches to AI governance that actually engage citizens and workers

• March 18, 2024 18 Mar'24

  Deep fake AI services on Telegram pose risk for elections

  Deep fake services advertised on Telegram and other platforms pose a risk to upcoming elections in Europe, Asia and the US

• March 15, 2024 15 Mar'24

  Government pumps £1.1bn into tech skills training

  Government funding will be used to allow more than 4,000 students to pursue PhDs in technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and 6G