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• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Two Cambridge graduates teach kids to code with robots

  Robotiky looking for support to kick start project of teaching kids to code through the use of robots

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services

  Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  CompTIA to launch Advancing Women in IT community in UK

  CompTIA to introduce US women in tech community model in UK after demand from UK females

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Samsung unveils digital classroom at Prince’s Trust Kennington

  Samsung provides technology and teacher training for digital classroom for underprivileged young people

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  FDM everywoman 2014 technology awards winners announced

  Twenty-five females commended for their passion for IT at 2014 FDM everywoman awards ceremony

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Accenture awards Cherie Blair Foundation for Women $1.7m for Rwanda's business owners

  Accenture awards Cherie Blair Foundation for Women $1.7m to train female business owners in Rwanda

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  IT contractors work from home to avoid office politics

  Survey finds IT contractors work from home for higher rates of pay and to avoid office politics

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Employers pledge over 20,000 apprenticeships roles for National Apprenticeship Week

  Employers pledge to create more than 20,000 apprenticeships as National Apprentice Week celebrates its seventh year

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  Channel 4 CTO Bob Harris leaves to set up consultancy firm

  Channel 4 chief technology officer Bob Harris is leaving the broadcaster at the end of March to set up his own consultancy business

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  IT contractors see 13% pay increase

  IT contractors saw a year-on-year pay increase of up to 13%, according to Robert Walters Salary Survey 2014

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Craft Computer Club seeks funding to teach kids to code

  The Craft Computer Club, which teaches children computational thinking and coding with scissors, paper and glue, is seeking funding through Kickstarter

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Schneider accreditation aims to boost green datacentre skills

  Datacentre supplier offers free vendor-neutral courses and certification through its online Energy University

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Microsoft unveils primary school suite for new computing curriculum teachers

  Microsoft unveils suite of materials to ready primary school teachers for launch of new computing curriculum in September.

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  Well-educated men on circa £39,040 are most fulfilled IT sector workers

  Randstad profiles UK IT professionals to investigate who is most fulfilled in their jobs and why

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Infosec Skills, BCS announce winners of Cyber Security Challenge

  Stuart Pringle, Simon Robinson and Robert Wyllie have won over £2,000 of training and a place in the semi-final of the current UK Cyber Security Challenge

• December 31, 2013 31 Dec'13

  CW500 Club in 2013

  Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  The state of agile software development in the UK

  Lately it is more surprising to hear that businesses are developing using a methodology other than agile, such is its widespread use

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

  Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  M&S uses instore IT to train staff in multi-channel retail

  Marks & Spencer is using in-store iPads and kiosks to train staff to support its multichannel retail strategy

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Call for graduates to apply for John Lewis technology scheme

  Retailer John Lewis is encouraging university-leavers to apply for positions in its graduate development scheme

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Intellect relaunches as TechUK and targets 500,000 new UK IT jobs

  The UK’s technology trade association, formerly known as Intellect, has relaunched as TechUK, unveiling plans to create over 500,000 jobs by 2020

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Government calls for more data scientists in the UK

  The government is calling on industry and academia to help produce more data scientists in the UK

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Study finds cloud computing the most valued enterprise IT skill

  Cloud computing overtakes virtualisation, security, BI, database and project management as the most valued enterprise IT skill

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Computer science graduates struggle to find work despite IT skills shortage

  Despite an IT skills gap, the UK’s recent computer science graduates are the largest group of unemployed graduates

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  IT security industry still immature, says (ISC)2 board member

  The information security industry is still immature and failing to act or speak as one, says Dave Lewis, (ISC)2 board member

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Go ON UK aims to get north-east England online

  Go ON UK launches Go ON North East in bid to spread digital skills and get the region online

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Ex-hackers best qualified to improve cyber security say 70% of IT firms

  Over half of businesses are not taking IT security seriously enough and almost three quarters of IT professionals think ex-hackers could be the right people to help businesses improve cyber-security.

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Former British Army Captain launches recruitment firm for ex-Royal Signals

  Ex-Royal Signalman founds Jobs in ICT after experiencing frustration with recruitment firms

• September 24, 2013 24 Sep'13

  C-level executives cry out for data scientists

  Board level executives are putting pressure on their IT organisations to find data scientists, according to Teradata research

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  Internet of things to power classroom education

  Businesses and academics have joined forces in an £800,000 project to extend the internet of things into the classroom

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Interview: Joanna Shields, CEO, Tech City

  Joanna Shields has been at the helm of reshaping the UK’s tech startup scene since taking the role of CEO at Tech City seven months ago

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  Most Influential Woman in UK IT 2013: Joanna Shields CEO of Tech City

  Winner of Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Woman in UK IT 2013 Joanna Shields, shares her experience and advice on being a successful women in tech

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  The 25 most influential women in UK IT 2013

  Computer Weekly recently held an event to recognise the most influential women in IT. Find out the results of our Women in Technology Awards.

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  Survey reveals increased demand for permanent IT directors

  April saw a 53% rise in permanent IT director vacancies, according to recruitment consultancy Computer People

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  IT departments to shrink dramatically within five years as cloud takes over

  IT professionals will need to rethink their careers as corporate IT departments undergo a radical restructuring over the next five years

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  Denise McDonagh awarded CBE for services to IT

  Former G-Cloud head Denise McDonagh has been awarded a CBE for services to IT in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2013

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Women in tech think differently to men in tech, say industry experts

  Industry experts discuss gender at a roundtable with Mortimer Spinks, in partnership with Computer Weekly and Lady Geek

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  John Lewis resolves IT skills gap with apprenticeship scheme

  Retailer John Lewis says it has resolved the IT skills gap issue by appointing five technology apprentices

• June 04, 2013 04 Jun'13

  UK millennials consider tech skills crucial to securing a job

  Telefonica survey reveals 76% of young people in the UK see technology skills as key to future success

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  Universities can help London push for more tech innovation, says Boris Johnson

  Boris Johnson pushes for London to become "entrenched" in tech innovation and startups

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Million Pound Startup competition launches to attract worldwide companies to London

  Million Pound Startup – a global competition to bring tech companies to London’s Tech City – has launched today

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Oops! The risks of using social media at work

  Recent tribunal cases show the risks that employers and employees run when using social media services

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics

  The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  BBC unveils tech and engineering apprenticeship scheme

  BBC aims to produce 100 highly-trained technology broadcasting apprentices over the next eight years

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Scottish IT and digital businesses look elsewhere due to skills shortage

  Scottish IT and digital businesses are struggling to fill job vacancies with over half recruiting from outside Scotland, according to ScotlandIS

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Territorial Army on the hunt for information assurance professionals

  TA to recruit IT security professionals into the Royal Signals to strengthen cyber operations

• February 21, 2013 21 Feb'13

  Pearson unveils incubator programme for education startups

  Pearson to offer 10 education startup companies $10,000 and expert mentors.

• February 12, 2013 12 Feb'13

  Case study: Children learn to read and write on laptops in Sweden

  All students in Sandviken, Sweden, have access to personal laptops. Two schools share how they use theirs to teach children to read and write

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  CIO interview: David Matthewman, CIO, Open University

  Three years after joining the Open University, CIO David Matthewman continues to push a strategic programme to deliver value and innovation

• February 08, 2013 08 Feb'13

  IT skills demand rises as salaries follow 16-month trajectory

  KPMG study shows demand for IT talent rising, as IT professionals with SQL, PHP, CSS and HTML skills see spike in earnings