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IT education and training

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Case study: How technology has transformed education in Denmark

  Digital devices have transformed the learning environment for schools in the municipality of Odder, Denmark

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Raspberry Pi Model A computer goes on sale for £16

  The latest version of the small single-board Raspberry Pi computer – Model A – has gone on sale in Europe at just £16

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Digital app developer skills take centre stage in corporate IT

  Digital information design skills, including building business apps, have assumed new importance in corporate IT over the past year

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  Computer science to be part of English Baccalaureate

  Computer science will be included in the new English Baccalaureate as one of the options for science study

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  Quarter of UK IT executives plan expansion of IT operations this year

  Hiring Index report reveals IT directors and CIOs plan to expand their teams or fill vacated positions as they arise

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  UK will be 33,300 short of IT workers by 2050, finds research

  The UK will be short of 33,300 IT workers in 2050 as a result of a skills shortage, an ageing workforce and a restrictive migration policy

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  CIOs must hunt and harvest digital opportunities

  It is time for CIOs to focus on the outside world instead of internal IT, according to Gartner

• January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13

  Government extends employer £1,500 apprenticeship grant for further 12 months

  Government and National Apprenticeship Service extend AGE 16-24 grant for further 12 months

• December 14, 2012 14 Dec'12

  Teen tech fanatic James Allen launches Save Gloop app on iTunes

  Isle of Man secondary school student James Allen designs and launches his Save Gloop app, now available on iTunes for download

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Civica bags learning services contracts with 22 schools

  Civica provides digital learning environments to 22 UK schools, using its CloudBase learning platform and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

• November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12

  IET awards £200,000 in scholarships and awards for computer science and engineering students

  IET rewarded students that choose to study computer science and engineering subjects

• November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12

  Microsoft launches Get On IT training initiative

  Apprentices met with David Cameron and Steve Ballmer at the launch of Microsoft’s Get On skills initiative

• October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12

  O2 and Bauer Media pledge £5m for GoThinkBig scheme

  O2 and Bauer Media have launched GoThinkBig, a work experience scheme, which is backed by David Cameron

• October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12

  Everywoman Leadership Academy: Navigate your path to success

  Over 100 women gather at Cisco's offices for the everywoman In Technology Leadership Academy to hear what makes a successful leader

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  Maths neglect will decimate IT skills, says ANS founder Scott Fletcher

  Neglecting school maths education will precipitate a skills decline in the UK’s IT industry, according to Scott Fletcher, founder of the ANS Group

• September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12

  Science grade goalposts altered mid-year as Gove unveils plans for GCSE overhaul

  Science students had different grade boundaries in January to those in June an exam board reveals, a day after Gove announces GCSEs will be abolished

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  IT security awareness needs to be company-wide, says (ISC)²

  Information security awareness needs to be more robust, started as early as possible, continually reinforced and organisation-wide, says Julie Peeler, director, (ISC)² Foundation

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Skills shortage means no unemployment in IT security, says (ISC)2

  Zero unemployment in IT security shows a huge shortage of skills in the profession, says Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)2

• September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12

  Students back to school for new e-skills ICT curriculum today

  Students return to the e-skills Behind the Screen programme, as schools fill the gap left by government scrapping the national ICT curriculum

• August 17, 2012 17 Aug'12

  Cyber security boot camp to educate potential cyber spooks

  A group of about 30 young people will attend a cyber security boot camp announced by the organisations responsible for the Cyber Security Challenge next month.

• August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12

  UK Top 50 IT Training Providers revealed

  Top 50 IT training providers are announced by consultancy Pardo Fox, with QA topping the list

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Cisco BIG Awards finalists announced

  Cisco has announced the six UK start-ups that have made it through to the BIG Awards finals

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Can IT investment in schools keep pace with change?

  As more schools join the academy programnme, is the next generation getting access to the right technology crucial to the digital world?

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  IT contract market rebuilding, survey reveals

  The IT contract market is beginning to show signs of recovery, according to Computer People’s June 2012 IT Monitor survey

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Microsoft Office 365 for Education free for teachers

  Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education, as Scottish Government commits to using the free cloud productivity suite.

• June 19, 2012 19 Jun'12

  CISM and CRISC named as highest earning IT qualifications

  IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index places two ISACA qualifications at the top of the highest-earning IT certifications list

• June 15, 2012 15 Jun'12

  Cisco Stemnet Challenge 10 finalists announced

  Cisco and The Pearson Foundation have announced eight finalists out of 200 schools that entered the competition to plan a full-scale event in their local area

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Teachers share concerns and ideas for ICT in 2014 curriculum

  IT professionals and education bodies used Westminster Education forum to air concerns over the government’s decision to remove ICT from the curriculum two years before it is replaced by a computer science alternative

• May 31, 2012 31 May'12

  UK businesses prefer training to hiring to plug IT skills gap

  An IT skills shortage in the UK is affecting businesses, driving 70% of organisations to invest in training while 40% plan to hire skills

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  STFC ploughs £30m into high performance computing centre with IBM

  The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has signed a £30m deal with IBM to develop high performance computing (HPC)

• April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12

  Eight UK universities awarded excellence in cyber security research status

  The first eight UK universities have been awarded 'Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research' status

• March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12

  Half of education institutions victims of mobile IT theft

  According to research, 45% of UK education establishments claim to have had mobile IT equipment stolen during the last three years.

• February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12

  Mobile technology training in demand

  A massive 81% of IT professionals are planning to bolster their skills in mobile computing as 84% see this as an area of growth in the market.

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  IT services providers sign up to apprentice scheme

  UK IT service providers will take on more IT apprentices to help bridge the gap between education and the workplace as part of a government-backed scheme

• January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12

  ICT curriculum for GCSE is scrapped

  The government is to scrap the teaching of GCSE ICT in schools this September, with plans to replace the subject with the “rigorous” teaching of computer science and programming subjects.

• November 07, 2011 07 Nov'11

  City University London unveils scholarship for information leadership course

  City University London has launched its IBM Enterprise Computing scholarship to award a place on its Masters of Information Leadership (MIL) course.

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  Open University expands computer-aided teaching portal for educators worlwide

  The Open University has completed the second stage of a £2.5m Department of Education funded initiative to deliver computer-aided teaching to the classroom.

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  Survey finds UK IT jobs concentrated in London and south-east England

  With software houses and the financial services sector creating by far the most permanent IT jobs, career opportunities are being condensed into south-east England.

• March 10, 2011 10 Mar'11

  IBM targets Oracle customers with free big data training

  IBM plans to train 10,000 Oracle database professionals in IBM software analytics and information management throughout 2011 via free bootcamp training sessions.

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  FDM seek 1000 graduates for training scheme

  IT services provider FDM is recruiting 1000 graduates for its training scheme in 2011.