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IT jobs and recruitment

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Osborne announces seven university technical colleges

  UTCs and studio schools to equip young people with technical and vocational training for tech and engineering sectors

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Firms believe skills crisis could hit science, tech and engineering

  The Prince’s Trust and HSBC report calls for employers to support young people into employment

• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Emma Mulqueeny: 97ers generation are employing themselves

  Festival of Code brings young hackers together for Young Rewired State event to learn entrepreneurial skills

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Anaplan opens York office in search of engineering talent

  Anaplan turns to York for R&D engineers as companies struggle to find talent in California

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

  European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Ed Vaizey gets digital industries role in Cabinet reshuffle

  Culture minister Ed Vaizey has been promoted to the post of minister for digital industries in this week’s Cabinet reshuffle

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  Further education tutors lack time and support to utilise technology

  Further education tutors lack time and support to explore technology options finds City & Guilds survey

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Clear Returns wins Tech All Stars 2014 Best Young European Startup

  E-commerce software firm Clear Returns handed the Tech All Stars 2014 Best Young European Startup award by Neelie Kroes

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Rising Stars revealed with Most Influential Women in UK IT list

  Judges for Most Influential Women in UK IT hail five females as Rising Stars

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Interview with the Most Influential Woman in UK IT 2014: Wendy Hall

  Wendy Hall, who has been crowned the Most Influential Woman in UK IT 2014, says gender equality is not just a women’s issue

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Computer Weekly names the 25 most influential women in UK IT

  Find out the results of Computer Weekly's Women in Technology Awards, ranking the top 25 most influential women in UK IT 2014

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  BBC promotes R&D controller Matthew Postgate to CTO role

  The BBC has appointed its research and development (R&D) controller Matthew Postgate as the corporation's chief technology officer (CTO)

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  Just Eat builds in-house IT workforce in Ukraine

  Online takeaway service Just Eat has built a team of software development and project managers in the Ukranian capital Kiev

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  Unilever appoints Jane Moran as global CIO

  Former CIO of Thomson Reuters, Jane Moran, has joined Unilever as its new global CIO

• June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14

  Queen Mary University to offer networking crash course for ICT students

  Queen Mary University of London to pilot a four-day network training and certification course

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  Employers back student-led IT Counts campaign

  Employers pledge to support student-led ITMB project that promotes IT as a career

• May 19, 2014 19 May'14

  IT contractors confident they can plug the skills gap

  A survey by Parasol reveals IT contractors are in it for the long term, with confidence in career prospects

• May 19, 2014 19 May'14

  Half of UK public unaware of IT roles in British Army

  One in two people do not know IT and communication roles are available as careers in the army

• May 18, 2014 18 May'14

  Cisco CTO tells women "there is no such thing as work-life balance”

  Cisco’s chief technology officer, Padmasree Warrior, said there is “no such thing as a work-life balance”, but instead she integrates the two

• May 09, 2014 09 May'14

  Vodafone cuts 121 staff with Burton site closure

  A review of Vodafone sites following its 2012 acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide will see its Vodafone Business Services centre in Burton-on-Trent shut down, with 121 jobs at risk

• May 06, 2014 06 May'14

  Most Influential Women in UK IT 2014: Nominations open

  Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in UK IT 2014 awards are now open for nominations.

• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  Talent shortage is threatening growth of London’s technology sector

  A shortage of talent and immigration legislation has been blamed for hampering technology growth in London

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Tech and engineering companies shine in Best for Vets Employers list

  Almost one-third of the companies on the 2014 Best for Vets Employers list are from the tech, telecoms, engineering and science sectors

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  IT and technology salaries rise 2.5% in 12 months

  IT and technology salaries rise from £49,027 to £50,276 in 12 months, according to Greythorn survey

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Businesses lack skills for change management projects

  Change management projects are on the rise, but businesses lack employees with relevant tech and business skills

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  BT wants young people to teach adults how to use the internet

  BT has set up a project calling on young people to teach adults with no computing skills how to use the internet

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  DWP should scrap existing Universal Credit IT, say MPs

  Department for Work and Pensions should consider scrapping its existing IT for Universal Credit and focus solely on the new digital solution, say MPs

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  RBS IT head Mike Errington retires

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) IT head Mike "Offshore Errington" is to retire after months of speculation during the bank's cost-cutting operation

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  Samsung opens Digital Classroom at Royal Albert Hall

  Samsung offers music, science and maths workshops for seven to 14 year olds at Royal Albert Hall

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Duke of York and Nominet launch iDEA Digital Enterprise Award scheme

  Digital Enterprise Award scheme launched at Buckingham Palace to encourage young people to start their own businesses

• 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

• 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 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO

  Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as CEO almost six months after former incumbent Steve Ballmer announced his retirement

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  BBC CTO John Linwood sacked over failed £100m digital project

  Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has been sacked over the broadcaster’s failed £100m Digital Media Initiative

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

  Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce

• 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 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  The IT risks facing Universal Credit

  Despite Iain Duncan Smith's robust defence of his flagship welfare reform policy, Universal Credit, evidence to the contrary continues to mount

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Interactive graphic: 2014 European IT priorities and forecast

  Find out the IT priorities and forecasts of European businesses for 2014 with our exclusive reader survey results

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  HSBC boss to take over BT Openreach

  BT confirms Joe Garner will take over as the CEO of its Openreach division when Liv Garfield steps down in February

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  DWP already struggling to recruit digital skills for Universal Credit IT development

  DWP is already struggling to recruit IT staff with the digital skills it needs – not just for Universal Credit but also other IT projects

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Universal Credit faces IT skills shortage risk after GDS withdrawal

  The withdrawal of the Government Digital Service (GDS) from work on Universal Credit is one of the major risks for the troubled project over the next 12 months