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• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Lack of tech skills is delaying projects

  Projects have been delayed over the past six months because of a lack of appropriate skills, with half of managers unable to find the workers with the necessary tech skills, survey finds

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Umbrella company cyber attacks prompt fresh calls for sector regulation to protect contractors

  With the umbrella company industry increasingly finding itself under attack from cyber criminals, contracting market stakeholders embark on a fresh round of calls for the industry to be regulated

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  EY to open Neuro-Diverse Centre of Excellence in Manchester

  Professional services firm EY is launching a Neuro-Diverse Centre of Excellence in the UK to create a perfect working environment for neuro-diverse tech innovators

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  Twitter to expand Singapore engineering hub

  Twitter will double its engineering workforce in Singapore by 2023, as part of its regional expansion plans

• January 19, 2022 19 Jan'22

  Around 65% of tech recruiters say there’s bias in the hiring process

  Those responsible for recruiting developers worldwide have admitted that bias during the hiring process is an issue

• January 19, 2022 19 Jan'22

  Gartner: IT spending forecast points to skills rebalance

  Latest forecast on IT spending shows that more IT workloads are being deployed in the cloud, and outsourcing is also set for a boost

• January 10, 2022 10 Jan'22

  Young people are leaving tech because of bad culture

  There are many reasons young people aren’t choosing a career in tech, but it also seems they are leaving the industry when they find its culture isn’t inclusive enough

• December 30, 2021 30 Dec'21

  Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2021

  What did the skills and hiring landscape look like for tech in 2021? Computer Weekly shares the key moments for IT careers and skills over the past year

• December 23, 2021 23 Dec'21

  Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2021

  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 2021

• December 20, 2021 20 Dec'21

  Minorities in IT less likely to be in leadership positions

  IT specialists who are from under-represented groups in the UK’s technology sector are less likely to hold higher-up roles, or to be in permanent positions

• December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21

  Young people think it’s ‘too late’ for them to get into tech

  Young people across the globe have an interest in technology careers, but a lack of training and the industry’s poor reputation for diversity are acting as deterrents

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Institute of Coding adds 1,500 grads to UK’s tech talent pool

  A number of bootcamps developed by the Institute of Coding are about to deliver talent with newly obtained technology skills into the UK’s potential workforce

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  CIO interview: Nicola Wadham, Financial Ombudsman Service

  CIO Nicola Wadham brings Computer Weekly up to speed on the Financial Ombudsman Service’s IT challenges and successes

• December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

  More than 65% of IT business leaders say pandemic was good for D&I

  The pandemic helped many organisations get on top of their diversity and inclusion initiatives, say business leaders in tech and other sectors

• December 06, 2021 06 Dec'21

  Women in tech lack training opportunities, says Skillsoft

  Women in tech both globally and in the UK lack training opportunities, says Skillsoft, with many claiming this has been a barrier for them in their careers

• December 06, 2021 06 Dec'21

  Parents more equipped for home learning than teachers

  Home learning was more easily embraced by parents than teachers, with parents saying they had the tech in place for remote schooling

• December 03, 2021 03 Dec'21

  Almost three-quarters of digital talent planning job change

  Globally, a large number of digital workers have plans to move roles within the next few years, with a significant number already job hunting

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  Initiative launched to increase London tech diversity

  After research from the Greater London Authority finds that young black men are most likely to be unemployed in the capital, London’s mayor launches an initiative to increase employment in the tech sector

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  MI6 will ‘open up’ to tech firms to innovate faster than adversaries, says chief Richard Moore

  MI6 will use investment fund to back tech companies to develop long-term technologies that will help it to keep pace with China and Russia

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  HMRC denies outside-IR35 hiring ban as accounts reveal agency’s reliance on umbrella workers

  HM Revenue & Customs accounts reveal marked rise in total number of temporary workers it engages, with most of them providing services through umbrella firms

• November 25, 2021 25 Nov'21

  Industry must collaborate to advance digital skills, says FutureDotNow

  Business coalition calls for cross-industry collaboration to close the UK’s digital skills gap

• November 24, 2021 24 Nov'21

  One in three Norwegian unicorns created in 2021 alone

  Norway’s tech sector has undergone rapid growth in the past year, consolidating the Nordic country’s position as an emerging European tech hub

• November 24, 2021 24 Nov'21

  IT Priorities 2022: Software development

  As organisations rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic, strategic software projects will help them become more effective

• November 23, 2021 23 Nov'21

  NCSC commits to new diversity measures

  The National Cyber Security Centre’s second annual report on diversity in cyber security finds room for improvement

• November 23, 2021 23 Nov'21

  Commons committee launches STEM diversity inquiry

  Inquiry will assess the lack of diversity in UK science, technology, engineering and maths and will measure current attempts to improve representation

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Security startups line up on Cyber Runway

  Some 108 cyber security startups representing the UK’s most cutting-edge innovators are to join Plexal’s Cyber Runway accelerator

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  Out of the shadows: The rise of ethical hackers in 2021

  Ethical hackers working on the Bugcrowd platform have saved organisations almost $30bn in risk during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the community sheds old stereotypes

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  Three-quarters of global IT decision-makers facing skills gaps

  Research by Skillsoft has found that 76% of IT decision-makers across the world have departmental skills gaps – a number that has increased significantly in the past five years

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  Government bodies refuse FOI requests on basis of misleading database search times, says academic

  The Information Commissioner’s Office tells tribunal it would need to bring in external experts to search data using an Excel spreadsheet

• November 11, 2021 11 Nov'21

  Post-Covid tech world to see 89% of UK tech operations hosted off-premise

  Leading UK ISP releases research showing that emergence of the hybrid era means that dependence on on-premise infrastructure to support a full capacity office is no longer required

• November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

  Tech’s reaction to the Budget’s skills promises

  During the 2021 Autumn Budget, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced several measures aimed at increasing skilled workers in the UK – but does the tech sector think it’s enough?

• November 07, 2021 07 Nov'21

  Technology spending reaches record levels, fuelling jobs boom

  Spending on IT has reached its highest levels for a decade but a shortage of skilled IT professionals could dampen growth

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  Women grossly underrepresented in global fintech

  Women are CEOs at less than 6% of global financial technology firms and even fewer hold top tech jobs

• October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

  Interview: Asel Sartbaeva, chemistry researcher, University of Bath

  Everywoman in Tech Woman of the Year 2021, Asel Sartbaeva, talks about her work with vaccines, and the importance of role models in encouraging young women into science

• October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

  How GitHub is driving secure software development

  GitHub’s first chief security officer offers a glimpse into the company’s efforts to help developers and organisations embrace secure software development practices

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Cyber sector growth exacerbating skills shortage

  Data from security association (ISC)² shows demand for cyber pros is still outpacing supply as the sector continues an upward growth trajectory

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  TSB opens 100-seat tech centre in Scottish capital

  TSB has opened its latest tech centre in Scotland while IT services provider CGI announces the creation of hundreds of UK tech jobs

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Women more likely to have retrained for tech roles than men

  Research by WISE finds women are more likely to have retrained for a tech role than men, and half of people in tech think soft skills are more important than tech skills

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  IBM pledges to reskill 30 million people by 2030

  Tech giant launches worldwide initiative to provide about 30 million people with technology and digital skills over the next nine years

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Denmark takes another step towards empowering women in tech

  A programme to increase the participation of women in the thriving Danish startup ecosystem moves to the second of three planned stages

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Former signals intel leader named godfather of UK security

  Sixth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards honours former Royal Corps of Signals colonel and infosec pioneer John Doody

• October 08, 2021 08 Oct'21

  Lewis Hamilton charity aims to help train 150 black STEM teachers

  A charity led by Formula1 driver Lewis Hamilton has plans for a two-year pilot aimed at training and recruiting black teachers for science, technology, engineering and maths subjects

• October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21

  Pandemic increases need to hire tech workers

  The Covid-19 pandemic has changed consumer behaviour and technology use within organisations, leading to plans for technology hiring to increase over the next year

• October 05, 2021 05 Oct'21

  CIO interview: Lisa Heneghan, chief digital officer, KPMG

  KPMG UK’s digital leader says that in her 25-year career she has never known a more exciting time to work in IT

• October 04, 2021 04 Oct'21

  Chancellor uses Tory Party conference speech to announce AI scholarships

  Artificial intelligence holds the key to unlocking productivity, and developing the right skills to harness this potential was one of the focal points at the Tory Party conference

• September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

  Computer Weekly’s 2021 women in tech Rising Stars

  Despite a lack of women in the technology sector, new champions of diversity, inclusion and technology are always surfacing – so who is likely to appear in Computer Weekly’s top 50 list in the future?

• September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

  Stop being ‘apologetic’ for differing skillsets, says Most Influential Woman in UK Tech 2021

  There are many routes into technology, and many different skillsets that contribute to making great tech work, so people need to be ‘less apologetic’ for a less technical skillset, says Poppy Gustafsson, this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech

• September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

  Computer Weekly announces the 2021 Most Influential Women in UK Tech

  Computer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2021 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner Poppy Gustafsson

• September 30, 2021 30 Sep'21

  Team leaders urged to address developer mental health

  The pandemic led to many developers working from home, and many have experienced burnout

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  Women in fintech welcome Barclays initiative and demand more from the sector

  Women in UK financial technology have welcomed bank’s new female-focused lab and funding initiative and call for more like it from the sector

• September 28, 2021 28 Sep'21

  Former PwC initiative Tech She Can becomes independent charity

  Initially a charter aimed at educating young women about tech careers, PwC-led initiative Tech She Can is now an independent charity with 200 members

• September 26, 2021 26 Sep'21

  What it takes to attract and retain women in cyber security

  The narrowing gender gap may be a cause for cheer, but more needs to be done to curb discrimination, and attract and retain women for cyber security roles in Asia-Pacific

• September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21

  Digdata partners with Facebook to encourage future data talent

  Educational initiative Digdata and Facebook have developed a programme aimed at encouraging young people to consider careers in data science

• September 24, 2021 24 Sep'21

  IBM ramps up quantum education initiative

  IBM is trying hard to break quantum computing away from the boffins to find real-world application areas

• September 23, 2021 23 Sep'21

  Tech job adverts increasing outside London bubble

  The need for skilled tech workers has increased throughout the UK, with many cities seeing a growth in adverts for tech or digital roles

• September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21

  Mastercard invests in digital competence training for five million very small businesses

  Mastercard is working with suppliers to embed training for small businesses onto their digital platforms

• September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21

  Foreign professionals and upskilled locals in demand as UAE sets ambitious coding targets

  The United Arab Emirates is on a mission to grow its tech sector as part of its economic diversification plans, but it needs more talent from inside and outside the country

• September 21, 2021 21 Sep'21

  DBS eyes AI and blockchain talent

  Singapore-based bank DBS is looking to hire 150 developers and engineers skilled in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain through its hackathon programme

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  Database growth needs greater team collaboration

  Organisations are storing more data, which will increase the workload of administrators managing database servers

• September 08, 2021 08 Sep'21

  Covid positive for security market, but still a source of stress

  CIISec’s latest “State of the profession report” highlights both positives and challenges for cyber pros arising from the past two years

• September 07, 2021 07 Sep'21

  TLA Black Women in Tech to launch book about tech role models

  Not-for-profit organisation is raising funds to publish a book showcasing black women in tech to give young people in UK schools access to role models

• September 06, 2021 06 Sep'21

  Nokia launches online tech scholarship for under-represented talent

  Alongside Udacity and the Blacks in Technology Foundation, Nokia has launched an online nanodegree aimed at increasing the number of people from underrepresented backgrounds in tech worldwide

• September 02, 2021 02 Sep'21

  Applications for Tech Nation Global Talent Visa hit 4,000

  Tech Nation, the endorsing body for the digital technology route of the UK’s Global Talent Visa, has reached a total of 4,000 visa applications since 2014

• September 01, 2021 01 Sep'21

  Makers announces winners of 2021 Women in Software Power List

  Software engineering bootcamp Makers has announced its third annual list of up-and-coming women in the software sector

• August 31, 2021 31 Aug'21

  Interview: Sofie Blakstad, CEO, hiveonline

  Everywoman in Technology award winner and CEO of hiveonline, Sofie Blakstad, has a long history in the tech sector, and has been using tech to help those in sub-Saharan Africa set up businesses and become digitally literate

• August 24, 2021 24 Aug'21

  HMCTS discloses £12.5m HMRC tax bill over IR35 status contractor assessment errors

  HM Courts and Tribunals Service has acknowledged IR35 status contractor assessment errors and paid HMRC £12.5m

• August 19, 2021 19 Aug'21

  Inside Estonia’s tech startup scene

  Estonia is a Baltic tech tiger that is fast-gaining an international reputation for competently delivered government e-services at a level that surpasses most of its European and international counterparts

• August 12, 2021 12 Aug'21

  Number of girls taking GCSE computing drops in 2021

  While the overall number of students in the UK taking computing GCSEs in the UK in 2021 increased from last year, the number of girls taking the subject saw a year-on-year drop

• August 10, 2021 10 Aug'21

  Number of students taking A-level computing rose in 2021

  Numbers of both male and female students sitting A-Level computing exams rose in 2021, although there is still a long way to go to encourage more girls into tech

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  Cloud misconfiguration a growing cause of security incidents

  Rapid cloud adoption during the pandemic has increased the attack surface and heightened the risk of misconfiguring services, leaving organisations more vulnerable to cyber attacks

• August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21

  Around 75% of minority tech employees don’t feel a sense of belonging at work

  Research by Capgemini found just over three-quarters of global tech employees who are women or ethnic minorities don’t feel a sense of belonging at work

• August 04, 2021 04 Aug'21

  M&S launches initiative to hire software engineers

  Supermarket and department store M&S has launched an initiative designed to help it find software engineering talent

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  UK MoD turns to hackers to help secure digital assets

  Hackers given direct access to internal Ministry of Defence systems to identify and report security vulnerabilities

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  New ransomware gang spins out of DarkSide

  The emergence of a ransomware gang known as BlackMatter raises questions that it could be a re-brand of REvil or DarkSide

• August 03, 2021 03 Aug'21

  Huawei courts Asian startups in cloud push

  Huawei will spend $100m over three years to grow the startup ecosystem in key markets as it eyes a bigger slice of Asia’s cloud market

• July 28, 2021 28 Jul'21

  Vote now: Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2021

  Who should be the 2021 most influential woman in UK tech? Submit your vote to tell us what you think

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2021: Entrants to the Hall of Fame

  Each year Computer Weekly recognises several great women from the IT industry and their lifetime achievements in its Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame

• July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21

  SAS steps up free data skills programme for job seekers

  SAS has expanded its free data skills for jobseekers’ programme, aiming it at people who have been adversely affected by the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic

• July 22, 2021 22 Jul'21

  Most Influential Women in UK Tech: The 2021 longlist

  Each year, Computer Weekly publishes the longlist of all of the women put forward to be considered for its list of the top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech. Here are all of 2021’s nominees

• July 21, 2021 21 Jul'21

  Government officials lack experience to lead digital transformation, says NAO

  The government needs to reskill senior decision makers and give tech leaders more influence if digital business change projects are to succeed

• July 21, 2021 21 Jul'21

  Makers launches third year of the Women in Software Powerlist

  Software bootcamp Makers is looking for up-and-coming women in the software development scene to celebrate diversity in the sector

• July 19, 2021 19 Jul'21

  SAP invests €250m in UK economy

  Investment includes a new, UK-based cloud service, two new offices, and a beefing up of SAP’s apprenticeship and internship programmes

• July 15, 2021 15 Jul'21

  UK government publishes skills-focused anti-disinformation plan

  Online Media Literacy Strategy aims to train teachers and care-givers in understanding disinformation so they can help others in safely navigating the internet

• July 15, 2021 15 Jul'21

  UK workforce needs reskilling for net-zero transition

  Green Jobs Taskforce report looks at how the UK’s workforce can be skilled up to support the transition to net zero

• July 15, 2021 15 Jul'21

  UAE offers ‘golden visas’ to coders as part of national IT skills programme

  The United Arab Emirates is offering visas to coders across the world as it attempts to attract talent to support its economic diversification

• July 14, 2021 14 Jul'21

  UK should set up digital task forces to transform governance

  Commission for Smart Government paper sets out recommendations for how government can use digital technologies to better serve citizens’ needs, and calls for it to set up new digital task forces

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  Regional cyber clusters score £700k of funding

  DCMS has awarded £700,000 of funding to a network of 20 regional cyber clusters

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  UK Cyber Security Council calls for new push on training

  Too many companies have cut back on security training and development during the pandemic, says UK Cyber Security Council

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  IR35: Contractors demand tax and employment law alignment to protect ‘zero-rights’ workers

  Government is again facing calls to ensure contractors that pay the same amount of tax as permanent employees also receive the same workplace benefits

• July 13, 2021 13 Jul'21

  Home Office launches three-year digital strategy

  The strategy sets out six principles, aiming to reduce cost and complexity while driving innovation and developing better digital products and services

• July 09, 2021 09 Jul'21

  Ransomware gangs seek people skills for negotiations

  The process of negotiating a ransomware payment is delicate, hence cyber criminal organisations are prepared to offer good terms to those with the right skillsets

• July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21

  How the UK Cyber Security Council plans to professionalise security

  As chair of the new UK Cyber Security Council, Claudia Natanson is in a superb position to develop professional standards in IT security and she intends to fundamentally reimagine what a security job actually is

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  Google Cloud ties up with AI Singapore on skills training

  Google Cloud is working with Singapore’s national AI programme to build up the country’s talent pool in machine learning and AI

• July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21

  Bank of England searches for new CIO amid once-in-a-generation project

  The Bank of England is recruiting a head of IT during a period of major change in its core IT system

• July 01, 2021 01 Jul'21

  Nominations open for 2021 Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards

  Nominations are now open for this year’s edition of the Unsung Heroes Awards for cyber professionals and educators

• June 29, 2021 29 Jun'21

  UK Cyber Security Council launches inaugural initiatives

  Security association seeks to determine terms of reference for committees to oversee standards and ethics, and qualifications and careers in the cyber sector

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  NCSC recognises cyber degree apprenticeships for the first time

  Addition of new cyber courses to National Cyber Security Centre’s accredited list will supposedly help students make better choices and help universities get more funding

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  (ISC)² makes ransomware education course free through 31 July

  Cyber security association is making its Professional Development Institute course on ransomware free to the general public until the end of July

• June 24, 2021 24 Jun'21

  Controversial cyber tycoon John McAfee dead at 75

  Founder of the eponymous cyber security firm has committed suicide in a Spanish prison

• June 17, 2021 17 Jun'21

  Increasing numbers of Dutch women opt for career in ICT

  There’s a shortage of IT professionals in the Netherlands, but the skills gap can be bridged by attracting further women to the sector