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IT technical skills

• 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 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

• 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

• 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 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

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  IT contractors seek to fill skills gap left by public sector cuts

  IT contractors are increasingly confident about job opportunities in the public sector due to reductions in the civil service's head count, finds research

• 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 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 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

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  Technology companies expand despite economic concerns, says Intellect

  UK technology companies are set to expand despite misgivings over the wider UK economy, according to a survey from IT industry body Intellect

• 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

  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 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  EC invests €1.5bn in IT research

  The European Commission (EC) has announced funding for research into IT totaling almost €1.5bn

• 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 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

  Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science

• 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 11, 2012 11 Apr'12

  Business analytics skills shortage provokes companies to cast net wide

  Organisations face lack of business analytics skills. Smart companies cast the net wide for the broadest pools of talent, help analysts learn from each other and work to ensure they realize potential.

• 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)

• March 15, 2012 15 Mar'12

  IT managers take on more responsibilities with increased job security

  A Computer Weekly survey reveals the role of the IT manager expanding to take on more responsibilities, with most feeling more secure in their jobs.

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  CW500: Getting to grips with big data

  Experts from Standard Life, Deloitte and Intelligent Business Strategies share some useful tips for CIOs on understanding big data

• 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 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  Gartner identifies trends in CIO spending in 2012

  Chief information officers are facing an austere 2012. Spending on IT will rise on average by just 0.5% worldwide, but IT budgets in the UK, Europe and North America are declining.

• 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.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• November 16, 2011 16 Nov'11

  Computer Weekly wins digital publishing award

  Computer Weekly has won a prestigious publishing industry award for the product development of the year.

• 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.

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  Immigration cap will not stem flow of IT workers to UK on ICT visas

  The immigration cap, which comes into force on 6 April 2011, will have little effect on the number of economic migrants entering the UK because businesses can continue to use the uncapped Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme to access skills, ...

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Communication skills more important than technical know-how for IT jobs, say IT graduates

  Most IT graduates think technical skills are the least important for IT jobs, according to a survey.

• March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11

  Industry calls on employers to say what security skills are needed

  The National Skills Academy for IT is calling on employers to address the cyber security skills gap by sharing views on the most useful courses and qualifications.

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

  A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Gartner: CIOs fail on staff career development

  CIOs are getting better at reinvesting savings into new projects, but investment in skills and career development is still poor.

• June 01, 2008 01 Jun'08

  Wireless LANs -- 'CCNA Official Exam Certification Library, Third Edition,' Chapter 11

  This chapter examines the basics of WLANs to help you prepare for the CCNA exam. In particular, the first section introduces the concepts, protocols, and standards used by many of the most common WLAN installations today. The chapter then examines ...

• March 19, 2008 19 Mar'08

  Cisco Certified Voice Professional lab updates mimic live networks

  The new Cisco CCVP certification updates training courses to fall in line with the latest Unified Communications Manager platform.

• February 25, 2008 25 Feb'08

  CCNA certification for Cisco networking channel professionals

  CCNA certification offers value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators benefits, as described here by Wendell Odom.