IT careers and IT skills

IT professionals increasingly need to take responsibility for ensuring that their IT skills are kept up-to-date, and for pursuing opportunities that will develop their IT careers. We examine the issues around career development at all stages of an IT professional's working life, from education through to training and recruitment.

  • News 09 Jul 2025

    Accounting watchdog ‘disclaims’ College of Policing financial accounts after serious IT failures

    The professional body for policing in England and Wales failed to properly manage its transition to new accounting and payroll systems Continue Reading

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  • E-Zine 08 Jul 2025

    Do tech executives in US Army present conflict of interest?

    In this week’s Computer Weekly, we take a deep dive into the controversial news that four technology executives have been sworn into the US military to make the armed forces ‘more lethal’. In other US-centric news, we look at how President Trump’s downgrading of diversity and inclusion initiatives could be potentially rippling across the Atlantic and affecting tech hiring trends in the UK. We also hear about a UK startup that is using AI to pinpoint the genetic code that needs tweaking to increase tomato and potato yields, as part of a broader push to increase the nation’s food security in the face of climate change. Read the issue now. Continue Reading