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January 13, 2022 13 Jan'22
ICO investigates police use of app to covertly record calls from mobile phones

Surrey and Sussex police forces call in regulators after 1,000 police officers downloaded an app to covertly record phone calls on police-issued mobile phones
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

How to create a sustainable continuous learning culture

How can organisations create a continuous learning culture that will militate against the so-called great resignation? We explore, using Vodafone and Deutsche Bank as cases in point Continue Reading
Is the tech sector facing an IT skills exodus?

Three out of five of tech professionals say they are looking to move jobs over the next year. Why is this, and how big a skills problem is the tech industry facing? Continue Reading
Bridging the gender gap in cyber security

Some professional groups and companies in Asia are working hard to improve awareness of the cyber security profession and mentoring talented women in a bid to bridge the gender gap Continue Reading

Setting the Skills and Employment Agenda for 2022 and beyond

Education for one career for life is now the exception not the norm for most school-leavers and graduates. The current workforce is on a treadmill of change. This is accelerating faster than most ... Continue Reading
STEM schooling for a world of lifelong training

How do we integrate the lessons learned since March 2020 and build on the existing abundance of material to “construct a really cracking educational experience to ensure that lifelong learning is ... Continue Reading
A late career route into tech

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Abby Xiaotong Su, graduate software engineer at a large e-commerce company, talks about her unexpected route into tech, and discusses the many roads into ... Continue Reading

The way we talk and think about tech is crucial to helping solve the skills shortage crisis

Companies are looking to short-term fixes to find IT specialists, but there is still a need for long-term solutions Continue Reading
New strategies needed to close the cyber security skills gap

Teaching cyber security in schools is a long-term solution to a present-day problem Continue Reading
Will the end of furlough help fill tech vacancies?

The closure of the government’s furlough scheme may not help the tech sector fill the most technical vacancies, but it could bolster available talent for the longer term Continue Reading

Lifelong learning critical for tech’s future – Jacqueline de Rojas

In this video from Computer Weekly’s annual diversity and inclusion in tech event, in partnership with Spinks, president of TechUK, Jacqueline de Rojas, talks about how as the tech sector continues to grow at a rapid pace, a focus should be put upon continuous skills development for people of all ages and professions across the UK
Inclusion, tech and the pandemic – Bev White

In this video from Computer Weekly’s annual diversity and inclusion in tech event, in partnership with Spinks, CEO of Harvey Nash, Bev White, talks about the affect the pandemic has had on inclusion in the tech sector
Tech talent is critical - Amali de Alwis

In this video from Computer Weekly’s annual diversity and inclusion in tech event, in partnership with Spinks, CEO of Subak, Amali de Alwis, talks about both the good and bad outcomes of the pandemic when it comes to the technology sector, as well as how we advance into the future