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IT careers and IT skills

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Tech City targets companies outside of London for next cohort in accelerator programme

  Tech City UK has placed more of an emphasis on companies outside of the capital for its next accelerator cohort

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Tech experts want government to help workers prepare for AI disruption

  The tech brains working with artificial intelligence think governments have an important role to play in preparing workers for change

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Government to help cultural sectors take advantage of digital

  Arts and culture organisations will be given help to access new technologies and digital skills as part of a government plan to “support the whole digital culture ecology”

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Cyber attacks up nearly 20% in 2017

  Research by SonicWall shows there were 9.32 billion malware attacks globally last year, but ransomware attacks fell by 71%

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Nordic CIO interview: Mikael Ludvigsen, Novozymes

  Danish biotechnology company’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about some of the changes he has made to the organisation’s IT department since he arrived 19 months ago

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  European cities woo English-speaking IT talent

  Organisations in major European cities have upped their search for English-speaking talent, including IT professionals, since the UK’s referendum on EU membership

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Interview: Andy Street, mayor of the West Midlands

  West Midlands mayor Andy Street talks about why digital is key to the region’s economic growth, his hunt for a chief digital officer, and the importance of skills and collaboration

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  Nesta challenge leverages Open Banking to help small businesses

  Innovation foundation invites enterprises of all sizes to compete for a share of a £2.5m prize fund in the second phase of its Open Up Challenge

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  CIOs ill-prepared for IT changes to enable digital business transformation

  Lack of skills, an inability to make the most of advanced analytics internally and slow software development are hampering digitisation efforts

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  Vast majority of consumers unaware of Open Banking consequences, research finds

  Research shows most consumers have little or no knowledge of the Open Banking regulation and how it will affect them

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  New privacy fears as IT challenges delay surveillance oversight body by a year

  IT challenges have delayed government plans for an independent body to authorise requests to access the public’s internet and phone records by nearly a year, raising new legal and privacy concerns

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Contractor confidence in HMRC’s IR35 online assessment tool remains low

  Research suggests contractors still have misgivings about using HM Revenue & Customs' IR35 online assessment tool, one year on from launch

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Pizza Hut customers can now pay for meals with Mastercard Qkr mobile app

  Pizza Hut has joined a number of UK restaurants in enabling customers to pay at the table using the Mastercard Qkr app

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Middle East faces IT talent crunch

  Countries in the Middle East are adopting the latest technologies at such a rapid rate that the region faces an IT skills shortage

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  CA Technologies helps teachers learn more about future jobs

  Technology firm CA Technologies has run its first Ambassador Academy to help teachers learn more about what skills will be needed for future jobs

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  London mayor announces £7m programme to seek out digital talent

  Programme launched in London to help attract more young people, women and BAME individuals into technology careers

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Almost half of young women don’t feel they have the skills for a tech career

  Only a small percentage of young people who want to work in technology are women, with 45% of young women claiming they don’t have the skills for tech

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Open Banking could bring an extra £1bn to UK economy

  As a result of the Open Banking initiative, an additional £1bn could be available to drive the UK economy forward

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Salary is not top way to attract cybersec pros, report reveals

  Salary is not the highest priority for cyber security professionals, a report on hiring and retaining top cyber security talent shows

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  AI must develop for the greater good and cut government admin

  A group of experts explored the issues of UK policy and funding in artificial intelligence at a recent seminar in London. We report on the discussion

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Understanding the cyber threat key to UK defence, says NCSC

  Understanding cyber threats is key to defending the UK and ensuring it is a safe place to do business, says the National Cyber Security Centre

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  Migration figures could spell trouble for UK tech

  Figures show a record number of EU workers choosing to leave the UK and, with fewer people moving to the region, the IT skills gap looks set to widen

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  More than a quarter of UK shoppers prepared for wearable contactless payments

  Mastercard research shows a growing number of shoppers are prepared to make purchases with smartwatches, rings and bracelets

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  West Midlands Mayor on the hunt for chief digital officer

  The mayor wants to appoint a chief digital officer to drive forward the region’s digital strategy and help West Midlands grow as a leading tech hub

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Schoolkids want social media giants to do more to stop online bullying

  Schoolchildren feel that social media companies such as Facebook and Instagram can do much more to protect them from online abuse

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Makers Academy: Helping firms to address diversity recruitment woes

  Training provider Makers Academy has helped firms such as Tesco recruit work-ready and diverse software engineering talent

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Manchester Science Partnerships opens competition to drive data science and tech startups forward

  Manchester Science Partnerships has begun a competition for startups to win free desk space at its Tech Incubator

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Demand for cyber security skills outstrips internal supply, research finds

  Businesses are increasingly looking for cyber security skills, but the gap between demand and supply is still prominent

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  University of Cambridge to host ethical hacking challenge

  Cambridge is hosting its 2018 hacking challenge, aiming to captivate students and address the cyber security skills shortage

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Theo Blackwell, London chief digital officer, Mayor of London’s Office

  London CDO Theo Blackwell talks about cross-council collaboration, London’s role as a data-driven city and the importance of ensuring the capital won’t lose out on talent post-Brexit

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Matthew Wallbridge, head of ICT, Croydon Council

  Croydon’s ICT boss talks about why being “good” isn’t good enough and building a new ICT delivery model

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Nokia plans job cuts in Finland

  Hundreds of IT jobs are at risk in Finland as Nokia announces plans for more cuts

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  London remains top city for migrating tech talent

  Despite Brexit, the UK capital is still a popular destination for technology workers migrating from both inside and outside the European Union

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  ODI begins fitness-focused startup accelerator to get the UK moving

  The Open Data Institute is calling for startups to join its accelerator programme, as it aims to get more people to be active in the UK

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Cyberthreat 2018 aimed at UK cyber security techies

  Cyberthreat 2018 is aimed at growing the UK’s network of cyber defenders, filling a key gap in the UK cyber security conference calendar and bridging the public-private sector divide

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Grocer Lidl rolls out natural language chatbot to improve customer experience

  The German supermarket has unveiled a natural language chatbot to offer customers information about wines

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Post-graduate qualifications wanted for 45% of data scientist roles

  Nearly half of all roles advertising for data scientists list a post-graduate qualification as one of the preferences for applicants

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Industrial cyber security improving, but needs work

  Cyber attacks on industrial and critical infrastructure systems are increasing in number and sophistication, but more attention is being paid to security, says Honeywell at it opens new Dubai facility

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Simon Eccles appointed as NHS CCIO

  Emergency medicine consultant Simon Eccles will take over as chief clinical information officer for the National Health Service following Keith McNeil’s departure

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  London joins Citibank IT innovation network

  Citibank has made London home to its latest IT innovation hub, which will focus on applying data science and high performance computing to the business

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  The National Museum of Computing launches crowd-funding effort for Turing Bombe gallery

  The National Museum of Computing is looking for funding to support its efforts to develop a gallery for a working model of the Turing-Welchman Bombe

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Everywoman forum 2018: The dangers of non-diverse artificial intelligence

  Experts at the 2018 Everywoman forum spoke about the pros of role models and cons of an artificially intelligent future designed solely by men

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  FDM everywoman in Technology: 2018 winners announced

  Women’s network everywoman has announced the winners of its 2018 everywoman in Technology awards, sponsored by FDM

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  UK technology salaries lag well behind major US cities, research finds

  The salaries for tech workers in London fell well below the figures for major US cities in 2017

• February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

  Brexit with no deal unthinkable for UK tech, Lords committee told

  The damage that leaving the EU without a deal will reap on the UK tech sector is unthinkable, a House of Lords committee has been told

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Interview: Tackling gender diversity could solve the skills gap, says Burbidge

  Tackling the lack of gender diversity in the tech industry could help close the skills gap, but there is a long way to go to solve either, says Eileen Burbidge

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Businesses struggle to get IT staff as visa limits are reached quickly

  UK businesses are increasingly looking for skilled professionals from outside the EU as certain visa caps prove too low

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Government must hurry to recruit digital skills needed for Brexit, says PAC

  Skills required to prepare for leaving the EU are in “short supply” and the government must deal with its capability challenge, says Public Accounts Committee report

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  UK government orders review of online laws

  The UK Law Commission is to review current legislation on offensive online communications to ensure they are up to date with technology

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Lloyds Bank cuts CIO workforce

  Lloyds Banking Group is changing the skills make-up of its IT team to support demand for digital services