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IT education and training

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Tech Talent Charter aims to tackle diversity outside of London

  Not-for-profit organisation partners with Nominet in Oxford to make businesses aware of local initiatives and how to implement best practice

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Security budgets up, but talent scarce, says Isaca

  Security budgets are increasing, but qualified cyber talent remains difficult to find with positions taking at least three months to fill, an industry association report on the state of cyber security reveals

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Fintech sector increasingly attractive compared to traditional banking for IT professionals

  Fintech job vacancies are growing, while less are being advertised in traditional banking sector companies

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Diversity key to more effective cyber security, says NCSC

  Diversity in defence teams is key to improved cyber security, according to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  GCHQ to set up shop in Manchester

  UK intelligence, security and cyber agency GCHQ is expanding its network of UK sites to north west England

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  NSA calls for cyber security community collaboration

  A US National Security Agency (NSA) representative has called for cyber security community collaboration at the National Cyber Security Centre’s conference in Manchester

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Can the government’s Institute of Coding help tackle the UK’s tech skills disconnect?

  Many have claimed there is a gap between the tech skills taught by education providers and the skills needed by firms, but can the Institute of Coding help to bridge it?

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  How Code First: Girls uses partnerships to teach girls to code

  CEO of social enterprise Code First: Girls explains how partnerships with firms such as Trainline and Goldman Sachs are helping to reach the firm’s goal of teaching 20,000 women to code by 2020

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

   Automation and gamification key to cyber security

  The use of automation and gamification are key to winning the fight against cyber criminals in the face of the skills’ shortage, a study investigating challenges facing IT security teams reveals

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Why does India have a higher percentage of women in tech than the UK?

  Research by the Open University has assessed the differences between the women in IT landscape in the UK and India

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Majority of European firms unprepared for phishing attacks

  Most cyber attacks can be traced back to a phishing email, but more than half of European firms are unprepared to deal with email-based attacks, research has revealed

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  UK organisations urged to develop cyber security skills

  Managed cloud computing firm Rackspace is calling on UK organisations to do more to develop cyber security skills in the light of research into expertise in cloud security

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  What would coders do in ethical grey areas?

  Software developers are writing code that affects the lives of millions of people and how businesses are run, but what do coders think about some of the ethical questions they face?

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Tech North aims to fill 24 tech jobs in 24 hours

  Government-backed initiative is launching a campaign to try to fill 24 digital job vacancies in the north of England within a day

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  BT to create 1,300 apprenticeship and graduate tech roles

  Roles in TV production, engineering, customer service and cyber security offered in telecoms giant’s apprenticeship and graduate scheme

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Popular culture key to giving cyber security much-needed boost

  The cyber security industry should turn to popular culture to raise awareness of the cyber threat to businesses and consumers and attract new blood to the field, says McMafia author

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Think tank reports lifts lid on police cyber crime training

  UK think tank Parliament Street has lifted the lid on spending by police forces on training staff to deal with cyber crime and recommended greater collaboration in this regard

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  Australia pilots visa scheme to ease talent crunch

  The Global Talent Scheme follows the government’s move to scrap the 457 visa, but industry watchers say smaller companies will struggle to meet its salary threshold

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  Experian: How inclusion can solve more than IT problems

  Paul Hill, head of global propositions development at Experian, talks about the many advantages and few challenges that Experian encountered when working with autistic technology consultants from Auticon

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  School uses game-based initiative to find future cyber talent

  Skinners’ Academy introduces government-backed Cyber Discovery programme to find cyber security professionals of the future

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  Nordic CIO interview: Jussi Sorvali, HMD Global

  The head of IT at Finland-based smartphone maker HMD Global turned to the cloud to get the entire IT department up and running quickly

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  UK demand for AI professionals has almost tripled in three years

  As the technology landscape changes, so do the skills organisations need, and research by jobsite Indeed has revealed a big rise in demand for people with artificial intelligence skills

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  More than 60% of teen girls regret not studying Stem

  Accenture study shows 62% of teenage girls regret not studying science, technology, engineering and maths subjects for longer

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Openreach to open 12 fibre broadband engineering schools

  Openreach has opened the first of 12 planned training centres around the UK as it sets out to recruit more than 3,000 fibre broadband engineers

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Survey reveals what the coders building the future desire

  Global survey reveals some of the attitudes of the world's software developers

• March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18

  Digital for rural areas worth up to £26bn to UK economy

  A study commissioned by Amazon has posited that greater use of digital tools and services could be worth between £12bn and £26bn per annum to the UK economy

• March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18

  Politicians need to be more involved in tech, says Sadiq Khan

  Flying the flag for the UK capital at the SXSW festival in Texas, London mayor Sadiq Khan says government should “do more” for technology, as well as mitigate the risks that come with it, and calls on social media firms to take responsibility for ...

• March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18

  Booking.com annual tech awards focuses on creating visible role models

  Booking.com has announced the winners of its 2018 Technology Playmaker Awards and emphasised the importance of having more visible female role models in the industry

• 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 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 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 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 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

  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: 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 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

  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

  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

  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