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IT education and training

• January 27, 2023 27 Jan'23

  Employees over 55 want new skills

  A large number of people in their 50s or older want to gain new digital skills, but aren’t getting the support they need to do so

• January 25, 2023 25 Jan'23

  UK Treasury recruiting digital currency leader

  The UK government’s investigation into the merits of a central bank digital currency gathers pace at it looks for a team leader

• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  Nationwide Building Society CIO to join Co-operative Bank

  Gary Delooze to join Co-operative Bank as CIO after six years heading up Nationwide Building Society’s IT department

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Entain and McLaren F1 aim to help women return to STEM careers

  To help more women return to the STEM sector after a career break, Entain and McLaren F1 have launched a programme of work, coaching and networking

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Tech skills shortage still a problem for employers

  Many organisations have struggled to find tech talent over the past year, leading them to consider alternative ways to attract skilled workers

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  How to find winning artificial intelligence use cases

  Choosing use cases for artificial intelligence requires organisations to take a hard look at business value, risk, data and other capabilities required to realise the technology’s full potential

• January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

  Why India’s Mphasis chose West Yorkshire for tech hub

  IT services firm Mphasis is moving more service delivery to the UK with around 1000 tech recruits planned for Northern England

• December 30, 2022 30 Dec'22

  Top 10 Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcasts of 2022

  The team began with a sombre episode about Ukraine and went on to tackle the more familiar topics of diversity, datacentre sustainability and data. New for 22: Cliff Saran’s interviews with IT thought leaders

• December 29, 2022 29 Dec'22

  Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022

• December 28, 2022 28 Dec'22

  Top 10 Middle East IT stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Middle East IT articles of 2022

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  Number of women taking computing degrees grows

  The gender gap in the UK’s tech sector has persisted for many years, but BCS has found figures to suggest more women are choosing computing at degree level

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2022

  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 2022

• December 21, 2022 21 Dec'22

  Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2022

  Looking back at the skills and hiring landscape in 2022, Computer Weekly shares the key moments for IT careers and skills over the past 12 months

• December 19, 2022 19 Dec'22

  BAE Systems to hire 2,600 apprentices next year

  As a new year looms, defence firm BAE Systems has plans to add more than 2,500 apprentices to its workforce across the UK in 2023

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  Digital Ethics Summit: Who benefits from new technology?

  Experts at the 2022 Digital Ethics Summit say expedited development cycles and obviously over-hyped PR material, in tandem with the public’s near-total exclusion from conversations around technology, is creating distrust towards the tech sector

• December 14, 2022 14 Dec'22

  Quarter of UK businesses looking abroad for tech talent

  As the tech skills gap persists, research shows many hiring managers in the UK are now looking for talent in other countries

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Government announces £490m education investment

  New investment into classroom facilities and funding for specialist education providers is aimed at better development of STEM talent

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  CIISec, DCMS to fund vocational cyber courses for A-level students

  The Chartered Institute of Information Security and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport plan to fund vocational cyber qualifications for 300 teenagers

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Digital bank to recruit 1,000 tech experts in Manchester

  App-based bank Starling is adding 1,000 people to its workforce with technology professionals being recruited for its new operation in Manchester

• December 06, 2022 06 Dec'22

  EU fails to protect human rights in surveillance tech transfers

  Transfers of surveillance technology from the European Union to African governments are carried out without due regard for the human rights impacts, the European Ombudsman has found after a year-long investigation into the European Commission’s ...

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  Civil servants want more digital skills training, survey finds

  Civil servants are keen to learn more about how to use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) to improve public services, yet only 5% have received AI training

• November 24, 2022 24 Nov'22

  Not-for-profit aims to encourage 1,300 girls into cyber careers

  CyNam, a not-for-profit cyber security initiative, is collaborating with industry, education providers and government to encourage young women into cyber

• November 23, 2022 23 Nov'22

  How APAC organisations are hiring cyber security pros

  Hiring managers in cyber security are turning to existing employees in non-IT roles and providing professional development for junior-level staff to plug the talent gap

• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  Businesses must embrace digital skills and innovate, says CBI president

  Brian McBride, president of the Confederation of British Industry, says the UK is a ‘magnet for tech investment’ and calls on UK firms to step up and adapt, as tech adoption will help boost the economy

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Women more likely to leave tech jobs than men

  Dropout of women in tech is higher than that of men, with women more likely to leave the industry, according to research from InnovateHer

• November 10, 2022 10 Nov'22

  Scrutinising AI requires holistic, end-to-end system audits

  Understanding the full impacts of artificial intelligence requires organisations to conduct end-to-end social and technical audits of their systems, but the process comes with a number of challenges

• November 10, 2022 10 Nov'22

  Ericsson, Technical University of Sofia to prepare students for 5G-ready future

  Leading Bulgarian education establishment collaborates with comms tech provider to deploy programme that builds 5G ICT skills for the future, including 64 hours of training on 5G technology and standards

• November 04, 2022 04 Nov'22

  Data Summit majors on ethics in data use, demonstrates diversity

  The Data Lab’s Data Summit majored on the ethical use of data, and featured Scottish government minister Tom Arthur, science broadcaster Hannah Fry, and Nasa chief science data officer Kevin Murphy

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  All NHS staff should have basic AI training, says report

  A report by the NHS AI Lab and Health Education England calls for all health and care staff to receive training in artificial intelligence as the technology will be increasingly adopted in healthcare practice

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  Almost 70% of businesses held back by talent shortage

  Digital leaders in the UK have growing concerns about attracting and retaining talent, with many saying a lack of talent is standing in the way of change

• November 02, 2022 02 Nov'22

  How Prostate Cancer UK built its own message bus

  The cancer charity received funding ring-fenced for modernising its data management – the funds were spent on a solutions architect and an ETL process

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  How to attract more women into software development

  Having role models, support systems and upskilling opportunities are just some of the ways to attract and retain more women coders in the industry, according to a panel of women tech leaders and professionals

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  Australia budget closes in on digital divide, cyber resilience

  Australia’s latest budget is geared towards providing better broadband connectivity in regional and rural areas, shoring up the cyber security posture of its businesses and plugging tech talent shortages, among other areas

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  UK needs stronger regional innovation clusters outside South East

  Venture capital fund managers speak to Computer Weekly about the importance of innovation clusters to the UK tech ecosystem, and the need to develop further investment opportunities outside the South East

• October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

  Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2022

  Computer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2022 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Flavilla Fongang

• October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

  Why the Most Influential Woman in UK Tech 2022 created a book of role models

  Disruptors, game-changers and scalable impact – just some of the reasons Flavilla Fongang, this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech, chose to dive into the sector

• October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

  Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2022

  Each year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars in the women in tech sector, women who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future

• October 13, 2022 13 Oct'22

  Unsung Heroes Awards celebrate diversity in cyber community

  The seventh annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards recognise those trying to improve diversity and mental health in cyber for the first time

• October 05, 2022 05 Oct'22

  Young people in tech unhappy despite inclusion push

  Businesses claim to be working on improving inclusion internally, but many young people still feel ill at ease in the tech sector

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  Public sector aims to close digital skills gap with private sector

  Digital leaders from the public sector have stressed the need to build up the digital skills and capabilities of civil servants to successfully deliver the government’s digital transformation ambitions, but not at the expense of supplier ecosystems

• September 30, 2022 30 Sep'22

  Interview: Rachel Hilliam, chair, Alliance for Data Science Professionals

  Rachel Hilliam talks about the origins, mission and future plans for the Alliance for Data Science Professionals

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Five startups to join NCSC for Startups initiative

  The NCSC has invited five startups to join its NCSC for Startups programme to help the government with pressing cyber challenges facing the UK

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  Fraudsters adapt phishing scams to exploit cost-of-living crisis

  Around 80,000 Brits a month are falling victim to phishing attacks as fraudsters switch up tactics to take advantage of cost-of-living crisis and behavioural changes prompted by pandemic

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  DeepMind aims to close STEM skills gap with new programme

  AI-led business will develop resources and boost support for programmes aimed at teaching STEM subjects

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  More than 30 startups to join Plexal’s Cyber Runway accelerator

  Now in its second year, the Cyber Runway accelerator has been designed to support firms at various stages of growth, as well as help the cyber security sector to improve on its diversity, inclusion and regional representation

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  Tech salaries continue to increase as firms search for talent

  Firms are increasingly looking for tech candidates, but are employers set to gain more hiring power over the next year?

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  American Express recruiting thousands of tech professionals

  Amex will add 5,000 IT professionals to its workforce in 2022 as digital products and services become the staple of the finance sector

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  How an architecture graduate became a coder

  Back-end engineer Yang Lyu couldn’t find a job as an architect after graduation and ended up as a software developer after discovering her flair for coding

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Blancco works with charity to provide IT for African schools

  Blancco is providing data sanitisation and erasure software to The Turing Trust so that old IT equipment can be securely reused by school children in Sub-Saharan Africa, instead of adding to world’s growing e-waste problem

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  Supporting roles make up 40% of Tech Nation visa endorsees

  A large number of the people endorsed to work in the UK with a Tech Nation Global Talent visa work in non-technical roles as part of the tech ecosystem