Training News

Skills gap

EE to boost digital skills of 1 million Britons by 2015

News 17 Apr, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Mobile operator sets out corporate social responsibilities in new report.

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Thomson Reuters and True Office to gamify financial services

News 7 Feb, 2013 Jane McCallion

Suite of products will deliver staff training and alert supervisors to risky behaviour.

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IBM IOD 2012: Industry and academia must unite to fill Big Data talent gap

News 24 Oct, 2012 Maggie Holland

We’re heading for another skills shortage if we don’t start meeting demand with supply for Big Data talent, IBM has warned.

Raspberry Pi

University of Cambridge offers free Raspberry Pi course

News 5 Sep, 2012 Rene Millman

Twelve step course will teach students how to build an operating system for £29 computer.

Training development

Number of students sitting ICT GCSE exams soars

News 23 Aug, 2012 Caroline Donnelly

However, results day figures reveal small dip in percentage of students bagging top grades in ICT.

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IT staff lose money despite pay jumps

News 9 May, 2012 Ced Yuen

IT salaries are on the rise, but not yet enough to outpace inflation.

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Memset launches apprenticeship scheme to combat IT skills shortage

News 4 May, 2012 Rene Millman

New initiative is designed to increase cloud-savvy skills base.

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IBM Impact 2012: Embrace gaming to drive employee satisfaction

News 2 May, 2012 Maggie Holland

Gaming isn't necessarily as counter-productive to business results as you might thing, author and ARG developer Jane McGonigal claimed at this week's IBM Impact event in Las Vegas.

Cyber criminals

Schools need to plug skills gap for UK IT sector

News 27 Mar, 2012 Khidr Suleman

Games development and computer science need to be added to curriculum, say industry executives.

apps

Microsoft and Nokia fund AppCampus programme

News 26 Mar, 2012 Jennifer Scott

The new scheme, based out of a Finnish university, will encourage more mobile app development on the Windows Phone platform.

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News analysis: Budget 2012

News 21 Mar, 2012 Stephen Pritchard

A boost to broadband is welcome, but has IT lost out to other industries in the Budget?

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Firms still unprepared for mainframe skills shortage

News 2 Mar, 2012 Karrie Kehoe

A lack of focus on the mainframe is hindering development and productivity and putting potential recruits off, a study has found.

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Firms demanding more from next-gen workers

News 1 Mar, 2012 Kellan Howell

The skills you need to be attractive to modern day employers have drastically changed - and the pressure is on the education sector to help equip students for the workplace.

IT skills

HP Institute to attack IT skills gap

News 23 Feb, 2012 Tom Brewster

The Silicon Valley giant believes it is leading the way in tackling the global IT skills shortage.

Fujitsu

Unite ends quarrel with Fujitsu

News 20 Jan, 2012 Tom Brewster

The IT company avoids any future strikes thanks to a compromise with Unite.

Apple

Apple publishes supply chain audit report

News 16 Jan, 2012 Tom Brewster

The iPhone maker uncovers a number of violations, but details how it plans to improve conditions at facilities across its supply chain.

Barclays

Barclays slashes 422 IT jobs

News 12 Jan, 2012 Tom Brewster

The bank is to cut 422 jobs as it looks to 'innovate in new technologies.'

Europe

CIO warning: Prepare now for eurozone crisis

News 12 Dec, 2011 Miya Knights

Gartner issues enterprise IT wake-up call over impact of current global economic events.

business leadership

Soctim publishes IT leadership guides

News 28 Nov, 2011 Eva Martin

The literature aims to define what leadership is and how to be successful during public sector reforms.

Sensitive data

132 local authorities lose data in three years

News 23 Nov, 2011 Tom Brewster

A Big Brother Watch FOI shows how lax councils have been with citizens' data.

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