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Latest e-Skills UK articles

E-Skills UK and employers team up to launch cyber security apprenticeship

Toy soldiers on keyboard representing cyber security
Degree-level qualification aims to boost the number of young people working in IT security
15 May 2013

E-Skills UK creates more than 300 IT apprenticeships in seven months

Science and technology graduates
Skills body is on track to create 550 roles by the end of 2013
13 May 2013

Video: SAS launches academy to tackle big data skills shortage

Big data
The thoughts of e-Skills UK, Birmingham City University, an ITMB student and SAS on the academy and big data
28 Mar 2013

Capgemini to recruit 100 IT apprentices in the West Midlands

Capgemini offers to pay university tuition fees of the best candidates
23 Jan 2013

BT teams up with skills bodies to create 550 IT apprenticeships in 2013

National Skills Academy for IT and NITP working with BT to fill tech roles at SMEs
08 Jan 2013

SAS launches academy to tackle demand for "£52,000 a year" big data specialists

Demand for specialists to “increase by 92 per cent in next 5 years”
10 Dec 2012

ICT is wasted on most school kids


02 May 2012

Open University launches £3,000 IT services management course

Online course to help address 'most pressing skills gap in IT'
25 Apr 2012

e-Skills UK claims 85 per cent of ITMB graduates find work within six months

Skills body says course develops a broader skillset in graduates than a computer science degree
03 Feb 2012

BETT: Gove to scrap ICT curriculum

Experts hail 'vital and historic step towards creating a new approach to teaching IT in schools'
11 Jan 2012

IT Skills Roundup: The top stories of 2011

'Inadequate' ICT education, competition with the US IT industry and SMEs being too picky about who they hire
28 Dec 2011

E-skills UK launches BigAmbition Scotland

The web site aims to inspire young people to take up a career in IT
02 Dec 2011

Government responds to NextGen IT skills report

But it does not make any promises regarding IT teaching, and some argue that the gap will be filled by the private sector
01 Dec 2011

£60m growth fund will address IT skills gap

The fund aims to support employers taking collective action to overcome skills issues, said business secretary Vince Cable
24 Nov 2011

IT skills shortage in Northern Ireland is still worst in the UK, says e-skills UK

But positive signs emerge from future skills programme
22 Nov 2011

New work placement scheme aims to train students in IT security

Programme has backing from universties and business
26 Oct 2011

Government initiative signals major overhaul of ICT curriculum

Minister David Willetts announces e-Skills-led pilot of new Computing GCSEs and A-levels
16 Sep 2011

The IT Skills Debate - Outsourcing

Computing speaks to Martyn Hart, chairman of the National Outsourcing Association
03 Aug 2011

National Skills Academy for IT launches enterprise IT training

New training service will benefit small firms and individuals
15 Jun 2011

Closing the skills gap

New undergraduate computing degrees launched by The Open University tackle the key issues faced by the industry
13 Jun 2011

The IT Skills Debate - Education

In this first episode of our new regular podcast, we speak to key industry figures about tertiary education and its role in training tomorrow's IT workforce
09 Jun 2011

IT leads the way in promoting social mobility

The tech sector is ahead of the game as government promotes internships
06 Apr 2011

Assembly plan aims to make Wales a digital nation by 2020

Strategy seeks to reduce digital exclusion and boost high-tech skills and business
01 Apr 2011

Ability to communicate trumps technical skills, say IT students

Research suggests IT-savviness is not highly prized
30 Mar 2011