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Skills Commission warns government against withdrawing ICT curriculum

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Two-year wait for new syllabus will lead to greater problems in 2020, says Education and Skills Commission
11 Apr 2012

£170m schools cloud contract awarded in Northern Ireland

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Northgate Managed Services will provide new education network for Northern Ireland
09 Mar 2012

School saves time, money and energy with Dell KACE

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Systems management appliance also enabled Woodbridge High School to migrate hundreds of desktops to Windows 7 and Office 2010 in three days
17 Jan 2012

Neelie Kroes demands greater emphasis on IT in education

VP for the European Commission for the Digital Agenda also wants to see more women in the IT sector
02 Dec 2011

New work placement scheme aims to train students in IT security

Programme has backing from universties and business
26 Oct 2011

Janet seeks £60m cloud partnership

Renowned education and research network embraces cloud
05 Oct 2011

RM to make 460 redundancies following education cuts

Technology in schools provider restructures following dismal spending forecasts
29 Sep 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

Ex-Becta chief says UK must invest more in learning technologies

Says China, Brazil and India are poised to overtake the UK
15 Sep 2011

IBM interns develop new technologies

Students that took part in IBM's Extreme Blue internship have been showcasing their projects
31 Aug 2011

A-Levels show kids don't like computing

Schools need to make ICT and computing courses more exciting, say experts
18 Aug 2011

University of York leaks student details

ICO makes professor sign an undertaking after 148 student records were wrongly made accessible to classmates for more than a year
21 Jul 2011

Tech in education is suffering due to government cuts

Schools IT managers say they have not got the funds to innovate
20 Jul 2011

School wants to provide every pupil with an iPad 2

Longfield Academy in Kent to offer pupils the Apple tablet for £16 a month
18 Jul 2011

What skills does an IT professional need to become a CIO?

Computing caught up with industry experts and education providers in the IT space to find out what the most essential skills are for a CIO
11 Jul 2011

Open University aims to train up future CIOs

Computing visited the Open University to find out about a new stream of courses aimed to train up the CIOs of the future
11 Jul 2011

Schools get high-tech with Dell

Three Derbyshire schools embark on managed service contracts to bring cutting-edge technologies to pupils
08 Jul 2011

Wales scraps free laptop programme for children

Project halted amid criticism over costs
21 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 apprenticeships are better than degrees, say employers

But government must do more to encourage firms to offer places
31 May 2011

Computing launches the IT Leaders Campaign 2011

This new Computing campaign will explore the key skills and management issues facing senior professionals working in IT
19 May 2011

Council awards £160m contract to build two high-tech schools

Halton Borough Council signs one of the last Building Schools for the Future (BSF) deals
27 Apr 2011

Lack of funds forcing schools to put IT plans on hold

But suppliers body BESA says funding situation is not as bad as schools think
08 Apr 2011

Education and experience: is there an ideal mix for becoming a CIO?

Computing talks to IT leaders and educators about the best way to becoming a CIO
18 Feb 2011