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IT graduates take years to learn the ropes


24 May 2012

Firms desperate for people with IT savvy and marketing nous, says IBM

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Marketing managers need coding and analytic skills to excel in role
24 May 2012

The <go to> girl: an interview with Dr Sue Black

Dr Sue Black with Raspberry
Having spearheaded the successful campaign to save Bletchley Park, academic and social media whirlwind Dr Sue Black is now setting her sights on transforming the UK’s IT skills base with the Foundation
23 May 2012

Teacher training colleges hold key to ICT revival

A shortage of suitably qualified teachers threatens to derail efforts to create a new generation of programmers
22 May 2012

SMEs lose out as staff wars intensify

Medium-sized businesses are struggling to attract IT recruits, with most new entrants preferring to start their careers at established tech giants or dynamic start-ups
22 May 2012

Two-thirds of Scottish ICT firms expect to take on more staff

Scotland's IT industry requires 40,000 more professionals in next five years
03 Apr 2012

The decline, fall and rebirth of IT education

Despite an alarming decline in computing undergraduate courses, there are signs that the discipline is about to enjoy a renaissance
27 Mar 2012

John Lewis to recruit more than 50 IT specialists in 2012

Retailer looking for systems analysts, solutions architects and developers
22 Mar 2012

Recruitment process needs an overhaul


21 Mar 2012

Monstrous waste of money


21 Mar 2012

Why industry should be thankful that not all ICT professionals are like Mr Carter


20 Mar 2012

AQA teams with Microsoft to create new computer science GCSE

Students will learn how to write code, develop apps and create games
16 Mar 2012

Exploding the myth of the UK ‘skills gap’


02 Mar 2012

IT skills gap has led to a 'talent war’, says Rackspace CEO

Staff poaching is hindering the cloud service provider's drive to recruit 350 staff in UK
24 Feb 2012

BBC tech chief says new ICT curriculum will boost supply of high-quality graduate developers

Says industry must do more to combat impression that IT jobs are 'all about maintaining servers'
23 Feb 2012

Why ICT gurus don’t teach


21 Feb 2012

DWP appoints Monster to overhaul Jobcentre Plus online services

The contract is worth up to £20m
07 Feb 2012

Opinion: Why contractors can look ahead with some confidence

Demand for contractors will grow as the economy stabilises and more projects get the green light
06 Feb 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

Recruitment firm moves to Databarracks private cloud to boost performance and cut costs

The firm has moved its systems from on-premise Dell servers to a VMware and HP Blade infrastructure
26 Jan 2012

Analysis: Back to the drawing board for ICT education

Education secretary Michael Gove has launched a consultation on his plan to introduce a new ICT curriculum that focuses on programming and computer science. Sooraj Shah gauges the reaction from industry and experts
24 Jan 2012

Graduate vacancies at IT firms set to grow by nearly a third

But IT and telecommunications is the only sector to see a decline in graduate applications so far this academic year
16 Jan 2012

Royal Society says UK in dire need of specialist ICT teachers

Children are being let down by a lack of teachers with in-depth computing knowledge says science body
13 Jan 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