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

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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

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

Gove launches technology-focused 'Tech Bacc' as vocational equivalent to A-Level studies

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'We expect all bright students who want to go into technically-skilled jobs or apprenticeships to aim for the Tech Bacc' says minister
23 Apr 2013

Analysis: educating the ‘digital citizens’ of tomorrow

Computing invited a panel of education experts to give their views on how best to equip young people for tomorrow’s digital economy. Peter Gothard listened in
17 Apr 2013

Cyber Security Challenge 'is not only about recruiting talent', claims CEO

Stephanie Daman left 'frustrated' after challenge winner opts out of security industry
13 Mar 2013

BT to hire 1,000 fibre engineers

Almost half of new jobs will be for young apprentices
07 Mar 2013

Camelot: 'There is no IT skills gap'

National Lottery operator says there is a lack of IT staff with sufficient business interest
19 Feb 2013

Who will teach Computing Science?


05 Sep 2012

Analysis: Big fish circle Silicon Roundabout’s minnows

The unique character of East London’s Silicon Roundabout is unlikely to survive the incursion of Google, Amazon and Facebook, but the tech giants’ arrival may not be all bad news for the start-up community
04 Sep 2012

Sowing the seeds of digital success: An interview with skills champion Ian Livingstone

Author, entrepreneur and government-appointed skills champion Ian Livingstone explains why the UK’s future prosperity depends on getting school kids excited about coding
21 Aug 2012

Survival strategy for programmers


31 Jul 2012

Amazon's new London tech hub could put pressure on start-ups

Corporate giant sets up camp in London because of 'hotbed of tech talent'
23 Jul 2012

Is it a plane? No, it’s Super Slacker!


13 Jul 2012

Exclusive: Marks & Spencer to recruit 50 UK software engineers

Retailer is building an elite software engineering team in London to increase innovation
29 Jun 2012

Google’s Schmidt: a formula for UK high-tech success

Google’s executive chairman says UK must 'reboot' IT education if it hopes to compete effectively in the 21st century
05 Jun 2012

Media studies get social


01 Jun 2012

IT graduates take years to learn the ropes


24 May 2012

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

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

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

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