Skills

LinkedIn Learning Launches To Help Seek Out New Skills

New changes include e-learning platform to improve skills amid growing need for talent acquisition

8 years ago

Apple Releases Swift Playgrounds To Teach Kids Coding On iPads And iOS 10

The Cupertino company looks to encourage students to learn its Swift programming language

8 years ago

Qualcomm Pays £15m To Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

Qualcomm claims it has strong defenses against accusations of blocking women in STEM, but will work to make improvements

8 years ago

IBM Claims It’s Hired 30,000 Staff As Non-Cloud Workers Get The Boot

Internal email describes massive hiring spree as IBM's "resource planning" scoops up skills for cloud and cognitive computing

8 years ago

George Osborne’s Budget Neglects IT Industry Again

UK IT workers say far more must be done to boost the sector, which wasn't even mentioned in the Government's…

9 years ago

Technology Is A Man’s World…But It Doesn’t Have To Be

Hannah Pym, head of marketing at app developer Apadmi, suggests how we can get more women into tech - and…

9 years ago

UK Tech Industry Growth Outpacing UK Economy

But critics say there's still a North/South divide as even far-flung hubs like Cornwall hit massive growth

9 years ago

IT Skills Shortage: Where Is All The British Talent?

IT skills scarcity leads to one In four firms scouring foreign shores for IT expertise

9 years ago

Ireland’s Technology Teachers Strike Over Funding Cuts

Budget cuts blamed in Ireland as lecturers down tools and distrupt tech teaching to students

9 years ago

5 Simple Steps To Increase The Cloud Talent Pool

Heidi Bretz, director of alliances at the OpenStack Foundation, explains how to smash through the roadblock caused by a lack…

9 years ago

‘Single-Minded, Bullish’ Lord Sugar Is No Icon For British Techies

Tech workers in the UK have personalities closer to ‘inquisitive’ Facebook-founder Mark Zuckerberg, survey finds

9 years ago

How Sophos Is Encouraging More Girls To Embark On Technology Careers

Oxfordshire schoolgirls met coding challenges head-on at Sophos' recent ‘Girls in Coding’ event

9 years ago

School Computer Investment ‘Isn’t Helping Pupils’

Heavy investment in schoolroom IT is not helping pupils, OECD think tank report claims

9 years ago

Business Cyber Insurance To Rise In Face Of Evolving Threats

Business take-up of cyber insurance set to rise dramatically as next generation threats present fresh challenges

9 years ago

The World Needs More Front-End Developers And Back-End Integration Specialists

And we could also do with a few more Internet of Things experts, Red hat survey reveals

9 years ago

UK SMEs Set To Ramp Up Digital Spending

Business investment in websites is to increase dramatically over the next two years, research predicts

10 years ago

EMC Offers Ex-military Personnel Free Training To Tackle IT Skills Shortage

EMC will invest £250,000 in training former members of the British Armed Forces to design and deploy corporate technology

10 years ago

IBM Plays Cupid For Its Chinese Employees This Valentine’s Day

State companies including Baidu also hooking up their employees to boost happiness

10 years ago

Why Bridging The Data Science Skills Gap Requires A Team Effort

Duncan Ross, director of data science at Teradata UK, explains how to find people with the right skills for your…

10 years ago

IBM Creates 300 IT Jobs In England After Being Accused Of Laying Off 110,000 Workers

IBM Services Centre: Leicester will help the tech firm extend its delivery of technology services to UK-based IBM clients

10 years ago

Google And O2 To Back Government School Computing Drive

Government to announce support of big name tech firms supporting computing skills teaching in school

10 years ago

Apple And Google Agree ‘No-Poaching’ Staff Deal – Report

Tech workers win settlement from Apple, Google and others over an alleged 'no-poaching' of staff pact

10 years ago

Accenture Looks To Hire 1,600 UK Staff In 2015

Consultancy on the prowl for IT experts across UK cities

10 years ago

Have You Got What It Takes To Be A Super CIO?

Zahl Limbuwala, CEO of data centre predictive analytics company Romonet, explains what companies will expect from IT managers if they…

10 years ago

Fancy Making Contact With Little Green Men?

UK space organisations team up with Raspberry Pi offer kids the chance to send your computer code into space

10 years ago

Spy Agency GCHQ Launches New Code-Making App

Can the notorious snooping bureau inspire the future defenders of cyber space?

10 years ago

Technology Workers Get Absolutely Grilled During Job Interviews

IT professionals are more likely to have multiple interviews for a job than any other sector

10 years ago

Hacker Training To Cost Only £38

Fancy honing your hacking skills? Well, cheap online tutorials are on offer, but only white hats should apply

10 years ago

A Quarter Of Brits Fear The Sack Due To Lack Of Digital Skills

And 45% of professionals do not know where to go to further IT knowledge, according to a Code.org UK study

10 years ago