education

ICO Raps Durham University For Publishing Student Details

University promises to review data handling procedures after posting details of 177 students and staff on its official website

13 years ago

Raspberry Pi Launch – A PC For The Price Of A Pair Of Jeans

£22 or less can buy a Linux-based computer to teach the principles of computing to a new generation of programmers

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Samsung Announces Learning Hub For Students

New educational platform will rival Apple's recently revamped iTunes U

13 years ago

Digital Disconnect: Offline Jobseekers Less Likely To Find Work

Survey reveals that employers want IT-savvy workers and are increasingly turning to the Internet to find staff

13 years ago

Analyst: Apple Has A Winner With Education Initiatives

Apple's textbook plans could mean a serious boost for iPad sales in schools

13 years ago

Apple Reveals Education Textbook Push For iPad With iBooks 2

Apple has launched iBooks 2, signalling its ambition to reinvent the textbook experience for students

13 years ago

Royal Society Calls for Specialist ICT Teachers

New report makes recommendations to improve ICT teaching in the UK

13 years ago

Education Secretary To Overhaul ICT Curriculum

Michael Gove says current system of ICT teaching is harmful to the UK economy

13 years ago

eBay Bids For Low Cost Raspberry PI Hit £2100

A tiny computer that will be sold for just £20 later this month, is currently fetching bids worth thousands on…

13 years ago

Raspberry PI Low-Cost PC Set For January Release

Computer Charity Raspberry PI says its computer is in the final stage of testing

13 years ago

IBM Takes Its Big Data Analytics To Academia

IBM's programme to spread its business analytics products to universities embraces Scotland and Northern Ireland

13 years ago

Ofsted Report Says ICT Teaching Is Failing Pupils

ICT education is particu8larly bad in secondary schools, according to an Ofsted report

13 years ago

Bring Computer Science To Schools, Says Industry

Some of the biggest names in multi-media and IT want the government to kick IT education up a notch

13 years ago

Scheme To Improve IT Teaching Gains Funding Boost

The Ministry of Education pledges £2.5m to improve standard of IT and computing teaching in schools

13 years ago

Mobile Software Used To Monitor Education In Ghana

Camfed volunteers are using mobile software to monitor the management of educational resources in Ghana

13 years ago

IT Skills Drive For British School Kids Revealed

A new scheme backed by the tech sector will see schoolchildren taught how to design their own software

13 years ago

City University Forms Unit To Combat Cyber Threats

City University London has created a research unit to tackle growing threats of cyber terrorism and crime

13 years ago

Schools Must Teach Data Privacy, Says ICO

Most children do not read the privacy policies of social networks, the Information Commissioner says

13 years ago

Tiny £15 Raspberry Pi Computer Shows Off Its Power

Raspberry Pi, the tiny educational computer under development in the UK, has been filmed playing Quake III

13 years ago

UCAS Website Back Online After Crash

The UCAS Track website is now back online, after an agonising period of down time on A-Level results day

13 years ago

Kent School Swaps Blackboards For iPads

Children at a school in Kent will all be equipped with Apple iPad 2 devices from September

13 years ago

Wanted – Women To Work In IT

The IT industry will have a limited talent pool to draw from, until it moves beyond stereotypes, says Rebecca Holbrough

13 years ago

IBM Offers Online Training For Software Developers

IBM has announced a free cloud service to help students and professionals build software development skills

13 years ago

Dell Expands Its Virtual OptiPlex Thin-Client Lineup

The company introduces an enhanced Virtual Lab package with new hardware, aimed at education markets

14 years ago

Charity Develops Tiny £15 Computer For Kids

A UK charity is working on a tiny computer that costs just £15 as an IT teaching aid for school…

14 years ago

Women’s Day Spotlights Gaps in IT

International day of celebration reveals gaps in technology access, employment and opportunity

14 years ago

Government Scraps IT Recycling ‘Quango’

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Advisory Body (WAB) is set to go the same way as Becta, after the…

14 years ago

Open University Tops iTunes Download Chart

Distance learning specialist, the Open University, is claiming to have made the most out of App Store popularity

14 years ago

Education ICT Quango Becta To Close

The government today announced its first wave of spending cuts, including the closure of school IT agency Becta

15 years ago

Microsoft Unveils Windows MultiPoint Server 2010

Microsoft has launched its Windows MultiPoint Server 2010, enabling multiple users to operate independently in a Windows environment while linked…

15 years ago