£20,000 for initial teacher training should help close the ICT skills gap
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‘Anonymous’ Protesters Hack University Servers
A group called GhostShell, aligning itself with the Anonymous hacking collective, has said it easily hacked dozens of databases from more than 50 top universities around the world
Skype Launches Eight New Education Projects
Microsoft-owned firm to connect scientists, explorers and artists directly to classrooms around the world
Microsoft Calls On Business To Pump $5bn Into IT Education
Microsoft believes $5bn over the next 10 years would help solve the IT skills crisis
Government Re-Launches UK University Comparison Website
Unistats processes huge volumes of data with open source tools
Finding Tech Success In The Public Sector
Public sector IT has a bad name, says Peter Judge. Could you help change that?
University Of Cambridge Launches Free Raspberry Pi OS Course
Create your own operating system for the bite-sized PC
Number Of STEM A-Levels Up 3.1 Percent
IT skills gap seems to be getting narrower
Mobento Lets Users Search Video For Spoken Words
The next generation search engine knows exactly what the video is talking about
iCITY To Open Tech Hub In Olympic Park After London 2012
iCITY named preferred bidder for Olympic Press and Broadcast Centres
Two Men Jailed For £1.5m Student Phishing Scams
Two men from Manchester and London sentenced for scams that fleeced students
University of Oxford Launches Top GPU-Based Supercomputer
The “Emerald” is the most powerful system of its kind in the UK
Top UK Universities Flunk SSL Security Tests
Exclusive: A TechWeekEurope investigation leads many of the UK's top universities to boost website security
New Computing GCSE Will Focus On Practical Skills
The revamped course should prepare students for careers in IT
‘Open-Source’ Curriculum To Revolutionise ICT Teaching
Experts explain why abandoning the ICT curriculum for two years is a good idea
ICT Curriculum Scrapped By DfE
Removal of curriculum two years before new programme of study is greeted with mixed reaction
Apprentices Will Solve The Skills Crisis Say TechWeek Readers
Education is good, but in-service training has the edge, says our latest poll
World’s First IT Lesson With Raspberry Pi: Pictures
The first lesson using Raspberry Pi machines is taught, but will it produce more IT workers?
Webcast: The Olympics, Networking And The Learning Legacy
As the Olympics gets ready for action, there are two other races going on: building the network, and setting up a legacy of training - in this recorded webcast, Cisco tells us more
Pan-European Academic Network Receives Terabit Upgrade
Fast enough to download a Blu-Ray in under two seconds
Yahoo Director Steps Down Over CEO’s Fake Degree
Scott Thompson is still CEO, but for how long?
IT Life: Ruling The School
We chat to business analyst Matthew Martin about the challenges of running IT for Frances King School
Infosec: Raising Awareness Is The Best Cyber Defence
(ISC)² has chosen the InfoSecurity Europe Expo to launch a new, welcome and vitally necessary initiative to raise general awareness of security issues, says Eric Doyle
Staffordshire Uni Reduces PC Power Use By 60 Percent
University on course to save £27,000 through power management software
First Raspberry Pi Systems Hit Leeds Schools
The first batch of Raspberry Pi machines make it to end users
Microsoft Provides Education Cloud For 7.5 Million Indians
The biggest cloud deal ever: Microsoft supports 7.5 million-strong Indian education system
Raspberry Pi Passes Quality Control Tests
The £22 Raspberry Pi computing device has successfully completed CE testing, paving the way for its distribution in the UK
Raspberry Pi Held Up By CE Certification
The £22 Raspberry Pi PC needs the CE mark for sales in Europe (assuming no mutant lizards)
EC Warns Youth Are Not ‘Digitally Competent’
European Commissions launches European e-Skills Week 2012
BCS Wants 250 Schools For ICT Teaching Network
350 schools will be invited to share teaching practices and materials as part of wider ICT education reforms