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Brits Home Working Spend More Time Doing Job

Official report finds Britons working from home during Coronavirus pandemic spent more time doing unpaid work for their jobs, compared…

4 years ago

UK Faces ‘Catastrophic’ Fall In Youth Seeking IT Skills

UK faces potentially 'catastrophic' digital skills shortage amidst plummeting numbers of young people seeking IT-related studies

4 years ago

Boris Johnson Victory: What It Means For Tech Sector

What does the general election victory of Boris Johnson and the Conservatives mean for the technology sector? Silicon UK takes…

5 years ago

IT Security Professional Burnout ‘Adding To Skills Crisis’

Study finds two-thirds of security professionals have considered quitting their jobs or leaving the industry, as skills gap grows

5 years ago

Chancellor Names Local Fibre Schemes In Spring Statement

Local full-fibre projects move forward, while Hammond also indicates the government may increase taxes on tech giants such as Google…

7 years ago

Barclays Urges Manufacturing Investment In AI & IoT

Industry has to invest in ‘fourth industrial revolution’ technologies, despite skill worker shortage, says report

7 years ago

Government To Introduce Digital Skills Technical Qualification

Digital will be one of the first three T-Level technical qualifications set for introduction in 2020 to help stem the…

7 years ago

Government Apprenticeship Scheme Launches On Microsoft Azure

Microsoft touts Azure-based government service to help businesses find their 'perfect apprentice'

7 years ago

Intel Commits $100m To Buy From Women-Owned Businesses

The chip makers wants to use its supply chain to fuel diversity in the technology world

7 years ago

Scotland Eyes ‘Digital World’ With 150,000 Jobs Boost

Scottish government launches new digital strategy and reveals plans to boost number of digital jobs

8 years ago

Budget 2017: Government Funds 5G, AI, And STEM Skills Investment

No big suprises: The government's technology funding builds on from last year's Budget

8 years ago

NCSC To Train Private-Sector Security Staff

The centre allow the government to draw on private-sector expertise and vice-versa.

8 years ago

Dropbox Execs Slam Trump For ‘Un-American’ Immigrant Orders

Dropbox CEO and CTO condemn Trump for immigration orders and call for support

8 years ago

Microsoft Appoints LinkedIn’s Kevin Scott As CTO

Scott will be responsible for driving professional cloud and network services at the Redmond company

8 years ago

White House Releases Report Preparing For AI Future

Job losses and changing skill requirements are two of the possible negative economic impacts

8 years ago

Oracle Pledges £1.1bn For EU Computer Science Education

Thanks Larry. Oracle pledges billions to bolster computer science and coding skills in European Union

8 years ago

Fixing The Big Data Skills Shortage Problem

Jez Clark, director at data and analytics recruitment firm, Eden Smith, explains how to address the skills shortage in the…

8 years ago

Cross Channel: VMware Cloud Opportunities And Canon Partner Apprenticeships

All the latest news from the world of the channel, including VMware’s cloud partner posturing

8 years ago

MPs Say Government Must Consider The Impact Of AI

So far the government has shown a lack of leadership on addressing concerns over smart robots replacing human jobs, claims…

8 years ago

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

Minecraft: Education Edition Launches 1 November

Schools will be able to access the building game for $5 per year, per user

8 years ago

Apple’s Swift Language ‘Levelling Off’

Swift has quickly become one of the most widely used programming languages, but has reached a plateau just behind Google's…

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

Government: We ‘Must Help’ Workforce Retrain As Businesses Digitise

Minister for the Cabinet Office Matthew Hancock says digitisation and automation can help economy but recognises need to help people…

9 years ago

How Do You Find Tech’s Most Talented Employees?

Looking for new talent? Recruitment specialists Hired share some top tips on what to look out for

9 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

5 Ways To Get More Out Of Hadoop

Ashley Stirrup, CMO at Talend, shares his top tips for honing Hadoop skills

9 years ago

How Do You Deliver Innovation More Quickly And Enhance Digital Interactions With Your Customers?

Ritu Mahandru at CA Technologies explores recent research that suggests European organisations acknowledge the importance of DevOps methodologies in supporting…

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

‘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