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News Every school in Wales will get free access to the portal, which is expected to save the schools system £22m as a result. The Welsh Assembly has signed a contract for a procurement tendering web portal that is expected to... [06 Aug 2008]
Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
News Professor Andy Smith, head of the School of Computing at TVU, said in a statement: "The number of school leavers entering full-time courses in computing has halved in recent years. A foundation degree... [06 Aug 2008]
'Paper junkies' can't kick printing habit
News Chief paper waste criminals identified by the study include the 'old school printer', who can't read or comment on emails unless they're printed out, and the 'competitive printer', who spreads needlessly printed... [05 Aug 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News I wanted to study both IT and business as I had taken both at A level and I worked with my teacher from high school to identify a suitable course. The first students to take a university degree in Information Technology... [24 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News As well as enabling tourists to catch two types of surf on the beach, the network will enable high school teachers and students on Patmos and its surrounding islands to access online education resources, the companies said. [24 Jul 2008]
Microsoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News Youngsters are recruited to the scheme by Zenos' school and college outreach programmes. Microsoft is helping youngsters in the Black Country learn about the joys of IT - and also plugging a skills gap for helpdesk... [23 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Mobile social networking is also popular with many gadget-owning Brits, the survey conducted by ICM Research and the London School of Economics (LSE) for mobile operator Vodafone has found. Britain is fast becoming a... [17 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News L is for London School of Economics Young people have condemned ID cards as "illegal" and "creepy" on a website to canvas their views. People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID.org, launched today, to... [09 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News L is for London School of Economics Millions had been spent on the Electronic Passport Application (EPA2) project upgrade. The total write-down of EPA2 assets since the project began in 2005 is £10.8m, comprising £5.5m... [02 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates, 3G iPhone, UK top CIO, Firefox 3, XP and more…
News Boring" school IT curriculum slammed Those holding off upgrading their mobile have an even greater treat in store according to Indian tech giant Infosys, which revealed its holographic handset that it hopes to launch on... [02 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News Karen Hollands, founder of online language school Toniks, has built her business around Skype to link pupils to language tutors based across the world. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users... [02 Jul 2008]
IT teacher applications continue to decline
News The latest stats from the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) show total applicant numbers across all subjects for England, Scotland and Wales are 18 per cent down on 2007 - with IT showing the second worst decline of secondary... [01 Jul 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News It also found less than 10 per cent of respondents believe the benefits of an IT career were communicated to them at school. Rodd added that studying a computing or ICT A-Level at school has "a... [23 Jun 2008]
University ramps up network bandwidth for e-learning
News The university selected ntl:Telewest Business to replace its WAN with a high speed metro Ethernet VPN network, which connects its main building and central campus at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell to 10 remote sites, including Cass... [23 Jun 2008]
"Boring" school IT curriculum slammed
News Professor Lachlan MacKinnon, head of the school of computing and creative technologies at the University of Abertay, Dundee, has called for a radical overhauling of the curriculum in secondary schools as "boring" ICT... [17 Jun 2008]
