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Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 kids
News The initiative is being run by the government education tech agency Becta as part of the Next Generation Learning initiative. From February 2009, kids in Suffolk and Oldham will benefit from a £30m pilot scheme, with the... [22 Oct 2008]
Artificial intelligence to join phishing fight in 2009
News US security company Symantec, German research organisation Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, ISP Tiscali and their partners have pooled their expertise on machine learning, image recognition, text extraction and security to build... [13 Oct 2008]
UK tech Skills Academy needs YOU
News All the employers will be able to contribute "in kind", according to Price - rather than donating money, they could offer time or software licences or open up their in-house e-learning to other employers. [08 Oct 2008]
Skills gap plugged by latest IT degree?
News Hybrid IT/business courses have also been championed by tech industry skills body e-skills UK, which most recently supported the creation of an Information Technology Management for Business degree which combines tech... [06 Aug 2008]
University ramps up network bandwidth for e-learning
News City University in London has upgraded its data network to support high bandwidth e-learning technologies such as video podcasts of lectures. The bandwidth upgrade is part of a five-year strategy by the... [23 Jun 2008]
"Boring" school IT curriculum slammed
News Deep technical skills are required to support the IT industry proper, which is not the same as learning the basic ICT skills that employees in all industries need nowadays, said MacKinnon. The teaching of IT in secondary... [17 Jun 2008]
PC security warning for banking online
News But she added that customers should also be proactive in learning about the guidelines and securing their computers to protect themselves. The online banking section of the latest Banking Code from the British Bankers... [16 Jun 2008]
Mothercare web sales boom
News The results come against a background of severely reduced profits for the retailer as a result of one-time charges incurred by integrating recent acquisition Early Learning Centre. Our prospects for growth are driven by... [22 May 2008]
Bradford & Bingley gets Oracle HR system
News The Oracle e-business suite, which includes the Human Capital Management, HR Self Service, Learning Management and Daily Business Intelligence applications, will support the processes needed to manage... [20 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News These include an e-learning programme, a self service toolbox allowing access to more internal services, the roll out of Soca's IT network to liaison officers overseas, the first phase of a corporate... [15 May 2008]
Tech to tackle India's poverty
News Among the 191 villages who have been adopted by the scheme, 141 have reached 100 per cent literacy, fuelled by e-learning for adults and children via telecommunication links and 263 new schools.... [23 Apr 2008]
Single-sign-on system makes sense for logistics firm
News The supply chain specialist manages more than one billion square feet of warehousing space supported by 1,600 vehicles across Europe and has retailers such as Argos and Early Learning Centre on its books. [21 Apr 2008]
Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay
News Luckily, the public sector finally seems to be learning from repeated mistakes, as the laptop and disc were encrypted. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [29 Feb 2008]
'Boring' e-learning fails to engage staff
News Cultural and technological barriers are hindering the wider use of e-learning among UK organisations. A survey of 998 managers by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Centre for Applied Human... [06 Dec 2007]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News The minister said he will also call on experts to advise on sharing learning and best practice from high speed broadband pilots already underway. Timms was speaking after chairing a broadband summit to discuss the... [27 Nov 2007]
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