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37,000 women quit tech for family
News According to data from IT sector skills council e-skills, there were 229,440 women working in IT - 33 per cent of the UK's computing profession - in 2001. Regaining the... [14 Nov 2008]
Bye bye BlackBerry, hello Moto in £1m deal
News Integrating with the system's GPS vehicle tracking also means engineers can be located and despatched to jobs based on their geographic location as well as skills. Mobile workforce management company Cognito has inked a... [12 Nov 2008]
Teenagers told IT is a "dream job"
News The BigAmbition initiative launched by e-skills UK is aimed at getting 14- to 19-year-olds excited about a career in technology. Karen Price, CEO of... [07 Nov 2008]
CIOs back call for common skills scheme
News The latest call for such a scheme has been put out by e-skills UK, the government licensed skills council for IT and telecoms. Speaking to silicon.com in response to the... [13 Oct 2008]
UK tech Skills Academy needs YOU
News According to the CEO of IT sector skills body e-skills UK, Karen Price, the next six months will be "critical" as the project enters the core business planning phase.... [08 Oct 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News However, The figures also suggest Brits may be becoming slightly more tech savvy across the board: just 15 per cent said they don't have web access because of a lack of skills, compared to 24 per cent two years ago. [27 Aug 2008]
Teens losing interest in IT
News Earlier this year, IT industry skills body e-skills UK's CEO, Karen Price, called for a radical overhauling of IT teaching in schools, claiming it is putting kids off a... [15 Aug 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... [06 Aug 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News The BSc ITMB degree, which was designed by universities and employers in the IT industry with the support of IT sector skills body e-skills UK, focuses on areas such as... [24 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News However, Sachdev warned all these tech skills are worthless if you're not rigorously self-disciplined as well - i.e.able to work to dedicated timescales without somebody looking over your shoulder the... [22 Jul 2008]
IT teacher applications continue to decline
News At the start of the year, industry sector skills body, e-skills UK, predicted 140,000 new IT and telecoms workers will be needed annually to satisfy the industry's... [01 Jul 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News Industry sector skills council, e-skills UK, and a leading UK academic recently criticised the teaching of IT in secondary schools and called for a... [23 Jun 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News A Soca spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Friday: "We are aware of anecdotal evidence of organised criminals [who are] moving into e-crime targeting people at an academic level. The... [23 Jun 2008]
"Boring" school IT curriculum slammed
News Karen Price, CEO of tech industry skills body e-skills UK, also called for a radical overhaul of the curriculum in schools, warning: "The current curriculum is having an... [17 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News According to the latest figures from UK skills agency, e-Skills, Northern Ireland has around 15,000 employees working in the tech sector. Invest NI emphasises the... [02 Jun 2008]
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