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Migration rules to fuel IT offshoring?
News Government and education have become so arts based that we are just not encouraging our children into the science subjects," he said. UK IT sector skills body, e-skills... [11 Sep 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News He said in a statement: "Short term goals in this rapidly developing industry means it can be difficult to get employer support for education for the longer term. This funding change... [20 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News In February, Northern Ireland made Gartner's top 30 locations for offshore services majoring in education, infrastructure, language, globalisation maturity and security and privacy, and recent Financial Times research... [02 Jun 2008]
Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent
News The UK will lose its base of highly skilled technology workers unless training and education is overhauled, industry leaders have warned. The report says technology-related... [14 May 2008]
IT education organisation takes Microsoft grumbles to EC
News In the context of the education system, this can result in higher prices and a range of other unsatisfactory effects which have a negative impact on wider policy initiatives, including... [14 May 2008]
IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News This strategy of shifting over to permanent headcount may have other benefits to IT departments as Chris Clements, IS director at education software supplier RM, points out: "Whilst... [28 Mar 2008]
2010: UK dial-up's dying days
News E is for Education Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch, told silicon.com: "Dial-up use is falling off very quickly because there is very little or - in some cases - no price advantage for... [26 Nov 2007]
IT skills 'vital for UK's future'
News We need to invest in skills, improve higher education, and provide incentives for innovative knowledge transfer. He also praised the work of e-skills UK, the government's... [29 Oct 2007]
Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'
News Our most pressing challenge is competing in the global economy, so the biggest imperative is to raise the level of UK skills by investment in education. Information... [22 Oct 2007]
UK tech skills crisis 'exaggerated'
News He said: "The UK continues to provide a healthy education base for employers to select from. If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company... [11 Oct 2007]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News The public sector is scared of open source, according to Cox, who said rules that restrict the use of open source in schools are building obsolescence into the UK... [13 Sep 2007]
Education council pledges £60m to IT
News The non-departmental body in charge of funding and planning education outside of universities said this was an increase of £20m from the previous year.silicon.com Public... [03 Aug 2007]
IT must pull together to battle skills shortage: Gov CIO
News According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, the number of computer science graduates in 2005/06 was just 34,005. Mike Rodd, the British Computing Society (BCS)... [21 May 2007]
Tech skills shortage: UK must act now
News The emphasis was also put on academic institutions to add a more commercial element to research while businesses are encouraged to assess future skills needs and work with higher education to achieve this. [09 May 2007]
Intel working on 'back to school' laptop
News Intel has been doing its homework on UK education. The chipmaker last year signed a memorandum of understanding with secondary education society the Specialist Schools... [05 Mar 2007]
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