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News The analysts said improvements to the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths needs to be improved in order to create the next generation of software developers, while better tax incentives for investment,... [03 Nov 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News The analysts said improvements to teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths needs to be improved in order to create the next generation of software developers, while better tax incentives for investment,... [23 Oct 2009]
Avatars made to wear a suit to work as the style police arrive
News Gartner said firms should be teaching employees how to control their avatars, encouraging them to foster a personal affinity with their avatar and take pride in their appearance, and extending the company's code of... [09 Oct 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News A recent report by the CBI blamed poor teaching in schools for contributing to a shortage of graduates in science, technology, engineering and maths. A panel assembled by the British Computer Society (BCS) were asked to... [23 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News The skills shortfall appears to be worsening: while the latest CIO Jury, two-thirds of the panel felt graduates did not have the right skills for business, in 2007 only a third of the CIO Jury found university teaching... [02 Sep 2009]
No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News For those who fancy volunteering, the VSO's openings for IT workers fall into two categories; teaching - helping colleges and IT centres to develop curriculums and train existing teachers on using IT, or... [25 Aug 2009]
Electronic driving instructors puts thousands of bus drivers through their paces
News As well as keeping an eye on drivers' day to day performance, the system will be used as a teaching aid with up to 20,000 bus drivers set to be trained using the system under the five-year contract with GreenRoad. [04 Aug 2009]
Teachers get £5.6m to swot up on how to use tech
News Teachers of all subjects from primary level through to secondary and college will be able to get access to face-to-face learning, at local venues or hosted by employers, to enable them to get to grips with using technology as a... [21 Jul 2009]
SMEs on target list for UK cyber attack group
News Small businesses are just as open to threats, and one of the main things will be teaching small businesses how to mitigate those threats," Dyhouse told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK. The UK's new cyber security... [29 Jun 2009]
Hospital bitten by watchdog over stolen laptops
News The Information Commissioner's Office yesterday announced it is taking enforcement action against Brent Teaching Primary Care Trust after two laptops were stolen last month. The UK privacy watchdog has criticised lax NHS... [06 Feb 2009]
PCs at five hospitals struck down by virus
News The Conficker B virus infected 800 out of the 7,000 PCs at five hospitals in Sheffield, leading to a "small number" of patient appointments being cancelled, according to a spokeswoman for the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals... [21 Jan 2009]
Kids should be taught tech 'from age seven'
News The review by Sir Jim Rose, a former inspector with schools watchdog Ofsted, has found IT teaching has failed to keep pace with young people's increasing computer literacy. The review also recommends the use of ICT to... [08 Dec 2008]
Where does UK get its teachers? YouTube of course
News As part of a new scheme called Your Science, the Training and Development Agency (TDA) has created a channel on YouTube designed to combat the boring image of science teaching. The channel will showcase a series of... [26 Nov 2008]
OLPC: Windows vs Linux
News What made the experience so dramatic was how well the teachers incorporated the laptops into their teaching. On the outside, the Windows version of the XO laptop looks just like the Linux model. But simply booting up the... [24 Oct 2008]
Queen Mary Uni ditches Excel, makes student plans with IBM
News Queen Mary University of London has bought a resource planning tool from IBM Cognos to help it predict the effect of student numbers on teaching requirements.silicon.com Public Sector Burt told silicon.com the system... [16 Oct 2008]
