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Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent

News It must tackle a slump in technology teaching and employer training to avoid being forced to buy in top level talent from China and India. The UK will lose its base of highly skilled technology workers unless training and education is overhauled...

Tags: intellect, technology, skills

[14 May 2008]

China key to Indian IT growth

News He said Satyam is working with Indian campuses and teaching facilities to ensure lower skilled workers are being taught the right skills. China will be a key part of Indian outsourcing giant Satyam's plans to create 15,000 new jobs worldwide and...

Tags: satyam, offshore, outsource, centres

[21 Apr 2008]

Wanted: Women must save IT industry

News The report tells IT professionals to change the way they "recruit, train and foster subordinates' career", particularly in government, and stresses the need for new teaching courses that interest students in IT and provide employers with the right...

Tags: skills gap, women, skills

[15 Apr 2008]

ITN consortium in frame for Teachers TV

News Called Teachers TV, the online service offers educators teaching materials and guidance on how to enhance their own skills. A consortium led by ITN is in final negotiations over a £50m, five-year contract from the government to provide on-demand...

Tags: teaching, itn, tv, public sector

[14 Mar 2008]

Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall

News A £10m boost to the science and innovation teaching budget over the next five years. The technology industry has pledged to fight for a share of a public sector contract windfall the Chancellor of the Exchequer promised to SMEs in his 2008 Budget.

Tags: budget, public sector, sme, innovation

[12 Mar 2008]

Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'

News And Ted Woodhouse, former IS director at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "I have been in the IT business for 30 years, and I have never, ever, not even once, heard anyone ever say, 'my word, the IT service is a lot better since we...

Tags: outsourcing, cio jury, cost savings, cio

[31 Jan 2008]

Grad IT training masterfully fast tracked

News Bill Thomas, executive European VP at EDS, said in a statement: "Our universities have an excellent track record in teaching higher level skills. A new Masters level fast-track training programme has been launched to boost the skills of the next...

Tags: grads, jobs, skills, track

[24 Jan 2008]

Schools failing to harness tech potential

News He added that in the near future technology will make lessons interactive "like never before" and allow teachers to access the best teaching resources from around the world. Four out of five schools are failing to exploit the full potential of...

Tags: tech, schools, vista, becta

[16 Jan 2008]

NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project

News The Pacs technology has been rolled out over three years to 127 NHS trusts, with Leeds Teaching Hospitals the final one to complete on 10 December and the government said this contrasts "very favourably" with the 14 years taken to implement those...

Tags: nhs, pacs, reporting, health

[27 Dec 2007]

Top 10 skills stories of the year

News But is that a fault of the teaching or are employers expecting too much from grads? Tech skills issues were never far from the headlines in 2007. Age-old debates turning up the volume this year include the IT skills shortage and the threat it poses...

Tags: skills, flexible working, wfh, techies

[17 Dec 2007]

Are UK data laws fit for purpose?

Are UK data laws fit for purpose?

News But Ted Woodhouse, consultant and former director of IT strategy for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "The data protection laws are fine - it's HMRC that's not 'fit for purpose'. Ted Woodhouse, consultant and ex-director of IT strategy...

Tags: hmrc, data protection, cio jury, encryption

[23 Nov 2007]

Is Facebook key to teaching staff better security?

News By teaching employees to look after their details on social networking sites such as Facebook, GE Commercial is hoping to extend good security practice across the organisation. The Australian division of GE Commercial Finance is encouraging more...

Tags: facebook, social networking, id theft, security

[30 Oct 2007]

Essex school lessons paper trail with digital portal

News This allows new or temporary staff to resume teaching where their predecessors left off. Emerson Park School in Romford has kicked off a trial in virtual learning involving 1,000 pupils and staff in line with a government drive to push technology...

Tags: learning, online, portal, school

[19 Jun 2007]

CIO Essentials: Underwater Google Earth, Microsoft's Milan and BlackBerrys

News Teaching and adapting to local conditions is the key. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. Each week a leading IT chief picks his or her top stories from the past week and explains...

Tags: ukaea

[05 Jun 2007]

University College Dublin masters €4.5m SAN

News The initial implementation will cost €750,000 and will be used to support the university's 3,000 staff, together with 22,000 under- and post-graduates in teaching and research activities across its five colleges and research institutes.silicon.com...

Tags: redstone, san, university college dublin

[29 May 2007]

Has the Supreme Court killed off patent trolls?

News That standard requires that for an invention to be declared obvious, some "teaching, suggestion or motivation" must exist to show that a person of ordinary skill would have thought to combine certain elements.

Tags: patent

[01 May 2007]

Local government tech contract bonanza

News This week has seen a blizzard of contract signing across local government, with deals involving HR, mobile working, CRM and remote teaching technologies. The City of Edinburgh Council has signed a £10m contract with BT to streamline its HR systems.

Tags: government

[29 Mar 2007]

Highland schools get broadband

News The snappily titled Highlands and Islands Pathfinder Broadband Procurement Project will link up 850 sites with the focus on providing teaching and learning support. It will provide a tremendous boost to modern learning and teaching practice and to...

Tags: internet, education, mobile broadband, broadband

[27 Mar 2007]

Techies still racking up the unpaid overtime

News Like last year, teaching professionals lead do the most unpaid overtime, with an average of 11 hours and six minutes extra work per week. Nearly half of IT professionals work more than their contracted hours, though the amount of unpaid overtime...

Tags: long hours, tuc, it workers, ict

[23 Feb 2007]

Glasgow kids get classroom PCs and support

News He added: "The actual aim is to harness the technology for the betterment of learning for young people and the delivery of effective teaching. The hope is this will give teachers more time to concentrate on teaching, rather than dealing with IT...

Tags: glasgow, schools, ict, dell

[22 Feb 2007]

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