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Comment The IT skills gap is no big shakes, though most firms could plan their recruitment strategies better, according to a recent survey from e-skills UK. Just nine per cent... [06 Jun 2005]
IT skills gap on the decline
News The greater concern appears to be IT skills of end users working in other parts of the business, where 11 per cent of firms see a gap, though that figure has also fallen for the fourth... [19 Oct 2005]
The chimera of the closing IT skills gap
Comment Indeed, all these stats could point to shrinking IT budgets, not a shrinking skills gap. Is the skills gap closing? The skills... [24 Mar 2003]
Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'
News Timms called on the IT community to help plug this skills gap. We've got a very big skills gap. The minister underlined the need for additional funding... [22 Oct 2007]
Offshoring and IT skills gap leave UK lagging behind
News A continuing IT skills gap is harming the UK's global competitiveness as an ideal location to do e-business, a parliamentary inquiry into the health of the UK's IT... [18 Feb 2004]
CIO Jury: Is there an IT skills gap in the UK?
News The government launched a new action plan this week to address the UK's apparent shortage of business IT skills but UK IT chiefs are divided on whether such a skills... [16 Jun 2005]
School Equips Students With Industry Qualifications to Bridge Local IT Skills Gap
White Paper As part of its commitment as a specialist college, Long Eaton School sought to resolve an IT skills gap identified by local businesses. The school joined the Microsoft... [18 Jan 2008]
New work-permit rules 'will help plug UK IT skills gap'
News The UK's Professional Contractors Group (PCG) also welcomed the new points-based system and said it will help stop companies hiring workers from overseas except where there is a genuine skills... [08 Mar 2006]
Is there a UK IT skills gap or not?
News Is there a UK IT skills gap or not? Asked for views on ways to plug the skills gap, 70 per cent of the almost 450 respondents to the IT... [23 Dec 2008]
Banks face legacy IT skills gap crisis
News And it's not just the tape that's old - banks continue to rely on technologies installed 30 years ago - but the number of IT workers with the skills to keep them running are declining.... [08 Nov 2005]
Microsoft IT Academy Program Helps Malaysia Narrow ICT Skills Gap
White Paper To help address an acute and growing shortage of workers with strong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) skills, Microsoft is partnering with 20 institutions of higher learning across Malaysia to expand... [25 Jul 2009]
Prisoners to gain IT skills
News Wandsworth prison already offers various training options to prisoners, including industrial cleaning, bricklaying, carpentry, tailoring, electrical, painting and decorating, and plumbing - along with educational services such as... [11 Jun 2008]
IT industry backs skills boost plan
News The government today launched a scheme to close what it calls a productivity gap in IT skills between France, Germany and the US. Skills Minister Phil... [14 Jun 2005]
Leader: IT skills in the UK
Leader Evidence suggests there is a skills gap and that employers have a hard time finding the right person for the job. The industry group e-skills UK, which sits between government, business... [14 Jun 2005]
IT skills 'vital for UK's future'
News Price said the gap in skills could not be plugged by offshoring and outsourcing, due to the importance of proximity to suppliers for IT projects. UK governments have let slip... [29 Oct 2007]
