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Bletchley Park's World War Two codebreakers in their own words
News Up to two-thirds of the staff at Bletchley Park were young women and Osborne was one of up to 400 other Wrens at Woburn Abbey, home to the Duke of Bedford, but her accommodation was less grand than might be expected. [05 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.10.09
Round-Up Almost a third of young people said they'd made a positive comment about someone online that they'd have been too shy to grunt to them face-to-face. Psychologist Jo Hemmings, who worked on the study,... [09 Oct 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile She's also hit out at IT teaching and called for a radical overhaul of the curriculum to encourage more young people into a tech career. As CEO of e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for business and... [29 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News But it warned the UK's potential around technology - and thus the potential of IT to drive economic recovery - is being held back by the current crop of business leaders who are failing to 'get IT', and also by the failure of the... [23 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.09.09
Round-Up As a young, perplexed Woody Allen is told at the end of Manhattan: "You have to have a little faith in people. It was only last week that the Round-Up was complaining about how much like hard work it is... [04 Sep 2009]
COBAEV Consolidates Information and Increases Demand for Enrollment by 20%
White Paper The Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Veracruz (COBAEV) has the mission of offering secondary-level education, providing high-quality teaching, and properly preparing young people for higher education. [31 Aug 2009]
Facebook wants to double the number of faces on the payroll
News The young founder said in an interview with Bloomberg that since there are a significant number of engineers and developers looking for work, Facebook - still flush with venture funding, and with revenues on the rise -... [25 Aug 2009]
India outsourcing workers stressed to the limit
Comment As many young people in India's outsourcing industry are beginning to discover, underneath the heady promise of an exciting job, a good paycheck and attractive career prospects lie long spells of night... [25 Aug 2009]
Kids today: Don't fear the Millennials at work
Comment After working in schools and speaking to real live young people, I couldn't find any of these workplace time bombs. Before undertaking these projects, I'd written several pieces on young... [24 Aug 2009]
Naked CIO: Top 10 reasons to be a CIO
Comment I just can't get over that feeling that CIOs, our departments and the incredible people we have working for us truly are the brave new world. Brilliant people do amazing things - and there is no other... [17 Aug 2009]
Big isn't always better: Beware of growing up too fast
Comment People are generally looking out for each other and the communication is really high quality. People are still agreeable but they tend to cluster in teams that support themselves. This is where every... [29 Jul 2009]
Offshoring is bad for IT skills, say UK tech chiefs
News A career choice for young people Another problem with offshoring is that it is undermining interest in IT as a career choice for young people, according to Peter... [28 Jul 2009]
Teens don't use Twitter - so who does?
Comment Apart from a handful of big personalities such as Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) and Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) or brands like Dell (@DellOutlet) and US budget airline JetBlue (@JetBlue), most people's followers and friends on... [21 Jul 2009]
Bill Gates: 'We're going to make the cows that don't fart'
Comment But I always had in the back of my mind that it was kind of a crime that there wasn't broad availability of those things, particularly for young people thinking about science. Gates: Well, I didn't get... [16 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News A government motion stating that ID cards would reduce fraud and make it easier for young people to prove their age was passed, with 283 MPs voting for and 203 voting against. The government has defended... [07 Jul 2009]
