Organisations across the IT, communications and defence sectors have teamed up with Business and IT Sector Skills Council (E-Skills UK) to launch cyber security apprenticeships. The aim is to boost the number of young people working in ...
The BBC has launched the BBC Technology Apprenticeship, working with UK universities and major broadcasters, "to address a critical skills shortage in the broadcast industry and help build the next generation of broadcast engineers", said ...
The government is failing to promote UK manufacturing, according to a new industry and public poll conducted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). Thumbs up for the financial sector? David Cameron’s government is ...
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Business analytics provider SAS has launched the SAS Student Academy to help staff a big data analytics revolution, through a joint initiative with Birmingham City University (BCU). In this video, the CEO of sector skills body e-skills UK ...
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Software vendors, academic institutions and government agencies united on Tuesday to tackle European youth unemployment and the IT skills shortage with a new online education platform. Academy Cube, developed by SAP with the support of ...
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has found that 25% of part-time workers want more hours, against an agency finding that promotes part-time work. According to an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) report, over a quarter of part-time ...
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A report released National Audit Office revealed that the UK IT skills shortage means that Britain could have trouble defending itself from cyber attacks over the next 20 years. The UK was hit by over 40 million cyber attacks in 2011 ...
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Cyber attacks in the UK cost the country up to 27bn each year. A report by the National Audit Office warned that the IT skills shortage in Britain could make it vulnerable against cyber attacks for the next 20 years. The UK suffered ...
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The Australian government’s Corporate Champions program is an Australian first and aims to help businesses recruit and retain mature aged people (aged 45 and over) in their workplace. Eligible employers receive tailored support and ...
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The UK faces a shortage of 33,300 skilled IT and tech workers by 2050 due to a skills deficit, an ageing workforce and restrictive migration policies, according to recruitment firm Randstad Technologies. The firm based its findings on the ...
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IDC says Big Data market outstripping IT as a whole by sevenfold. IT systems management firm Kaseya said firms must be mindful of the complexities of handling Big Data projects, and also bear in mind the "worrying skills shortage" in the ...
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A new partnership between the National Skills Academy for IT, training provider NITP and telecoms giant BT will create 550 IT apprenticeships in 2013. Some 100 apprentice jobs in small to medium-sized enterprises are already up for grabs, ...
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Mobility and security hardly go hand-in-hand. But not at the Essar Group. In fact, for this Indian, multinational conglomerate, security was the stepping stone to enterprise mobility and a vibrant BYOD environment. What got the ball ...
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Gaining a better understanding of customers is the main motivation for big data programmes. This is one finding from a SearchDataManagementUK survey of 184 UK and continental European IT and business professionals who are primarily ...
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The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition aimed at addressing a critical Linux security skills gap. The majority of internet infrastructure is based on Linux, but Linux is rarely taught in schools and Linux ...
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