IT services provider Civica has secured multiple contracts with 22 UK schools to provide digital learning services. Implemented by Civica's education division, the learning environments use Civica's CloudBase learning platform and Virtual ...
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Vint Cerf–the founding father of the internet–is backing the BCS's call for computer science to be included in the English Baccalaureate(EBacc). In 2015,the EBacc is set to replace the current GCSE examination system in five ...
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Over a quarter of adults (28%) have admitted they wish they had pursued a career in technology, a survey has found. Polling 2,000 people (1,000 adults and 1,000 children aged 8-15) across the UK, the online travel company found that 44% ...
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An IT recruitment expert has criticised government pay thresholds for overseas IT workers in the UK, claiming it groups vastly different jobs together and sets salaries too low, presuming an IT director in the UK can earn as little as ...
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Neglecting maths education in UK schools will lead to a substantial decline in skills in the IT sector,according to Scott Fletcher,founder and chairman of ANS Group. Scott Fletcher responded to a study from The Sutton Trust,which found ...
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Agri-business giant Syngenta has put multi-sourced IT at the heart of its ambitious plan to double its revenues in the next eight years. It has moved from having thousands of suppliers across the world to a selected few who it has close ...
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The IT glitch that affected NatWest,Ulster Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)will cost the RBS Group£125m,the firm has revealed. In its half-year report,RBS said that it had to provision£125m for"costs arising from the ...
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Rackspace is formally launching its OpenStack open-source infrastructure-as-a-service platform in the UK in mid-August. Further reading IT skills gap has led to a'talent war',says Rackspace CEO Rackspace CTO:Oracle and SAP are starting ...
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Buckinghamshire New University has partnered with HP to deliver the HP Institute Accredited Technical Associate (ATA) programme. Commencing this autumn, the pay-as-you learn programme is based around the new HP Institute course, which ...
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The Corporate IT Forum Education and Skills Commission has condemned the UK Government's decision to scrap the ICT curriculum in schools from this September. Members of the commission,who include large corporations,educators and UK trade ...
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