The BBC is launching a new initiative that aims to "bring digital technology and computer coding to even more homes, businesses and schools" over the coming years, in a bid to plug the UK's digital skills gap. Government and industry are ...
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European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has announced the need for new measures in ICT education across Europe, in the hope that better education will enable young people to fill more jobs in the industry. In a speech at ...
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The UK's GCSE results came out this week and, on the whole, it's been positive news for the IT industry, with a 38 per cent year-on-year rise in students aged 14-16 taking the ICT exam - 73,847 exams sat this year compared to 53,197 last ...
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The Department for Education's (DfE) new English National Curriculum framework is "too focused on the development side of computing", Joanna Poplawska of The Corporate IT Forum's Education and Skills Commission has told Computing. While ...
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The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA) concludes technology is having a profound impact on the nature of the skilled trades, apprenticeship training and journeyperson skills requirements. Based on a series of interviews with ...
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Broadband connectivity has the potential to transform education by giving teachers and students access to learning resources and technologies that will allow them to improve their skills in the context of a globalized economy, according to ...
Australians based overseas are being lured home as the demand for digital resources continues to grow, according to a hiring expert. Salaries for digital skills are now higher in Australia than in overseas markets such as the United ...
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As e-commerce, mobile, and social media place an increasing role in all aspects of customers’ experiences with retailers, Shop.org is launching a multi-part initiative to engage the industry in examining how retailers are integrating ...
Ve Interactive's new VeCommerce is the world's first e-commerce software to have built-in, cart-recovery and remarketing technology. The variety of valuable features for online retailers will fulfill demands of today's e-commerce market. ...
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The UK is missing out on huge social and economic benefits,according to Go ON UK,as the charity reveals that there are an estimated 16 million people who are lacking basis online and skills. A report from Booz&Company,in conjunction with ...
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Telefonica Digital is investing in a cloud-based HR system to manage its 6,500 worldwide workforce in a project that is expected to pay for itself in under two years. Telefonica Digital is to spend several million on Workday's cloud-based ...
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Technology students are questioning the value for money they get from university as tuition fees in England and Wales continue to rise, according to research. The OnePoll Digital Campus report, commissioned by Adobe, revealed 89% of ...
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Technology students are questioning the value for money they get from university as tuition fees in England and Wales continue to rise, according to research. The OnePoll Digital Campus report, commissioned by Adobe, revealed 89% of ...
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Government spending on science and technological innovation has dropped by 7.6 per cent,despite an election pledge by Prime Minister David Cameron to protect funding in the field. The figures come from a House of Commons library study ...
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Digital skills in the UK must be increased in order to take advantage of the economic benefits of superfast broadband, said communications minister Ed Vaizey. Speaking at the Huawei Broadband Forum event, Vaizey said: "We need to make ...
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