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IT jobs: British Gas launches tech apprenticeship

e-skills UK joins British Gas to run IT apprenticeship scheme... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT job vacancies outnumber applicants

...of people looking for work in the sector, according to industry body E-skills UK. A survey by E-skills UK shows that advertised vacancies... Read more

31 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Study: IT industry to add 110,000 jobs this year

...women, according to the Technology Insights 2011 study, published on Tuesday by E-skills UK. The technology industry body said the results show that IT... Read more

19 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

"Dull" IT lessons to be axed this autumn?

Teachers to get free reign to make IT lessons shine, under gov't proposal... Read more

11 January, 2012 by Nick Heath

Government lukewarm on IT education review

...find the best way to achieve this." The government said it supported E-Skills UK's 'Behind the Screen' pilot, which is working on possible... Read more

28 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Facebook and Cisco back IT skills drive for kids

...BIS The technology companies have introduced training schemes as part of an E-Skills UK push launched by science minister David Willetts in Tower Hamlets... Read more

16 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

IT jobs: Demand for skilled tech staff drives up pay

...20 per cent. These findings support a further study by industry body e-skills UK, which reported that there were more vacancies than applicants in... Read more

7 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT jobs: More vacancies than applicants

...of people looking for work in the sector, according to industry body e-skills UK. A survey by e-skills UK shows that advertised vacancies... Read more

30 March, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT skills gap faces lack of qualified teachers

...The skills are often outdated soon after people leave university." On Tuesday, E-Skills UK said in a statement that there has been a decline... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

UK plc is failing to encourage budding techies

...narrow [young people's] understanding [is] of what IT jobs are," said e-skills UK's Price. "We need to get out the message of... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

IT-centric GCSE on way to boost kids' coding skills

...the Screen', which has been devised by UK IT sector skills body e-skills UK. e-skills is working in partnership with a range of... Read more

15 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Open University revamps degrees with employers in mind - and its own box of tricks

...IT skills shortage "operating at all levels". Research by sector skills body e-skills UK shows 110,000 new IT jobs are created every year... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Budget 2011: Wins for tech skills, R&D and superfast broadband

...real opportunity for IT professionals." Karen Price, CEO of IT skills body e-skills UK, welcomed the Chancellor's commitment in today's budget to... Read more

23 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Few women in IT, few even trying to get into IT

...UK stands at 17 per cent, according to IT sector skills body e-skills UK. The organisation is running a campaign to raise the ratio... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Olympic Games cyber security: Cops not up to the job

...they panic, I would like to work with [IT sector skills body] e-skills UK to turn the problem of multiple parallel crises into an... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

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