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IT skills gap faces lack of qualified teachers

A drop in skilled IT job candidates is down not only to a lack of interest among students, but also to a lack of suitably qualified teachers, according to a Westminster eForum panel Read more

10 February, 2011 by Ben Woods

Facebook and Cisco back IT skills drive for kids

...systemic thinking, software development and logic, to try to fill the UK IT skills gap. "With technology and digital companies providing increasing opportunities for employment... Read more

16 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Governments failed to foresee IT skills gap

The increasing lack of people with IT skills vital for keeping the UK competitive was not fully recognised by past governments, Lord Triesman has said Read more

26 October, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Flexible working still frowned upon, say IT pros

Research claims half of IT workers believe the industry has not adapted to flexible working Read more

26 June, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Timms: IT education key for a competitive UK

Competitiveness minister Stephen Timms has called for investment in IT education to plug the skills gap and help the UK compete globally Read more

19 October, 2007 by Tom Espiner

HP-developed degree aims to close UK's IT skills gap

...aimed at boosting sought-after tech skills and addressing the nation's IT skills gap. The part-time Computer Systems Management foundation degree, which has... Read more

7 August, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Few firms fear an IT skills gap

The IT skills gap is no great shakes, although most firms could better their... Read more

6 June, 2005 by Sylvia Carr

IT skills gap costs Britain billions

UK IT workers are ignoring best practice and could do more to be professional, a study claims Read more

22 April, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Offshoring: Should the government send IT work abroad?

...in teaching Stem subjects and IT." Hart said offshoring is filling a IT skills gap in the UK that already existed because not enough people... Read more

24 February, 2010 by Nick Heath

Tech workers confirm UK skills gap still a problem

...is the answer. The vast majority (88 percent) of respondents believe an IT skills gap is by no means a UK-only problem and does... Read more

24 December, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Inbox: YouTube surveillance, skills gap, Naked speak

...aimed at boosting sought-after tech skills and addressing the nation's IT skills gap. Still not enough It's encouraging to see organisations addressing... Read more

11 August, 2008 by silicon.com staff
Grady Booch: The developer's developer

Grady Booch: The developer's developer

...architecture. How does IBM's Extreme Blue programme work to address the IT skills gap? The European Extreme Blue Expo features real-world issues that... Read more

26 September, 2007 by Adrian Bridgwater

Brunel and SAP launch MSc programme

...course, a Master of Science qualification, will help to plug the growing IT skills gap. It will commence in the autumn, and will combine people... Read more

30 May, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Record rise in overseas IT workers

...skills is an attraction, however this does not signal any long-term IT skills gap in the UK," said Mahesh Desai, outsourcing strategy director at... Read more

21 November, 2005 by Karen Gomm

Dear silicon.com... work and play, mobiles on planes, data leaks...

...Rogers, managing director, Concrete Media Got da skillzComputer games 'can help plug IT skills gap' So they want to plug the skills gap ! The best... Read more

25 October, 2007 by silicon.com staff

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