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

...computing and technology, professor Anne De Roeck, said the UK faces an IT skills shortage "operating at all levels". Research by sector skills body e... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

UK plc is failing to encourage budding techies

Poor teaching also contributes to UK's IT skills shortage... Businesses have been criticised for restricting the technologies and tools... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Quotes of the year: From Steve Jobs' impact to why architects are the Britneys of IT

...of UK software giant Autonomy, with a practical solution to the UK IT skills shortage "I asked the school what they do in ICT and... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Immigration cap won't hit foreign IT worker numbers

...along with web services, ERP and IT management. Even without taking the IT skills shortage into account, Jean-Christophe Bodhuin, UK managing director for analysts... Read more

26 November, 2010 by Nick Heath

IT jobs: UK's tech talent looks to jump ship

...work in." Farrell added: "At a time when we are suffering an IT skills shortage, we cannot afford to lose key talent." In March, it... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Forrester: Consider unorthodox sources for IT staff

Poaching IT staff is a short-term solution, according to a new report. Instead you should look to students, academics and super users; even blogs and social-networking sites Read more

26 July, 2007 by Tom Espiner

News Burst: IT skills shortage getting worse

...experience the most acute skills shortage. "Without a strategy for resolving the IT skills shortage, individual countries, and Europe as a whole, will begin to... Read more

19 October, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

UK sees worst IT skills shortage for a decade

A National Computing Centre report warns employers to budget for increased training of existing staff to cope with the skills shortage Read more

12 February, 2008 by Nick Heath

IT skills shortage costing Europe 'billions

The European Commission has called upon member states to tackle 'digital illiteracy' and the shortfall in qualified tech staff Read more

12 September, 2007 by Bupesh Jain

Inbox: iPhone, the Facebook generation and the IT skills shortage

"Yes there's a skills shortage in the under 30s and it is going to get much worse..." Read more

17 September, 2008 by silicon.com staff

No end in sight for French IT skills shortage

Suzanna Kerridge, Paris correspondent Read more

3 July, 2000 by Suzanna Kerridge

Financial sector suffering IT skills shortfall

The financial-services industry remains the most hampered by an IT skills shortage, according to the 2008 Skills Survey from ZDNet UK's... Read more

16 December, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

The Linx effect: UK ISPs get skills shortage boost

The London Internet Exchange (Linx) is attempting to tackle the IT skills shortage by running training courses for students in the latest internet... Read more

18 September, 2000 by Felicity Ussher

Experts warn migration rules may fuel IT offshoring

...jobs being offshored, industry experts have warned. Despite a well-documented domestic IT skills shortage — and projections of increasing demand for techies and telecoms workers... Read more

12 September, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Oracle skills shortage spells jackpot for contractors

...corporate and public-sector strategy ERP projects — as well as the general IT skills shortage — means demand for Oracle skills is likely to rise this... Read more

28 February, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

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