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UK urged to import more skilled IT workers

...increasing globalisation. That's the warning from not-for-profit research organisation The Work Foundation, which has called on politicians and policy makers to do... Read more

2 June, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Low-tech bosses 'wasting' IT investment

...technology (ICT) each year isn't being effectively used. ISociety, part of The Work Foundation, warns that many ICT projects are handled badly, with new... Read more

20 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Social software: a boon for business?

...know me but... Social Capital and Social Software -- the latest study from The Work Foundation's iSociety research project, published on Thursday, which has studied... Read more

30 May, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Pre-paying Brits won't flock to 3G

...to research published on Tuesday. A new study from independent research group The Work Foundation casts doubt on the ability of third-generation network operators... Read more

1 April, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

UK businesses lagging due to IT failures

...according to a new report into the "performance code" of successful organisations. The Work Foundation study of 3,000 UK firms, Cracking the Performance Code... Read more

20 July, 2005 by Andy McCue

Minister wants jobseekers to get own websites

...people will have their own personalised web page. In a speech at the Work Foundation on Wednesday, Knight said that people should be able to... Read more

3 December, 2009 by Kable

Survey finds increasing uncertainty over offshoring

...UK tech jobs. A recent report by not-for-profit research organisation The Work Foundation found little direct evidence of significant job migration due to... Read more

22 August, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Death March for chameleons, broadband misery in Torquay, measuring the evil in IT, causing chaos in the BBC and some frankly childish jokes about the small screen in the smallest room. Sorry Read more

20 January, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

Friday 20/1/2006 A while ago, I mentioned that I'd helped a pal out with her iMP problems. iMP is the BBC's... Read more

20 January, 2006

Government 'must engage frontline workers' in reform

...failing to engage frontline public sector workers, according to new research from the Work Foundation. The study, How ICT, says the views of frontline workers... Read more

27 September, 2005 by Andy McCue

Work still needed on e-government

...of IT in the provision of services, according to research published by the Work Foundation. In the latest of a series of reports into public... Read more

11 July, 2005 by Kable

Government ICT use under fire

...and mismanagement, according to an influential report published on 29 March, 2005. The Work Foundation report says there is a "mismatch" between frontline staff who... Read more

29 March, 2005 by Kable

Telewest blames viruses for lost broadband users

...providers were affected, not just Telewest." A report published last week by the Work Foundation warned that broadband customers are becoming disillusioned with a growing... Read more

6 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Fat pipes fail Broadband Britain

...of ongoing support from service providers, according to a new report by the Work Foundation. The year-long study, called Fat Pipes, Connected People, was... Read more

28 October, 2003 by Andy McCue

UK public embrace IT but shun tech hype

...and exciting, according to RealityIT -- Technology and Everyday Life, a study from the Work Foundation's iSociety project. The study concludes that 42 percent of... Read more

24 July, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

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