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Ten signs you and IT just aren't hitting it off

Ten signs you and IT just aren't hitting it off

Most people grumble about their job at some point, but certain recurring issues might just be a sign that you and IT are not made for one another, says Jack Wallen Read more

22 April, 2012 by Jack Wallen
Microsoft: Schools are failing to teach IT skills

Microsoft: Schools are failing to teach IT skills

...government IT teaching policy. ZDNet UK talked to Microsoft's director of education Steve Beswick at this year's BETT conference at Olympia in London... Read more

19 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft readies Office 365 for education

...be had by students for $5 a month. Microsoft Office 365 for education centres comes with five pricing plans. Photo credit: Microsoft As part of... Read more

12 January, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn
Panoramic camera aids teachers in class

Panoramic camera aids teachers in class

...better teaching. The goal is to use this technology to better understand education environments and give feedback that can be used to create more effective... Read more

14 October, 2010 by James Martin

Microsoft lands huge cloud customer in India

...The All India Council for Technical Education has decided to adopt Microsoft's Live@edu cloud service, and will... Read more

12 April, 2012 by Ryan Huang

Northern Ireland funds £170m cloud for schools

...Classroom 2000, Northern Ireland's IT procurement body for education, has awarded a £170m contract to Northgate Managed Services for the provision... Read more

14 March, 2012 by Gill Hitchcock

MPs: Police need to learn about e-crime

...to be better informed about risks, malware and scams. Official e-crime education efforts are largely focused on Get Safe Online, but this needs "substantial... Read more

2 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner
IT teaching to get radical shake-up

IT teaching to get radical shake-up

...Computing education in schools is to be radically altered to focus on "rigorous" computer... Read more

11 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Janet UK to spend up to £80m on fibre upgrade

...infrastructure upgrade for Janet, the UK's computing network for the higher education and research sectors. According to a notice in the Official Journal of... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Janet UK looks for cloud providers

...framework contract to provide datacentre and cloud services for universities and higher education colleges. It estimates the value of the deal at between £10m and... Read more

6 October, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds

...to go until we have liberated all of cyberspace." Free software in education and business Despite the progress that has been made by the free... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

University cloud services get £12.5m injection

...cloud resource brokerage via a £12.5m IT modernisation programme. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced the cloud investment, which will be... Read more

7 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

Becta strikes IT framework agreement with suppliers

...an services framework agreement set up by the soon-to-be-abolished education IT agency. Becta has divided the framework into two lots. The first... Read more

1 December, 2010 by Kable

IT specialists top list of unemployed grads

...related degree in 2009 remained unemployed six months after graduation, the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (Hecsu) said in the report published on Monday (PDF... Read more

2 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Government to retain some Becta projects

...s work will be continued. Becta, which is responsible for IT in education, was axed in May to save the government future costs. The agency... Read more

11 October, 2010 by Kable

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