BCS: UK Tech Industry Faces Skills Crisis
News The UK technology industry faces a looming skills crisis, according to the president of the British Computing Society, Professor Nigel Shadbolt. A fall of a third in the intake for full-time undergraduate computer science degrees since 2001...
[November 17, 2006, 15:42]
BCS Calls For UK Net Neutrality Debate
News Professor Nigel Shadbolt said on Friday that, because so much of the internet's content is derived from the US, the UK and Europe would be affected by any net neutrality-related decisions made across the Atlantic.
[September 17, 2007, 16:39]
Judges Reveal Best (and Worst) Politicians' Websites
News BCS president Nigel Shadbolt chaired an experienced team of judges, including political journalists Patrick Wintour from The Guardian, and the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts. The inaugural MP Website Awards , an event spearheaded by the British...
[November 9, 2007, 10:00]
IT Pros 'must Build Their Business Knowledge'
News The BCS said the survey responses "give a snapshot of how non-IT managers see IT, offering some timely insights as the new BCS President Nigel Shadbolt sets out on his mission to improve the image of IT.
[November 23, 2006, 11:15]
BCS: Funding Cuts Will Harm Computing Research
News This reduction, coupled with a technology industry increasingly hungry for skills, could have a major effect on the UK economy, warned BCS president, professor Nigel Shadbolt. The British Computing Society has warned that the UK's computing sector...
[February 27, 2007, 11:50]
Bringing Colossus Back To Life
News Pictured are Nigel Shadbolt, the former president of the British Computer Society (BCS), and Andy Clarke, one of the founders of the Trust for the National Museum of Computing. The Colossus codecracking computer has recently been kicked into action...
[November 19, 2007, 14:10]
Can A Human Love A Robot?
News Nigel Shadbolt, professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Southampton is unconvinced about the role robots -- intelligent or not -- will play in our lives. Shadbolt is sceptical about robots ever fulfilling more than a proxy role in...
[January 23, 2001, 14:01]
Greens: Vista Means More Dead PCs
News Nigel Shadbolt, BCS president, said the release of Vista could eventually see large numbers of PCs being upgraded and many old PCs discarded. It can be really easy to pass on the old machine to be reused, and if it's beyond use, to recycle it...
[January 29, 2007, 16:27]
BCS Warns Of Environmental Impact Of Vista Upgrade
News Nigel Shadbolt, BCS president, said the release of Vista could eventually see large numbers of PCs being upgraded with many old PCs discarded. Companies that opt to refresh their PCs following an upgrade to Microsoft Vista should ensure that they...
[December 7, 2006, 15:34]
