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School Equips Students With Industry Qualifications To Bridge Local IT Skills Gap
White Papers The school joined the Microsoft IT Academy Program to offer industry-standard qualifications to the community. As part of its commitment as a specialist college, Long Eaton School sought to resolve an IT skills gap identified by local businesses.
[January 18, 2008, 0:01]
More Madness From North Of The Border
Blog The Sunday Herald has learned that the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is considering provision for the theory as part of a review of the science course curriculum. According to the Sunday Herald, the Scottish Qualifications Authority...
[June 19, 2007, 18:06]
Welder Management System Lite
Downloads Welder Management System Lite is software for managing welders and welder qualifications including the following features: WPQs--create and automatically code-check ASME Section IX welder qualifications.
[November 5, 2005, 0:31]
Interesting List However I Disagree
Talkback I have found certifications and qualifications practically useless. Get qualifications if you want and if you're interested but don't imagine that they'll be any use. Point 5. It's true that they might get your CV read when stupid employers...
[September 8, 2007, 11:57]
IT Security Industry 'to Be Professionalised'
Talkback This new group appears to be for those without any security qualifications. Security professionals that already have qualifications are members of ISC2 or ISACA or ISSA. Now we have ISSP, whats next ISSQ?
[February 17, 2006, 14:05]
EDS And Thames Valley University Link Up For Training
News EDS and Thames Valley University (TVU) have started an initiative aimed at giving staff working towards National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) a chance to also earn a related college degree. The 'Degrees for Modern Apprentices' programme allows...
[March 10, 2003, 17:40]
E-Learning Centres Planned For Nurses
News The University of Ulster has been selected as one of three UK universities to deliver an e-learning centre for qualified nurses, enabling them to further their qualifications online. Registered nurses will work towards building up credits, which...
[April 25, 2001, 7:08]
ShortFall? From An Ex Student
Talkback Being a graduate in IT i was among a great deal of people in IT, It took me 20 interviews to actually get a job, i don't think it is lack of skills it became apparent that companies wanted experience over qualifications or both in a nice low paid...
[February 12, 2008, 17:45]
Skills Measurement For IT Talent - How Government Agencies Are Putting Commercial Best Practices To Work
White Papers First, the measurement system supported a new competency-based approach to defining job qualifications. Traditionally, government agencies have defined job qualifications in terms of experience or seniority in a particular field rather than through...
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Bulldog Fixes Broadband Problems
Talkback also my average throughtput for the first 8 weeks was 201kbps on average.they tried to blame it on my firewall, which is a very good piece of cisco kit i got through my work at a discount.they also blamed my cables and when i pointed out that i...
[March 10, 2006, 1:40]
Government Joins Push For IT Professionalism
News The BCS has already played its part in championing the new IT profession through a high profile membership recruitment campaign and a raft of new professional qualifications to reflect the rapid evolutionary process that is the nature of the IT...
[May 11, 2005, 16:30]
Government To Relaunch IT NVQ
News Lloyd said that the new NVQ will have the ability to integrate with vendor qualifications, which have always had much more credibility in the industry. No more will we have this brick wall between vendor and open qualifications," he said.
[May 5, 2004, 18:05]
Fall In Number Of IT A-level Students
News Academic qualifications are not the be all and end all when it comes to a career in technology, according to IT training company Computeach, which said that employers value IT specific qualifications that are relevant to current market conditions.
[August 18, 2008, 8:51]
Of Qtrax And Broken Dreams
Blog In the background, I can hear someone talking about Macdonald's offering A-level qualifications. But yes, Macdonalds is set to issue qualifications 'equivalent to an A-level'. A last look around the news, and an outfit called QTrax was making some...
[January 28, 2008, 7:40]
UK Security Industry Gets Professional Body
News IISP claims it will add value by mentoring those who have taken security qualifications, and by providing on-the-job training. The Institute has no plans at the moment to offer qualifications, though.
[February 28, 2006, 8:50]
Veteran Job Candidates Present A Few Interview Challenges
News Focus on the job qualifications above all else This will place the focus squarely on job qualifications and circumvent a lot of uncomfortable banter about how much things have changed in the last 30 years.
[January 3, 2003, 15:43]
Microsoft: Failing IT Pros Should Be Struck Off
News Although the BCS can revoke the Chartered IT Professional (CITP) qualification, this makes little difference to employers, who prefer more specific IT qualifications, such as database management, said Clarke.
[May 23, 2007, 16:53]
Government 'could Do Better' On IT Skills Action Plan
News The scheme is being backed by an array of large companies that have spent the last year committing staff time, resources and funding to help develop IT qualifications for universities and schools in a bid to make courses more relevant to market...
[June 14, 2005, 16:20]
University Or Certification?
News Liu also thinks the focus on qualifications will only heighten. Deciding what areas to skill up in, what courses to opt for and when to carry out the training is something all IT professionals face. There are the issues about whether to opt for...
[September 26, 2002, 10:44]
The (e)business Of Online Learning
News Students aren't quite so interested in qualifications any more -- and are much more interested in skills. New technologies generally make use of old ones when they are introduced. The first books, for example, were old manuscripts transferred to...
[February 7, 2002, 16:14]
