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UK gov to open nine new Institutes of Technology to tackle skills shortage
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Careers & training

UK gov to open nine new Institutes of Technology to tackle skills shortage

Courses lasting between six weeks to a year are designed to help students space out their studies and learn at a pace that works for them
17 Dec 2021
How can your small business attract top-class tech talent?
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Careers & training

How can your small business attract top-class tech talent?

With a finite pool of technical talent available, less well-resourced firms must think laterally when hiring and holding onto their expertise
7 Dec 2021
How apprenticeships are fuelling the future of UK tech
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Careers & training

How apprenticeships are fuelling the future of UK tech

On-the-job training is becoming key to resolving the talent crisis, but it isn’t just young people benefitting from apprenticeships
14 Oct 2021
UKRI will educate tech sector to defend against cyber threats
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UKRI will educate tech sector to defend against cyber threats

Businesses will be able to benefit from a series of events, workshops, and hands-on experience organised by Digital Catapult
11 Oct 2021
Nurturing your business’ citizen developers
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Nurturing your business’ citizen developers

With enterprises increasingly struggling to locate skilled developers, what if the developers your business needs are already in your company?
7 Oct 2021
Why IT recruiters should look for experts from the military sector
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Careers & training

Why IT recruiters should look for experts from the military sector

While they may not have traditional certifications, veterans can bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience
1 Oct 2021
Why IT recruiters should look for experts from the military sector
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Careers & training

Why IT recruiters should look for experts from the military sector

While they may not have traditional certifications, veterans can bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience
1 Oct 2021
Amazon to pay college tuition fees for 750,000 front-line employees
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Careers & training

Amazon to pay college tuition fees for 750,000 front-line employees

The company is investing $1.2 billion by 2025 in education and skills training for its workers
10 Sep 2021
TechUK subsidiary extends digital training initiative to tackle skills shortage
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Careers & training

TechUK subsidiary extends digital training initiative to tackle skills shortage

TechSkills' Gold certificates acknowledge intensive digital training programmes that offer "high-quality" pathways into the industry
6 Sep 2021
LinkedIn launches pilot skills programme in Singapore
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Careers & training

LinkedIn launches pilot skills programme in Singapore

The company wants employers to hire based on an applicant’s skills rather than their past experience or qualifications
16 Aug 2021
How to increase cyber resilience within your organisation
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How to increase cyber resilience within your organisation

Cyber resilience for dummies
15 Jul 2021
Don’t just educate: Create cyber-safe behaviour
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Whitepaper

Don’t just educate: Create cyber-safe behaviour

Designing effective security awareness and training programmes
15 Jul 2021
Cabinet Office increases cyber security training budget by almost 500%
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Cabinet Office increases cyber security training budget by almost 500%

The increase in spending comes as CCTV leaks raise fresh questions about security standards across Whitehall
29 Jun 2021
The IT Pro Podcast: Soft skills vs STEM skills
The IT Pro Podcast: Soft skills vs STEM skills
Careers & training

The IT Pro Podcast: Soft skills vs STEM skills

The UK’s level of ‘soft skills’ is dropping - so what can we do about it?
11 Jun 2021
UK gov's digital skills failure costing £6bn in lost GDP per year
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Careers & training

UK gov's digital skills failure costing £6bn in lost GDP per year

Tech execs demand public subsidies to encourage investment, while the skills minister expresses ‘surprise’ at the widening crisis
8 Jun 2021
How to reverse falling GCSE IT numbers
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Careers & training

How to reverse falling GCSE IT numbers

With GCSE IT participation rapidly decreasing, business and technology leaders suggest ways the issue can be tackled
7 May 2021
UK tech vacancies fell sharply in 2020
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UK tech vacancies fell sharply in 2020

The number of openings on LinkedIn declined by 57% despite strong demand for cloud computing skills
22 Mar 2021
75% of jobs will require advanced digital skills by 2030
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Careers & training

75% of jobs will require advanced digital skills by 2030

Research claims recruiters will be more inclined to employ Gen Z candidates due to their tech know-how
10 Mar 2021
Microsoft's Apprenticeship Connector will help SMBs find digital apprentices
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Careers & training

Microsoft's Apprenticeship Connector will help SMBs find digital apprentices

The partnership with GetMyFirstJob aims to stem a widening crisis, with new apprenticeship starts collapsing between 2019 and 2020
8 Mar 2021
Top 15 US IT certifications
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Careers & training

Top 15 US IT certifications

What IT certifications do you need to push your tech career to new heights?
19 Feb 2021
Is the UK government's plan for digital upskilling on track?
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Careers & training

Is the UK government's plan for digital upskilling on track?

Eighteen months after plans to build a "world leading digital economy" were announced, is enough being done to achieve it?
15 Dec 2020
Upskilling a remote workforce
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Upskilling a remote workforce

With the distributed office here to stay, organisations need to think how they can deliver effective training in this new environment
15 Dec 2020
Majority of Brits received no digital training during the pandemic
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Majority of Brits received no digital training during the pandemic

This is despite the fact that 89% agree that digital skills will be important to the UK’s long-term economic prosperity
30 Nov 2020
IBM’s expanded IBM Z skills initiative will help clients hire and train apprentices for key roles
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IBM’s expanded IBM Z skills initiative will help clients hire and train apprentices for key roles

The no-charge apprenticeship program includes a collaboration with Franklin Apprenticeships and the Urban Institute
19 Nov 2020