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UK gov opens £12m innovation fund to tackle cost of living crisis, regional inequality
By Bobby Hellard published
News Funding will enable regulators and local authorities to test and experiment with "bold and ambitious" approaches to the pressing issues of the day
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Diversity in tech is a well-trodden path, but change is painfully slow
By Gary Rayneau published
Opinion IT leaders have a big role to play in changing attitudes to diversity and inclusion, but not all of them step up to the challenge
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Using the cloud to address the digital skills gap
By ITPro published
Whitepaper Boost retention in an increasingly digitised environment
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Two in three IT employers struggle to recruit staff with adequate digital skills
By Sabina Weston published
News Three quarters (77%) of surveyed senior UK IT decision-makers claimed that they are currently facing a digital skills gap in their organisation
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Primary schools to receive BBC micro:bits in digital literacy push
By Sabina Weston published
News The initiative comes amid an "all-time high" shortage of talent in cyber security, big data analytics and technical architects
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Lenovo to give £1 from every laptop sale to UK digital poverty charities
By Bobby Hellard published
News Tech giant to support local authorities and charities with hardware and expertise
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Disabled IT professionals are building access for themselves
By John Loeppky published
In-depth For visually impaired developers, the tools just aren’t good enough – so they’re taking matters into their own hands
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Intel, Barclays to provide laptops to UK teachers unable to access the Internet
By Sabina Weston published
News The initiative aims to help teachers of more than 20,000 UK schoolchildren overcome inadequate online access
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