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e-skills UK leads government and employer collaboration at Delivering Digital Wales

04/10/2011

Last week e-skills UK hosted the second Delivering Digital Wales conference in Cardiff.  The event, sponsored by OCR and the Open University, brought together all manner of digital stakeholders including employers; Welsh Government; IT professionals; and representatives from HE, FE and schools.

Keynote speakers at the event included Karen Price, CEO e-skills UK; Ronan Miles, Director of Customer Innovation Services BT and Chair of e-skills UK employer board for Wales; and Jeff Cutherbert, Deputy Minister for Skills

Employers report skills gaps despite record IT employment

27/09/2011

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While the number of IT professionals has hit an all time high, employers are still reporting skills gaps and a lack of investment in training and development.

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IT-driven economy attracts £530 million broadband investment

25/08/2011

Faith that fast broadband access will boost the UK’s economic growth has been underlined after the government announced plans to spend £530 million beefing up web speeds throughout the country.

App developers must not ignore previous generation phones

25/08/2011

IT development teams building mobile apps for smartphones could be missing the opportunity to engage with a huge number of customers by ignoring previous generations of phones.

Learn more to earn more

25/08/2011

e-skills UK’s latest Bulletin, the definitive source of information about the demand and supply of ICT labour and skills in the UK, shows that IT salaries are up approximately 1% overall. But increases are greatest among more highly qualified staff.

IT training – it’s in your hands

24/08/2011

The e-skills Bulletin reports that the sector may be making insufficient investment in skills, with just 23% of IT staff reporting that they received education or training in the last 13 weeks, compared with 27% of staff across all sectors.

If raising your game is on your agenda, it’s time to take your training needs into your own hands. 

IT employment levels hit a record high

23/08/2011

Internet Explorer 9 is most secure browser

19/08/2011

Written by James West 

Windows Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is the best browser for blocking malware infections spread via social networks according to research undertaken by NSS Labs.

Top 10 IT skills demanded by employers

18/08/2011

Improving your skills will make you a more valuable employee. If you’re thinking of investing in some training to improve your value to your current or potential employers, it helps to know what skills employers are looking for. Interestingly, these haven’t changed in the last few years, so you can be pretty confident that people with these skills are in demand. 

Apple losing its way with IT customer services?

12/08/2011

Written by James West

Flaws in Apple’s automated telephone IT support service portal is creating uncharacteristically disappointed customers, according to a report from analyst Vocalabs.  40% of Apple customers complained about problems with the automated system - nearly double the amount of issues recorded last year.

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