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Young Professionals Group (YPG)
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Young Professionals Group (YPG) website. With nearly 24,000 members, we are the largest membership group within BCS and are dedicated to supporting and representing those in the foundation years of their career. We are currently in the process of updating our web pages, if you are unable to find the information you are looking for, drop us an email and we’ll do our best to answer your question.
Run almost entirely by volunteers, we are an energetic group who work collectively on a variety of initiatives throughout the UK, such as networking and soft skills events - all of which aim to benefit our members and the wider IT profession.
We are always looking for driven, enthusiastic people to join our volunteer network, if you like to learn more about us with the view to getting involved, get in touch and we’d be delighted to send you some information.
Michelle Hazelton, Acting YPG Chairman
Professional Development Accreditation
BCS Professional Development Accreditation recognises those organisations that are committed to supporting the professional development of their IT professionals and improving employee motivation and retention.
A selection of our accredited organisations can be found here.
Latest YPG article
The first event in the new Career Advancement Programme (CAP) season of 2009-2010 took place on 8 October at the BCS London office.
Careers feature
The Temporary Agency Workers Directive is an EU measure that has been on PCG’s radar for many years. It has now been agreed in Europe and is with the UK government for implementation: depending on how this is done, it could either have almost no bearing on freelancers at all, or it could cause some trouble.
Networking opportunities
If you're on Facebook why not join the YPG group, say hello, meet fellow YPG members and post discussions?
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Student Focus
University of the West of Scotland BSc Software Engineering student, Katie Duffy, has been elected Student Body Ambassador for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.