December 2020

Number of students taking computer science degrees up 7.6% in 2020
Source: Computer Weekly

Record uptake of females in computer science, but gender gap remains large
Source: Sync NI

Record numbers choosing computer science degrees, but most are men
Source: Business & Innovation magazine

Gender equality in IT ‘will be reached in 30 yrs’
Source: National Technology News

The bias battle: how software can outsmart recruitment prejudices
Source: The Guardian

Google suffers global outage with Gmail, YouTube and majority of services affected
Source: The Guardian

Gmail, Youtube and other Google services restored after global outage
Source: ITV

Google services return online after major global outage
Source: News Break

Google services return online after major global outage
Source: Yahoo! Finance

A preview of Swindon's future: Superfast broadband, driverless cars, and an Institute of Technology
Source: This is Wiltshire

A preview of Swindon's future: Superfast broadband, driverless cars, and an Institute of Technology
Source: Swindon Advertiser

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: TalkTalk

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: Farm Week

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: Evening Telegraph

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: The Irish News

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: Yahoo! Finance

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: Express & Star

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: Evening Express

Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham receives award for contribution to IT
Source: LBC

Elizabeth Denham wins Society Medal for IT contribution
Source: National Technology News

Elizabeth Denham CBE awarded Society Medal for outstanding contribution to IT
Source: Wired Gov

​The rise of consent and preference management
Source: ITPro

COVID-19 accelerated need for technical education, says skills minister
Source: Education Technology

YouGov poll finds digital support lacking
Source: Engineering Council

Many people lacking basic digital skills during lockdown, new survey finds
Source: Business Biscuit

Many people lacking basic digital skills during lockdown, new survey finds
Source: Wired Gov

Wakefield company wins UK IT industry award for Cloud Compliance Software
Source: The Business Desk

IT company wins UK industry award for Cloud Compliance Software
Source: The Business Desk

November 2020

Many people lacking basic digital skills during lockdown, new survey finds
Source: Business Money

More than 1,300 teachers trained by National Centre for Computing Education
Source: Computer Weekly

Many people still lack basic digital skills to deal with lockdown
Source: ITProPortal

Majority of Brits received no digital training during the pandemic
Source: ITPro

People not offered help to improve digital skills, BCS finds
Source: Computer Weekly

Internationally-renowned experts discuss tech's challenges and opportunities in Swindon
Source: Business Biscuit

Internationally-renowned experts discuss tech's challenges and opportunities in Swindon
Source: Swindon Link

Darktrace’s Antigena Email named Security Innovation of the Year
Source: Cambridge Network

IT industry should have ‘ethics regulator’, public poll finds
Source: Wired Gov

Public backs independent regulation for IT industry
Source: ResearchLive

Public poll calls for ethics regulator for IT industry
Source: Business Biscuit

Effective cybersecurity is the cornerstone of modern hyperconnectivity
Source: Business Reporter

Majority of public want IT industry regulated
Source: National Technology News

Public supports idea of IT industry regulator
Source: UKAuthority

IT bungles spark calls for industry to be regulated for ethical standards
Source: Digital Health

UK security bill sets out penalties if telcos use Huawei equipment
Source: Telecoms

National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 national winners unveiled
Source: FENews

National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 national winners unveiled
Source: Company News HQ

NCCE report shows impact of its work to upskill teachers
Source: Education Business UK

London based firm wins SME Employer of the Year at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2020
Source: Wired Gov

Government pumps £20m into AI research projects
Source: Computer Weekly

Rose Builders is given prestigious apprentice award
Source: Maldon Standard

Special needs school shortlisted for National Apprenticeship Awards 2020
Source: Wired Gov

First ever Techswindon summit pulls in International participation after going virtual
Source: Business & Innovation magazine

Rose Builders is given prestigious apprentice award
Source: Clacton Gazette

Ethics regulator needed for technology industry, research finds
Source: AsianImage

Ethics regulator needed for technology industry, research finds
Source: Glasgow Times

Ethics regulator needed for technology industry, research finds
Source: South Wales Guardian

Ethics regulator needed for technology industry, research finds
Source: Belfast Telegraph

Majority of public want IT industry regulated
Source: National Technology News

Public supports idea of IT industry regulator
Source: UKAuthority

Ethics regulator needed for technology industry, research finds
Source: Daily Mail

IT firm wins East Midlands SME Employer of the Year category - National Apprenticeship Awards 2020
Source: Wired Gov

IT solutions and recruitment firm wins West Midlands SME Employer of the Year category - National Apprenticeship Awards 2020
Source: Wired Gov

Chorley firm wins North West SME Employer of the Year category - National Apprenticeship Awards 2020
Source: Wired Gov

Online Harms Bill lacking clarity, industry warns
Source: AsianImage

Four Yorkshire and Humber employers win big at National Apprenticeship Awards 2020
Source: Business Live

Free digital skills quals held up by Covid and Ofqual delays
Source: FE Week

“We’re ecstatic!” says winner of the Yorkshire and Humberside round of the SME Employer of the Year category - National Apprenticeship Awards 2020
Source: Wired Gov

DfE News: National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 regional winners announced
Source: DfE News

National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 regional winners announced
Source: Wired Gov

Raspberry Pi 400: A computer for the coronavirus age?
Source: BBC

National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 regional winners announced
Source: GOV.UK

BCS joins forces with Coding Black Females to improve diversity in tech
Source: Digital Health

The Most Inspirational Women in Cyber UK 2020 - winners announced
Source: IT Security Guru

October 2020

Barrier-breaking computer science professor awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute for IT
Source: We Are Tech Women

Huawei report suggests the UK’s 5G delay risks £108B economic boost
Source: Telecoms

Black women coders take a major new role in IT’s professional body
Source: Wired Gov

Black women coders take a major new role in IT’s professional body
Source: Business & Innovation Magazine

Black women coders take a major new role in IT’s professional body
Source: The Voice

There are more black female entrepreneurs than ever - so why do they struggle to get funding?
Source: The Guardian

Barrier-breaking computer science professor awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute for IT
Source: Wired Gov

Barrier-breaking computer science professor awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute for IT
Source: The Voice

How to ensure trainee teachers don’t miss out due to COVID
Source: Schools Week

What does Ada Lovelace mean to you?
Source: Ada Lovelace Institute

Manchester Met Business Technology student wins BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium
Source: Manchester Digital

Security Think Tank: Tighten data and access controls to stop identity theft
Source: Computer Weekly

Virtual summit will showcase Swindon's top tech talents and help them team up
Source: This is Wiltshire

POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) Interpretable machine learning
Source: Wired Gov

IT professionals urge government to intervene in ARM sale
Source: National Technology News

What will be the data legacy of COVID-19?
Source: UK Authority

IT experts 'surprised' at PHE use of Excel for COVID-19 data
Source: The Argus

IT experts 'surprised' at PHE use of Excel for COVID-19 data
Source: This is Money

Which tech should your business invest in now?
Source: ITPro

COVID-19 has taught us the power of collaboration – let’s use it to address apprenticeship funding
Source: FENews

IT professionals want UK gov to block Nvidia's Arm takeover
Source: ITPro

IT experts 'surprised' at PHE use of Excel for COVID-19 data
Source: Daily Mail

Nvidia and Huawei face an uncertain future in Britain’s high-tech capital
Source: CNBC

Ministers under pressure to intervene in Nvidia’s takeover of Arm
Source: The Times

Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2020: Entrants to the Hall of Fame
Source: Computer Weekly

Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2020
Source: Computer Weekly

September 2020

Contact tracing app is safe but plans to rate users' lifestyles for risk are 'alarming' - BCS
Source: Business Biscuit

Alarm raised over contact tracing plans to rate users for lifestyle risk
Source: National Technology News

BCS backs plans for life-long learning as part of post-pandemic recovery plan
Source: Wired Gov

Contact tracing app is safe but plans to rate users’ lifestyles for risk are ‘alarming’, says leading software testing group
Source: Wired Gov

BCS calls for caution in expanding functions of Covid-19 app
Source: UK Authority

Record numbers of women in IT - but black women still under-represented, new research finds
Source: Wired Gov

Pattenmakers opens nominations for 2021 Young Manager Award
Source: FMJ

Humber IT firm is one of the best in the UK
Source: Gi Media

Schools minister visits Dartford Grammar’s NCCE Computing Hub
Source: Education Business

Record numbers of women in IT, but black women still under-represented
Source: National Technology News

Twitter investigates image cropping algorithm for racial bias
Source: Computer Weekly

Edge computing
Source: Wired Gov

Pattenmakers search for 2021 Young Facilities Manager Award winner
Source: International Workplace

Record numbers of women in IT - but black women still under-represented, new research finds
Source: The Voice

Should we all consolidate databases for the storage benefits? Reg vultures deploy DevOps, zoos, haircuts
Source: The Register

Could the new digital T Level help reduce the IT skills gap?
Source: Tech UK

Public don't trust computer algorithms to make decisions about them, survey finds
Source: Business Biscuit

Huawei claims UK faces £18.2bn hit without its 5G tech
Source: National Technology News

Anger as government admits test and trace website coding error
Source: Schools Week

Security Think Tank: Edge security in the world of Covid-19
Source: Computer Weekly

Wired Health: Tech to explore advances driving future of patient care
Source: Med-Tech Innovation News

The UK public doesn't trust algorithms
Source: ITProPortal

UK study finds little trust in algorithms among adults
Source: Gov Tech Review

The public don't trust computer algorithms to make decisions about them, survey finds
Source: The Voice

BCS survey finds over half of UK adults don't trust algorithms to make decisions
Source: Sync NI

The public don’t trust computer algorithms to make decisions about them, survey finds
Source: Wired Gov

Survey reveals little trust in algorithms in public services
Source: UK Authority

BCS NI launching new digital leadership programme for women
Source: Sync NI

The AI doctors set to make life or death decisions about your health
Source: The Telegraph

Big bad data: We don't trust AI to make good decisions
Source: ZDnet

Most UK adults do not trust algorithms
Source: Sky News

A-level results 2020: Majority of people don’t trust algorithms to make decisions in wake of exam scandal
Source: I News

Institute of AI welcomes BCS research on public trust of algorithms
Source: Institute of AI

Most Adults do not trust algorithms
Source: Research Live

Survey reveals little trust in algorithms in public services
Source: UK Authority

AI Summit 2020: Regulating AI for the common good
Source: Computer Weekly

Ethical and professional data science needed to avoid further algorithm controversies
Source: Computer Weekly

Algorithms 'must meet ethical standards' to recover public trust
Source: National Technology News

BCS wants algorithms to comply with ethical and professional standards
Source: Government Computing

Socitm urges councils to be cautious with algorithms
Source: UK Authority

National Apprenticeship Awards 2020 open for entries
Source: Access Point

Shortlist announced for UK IT Awards 2020
Source: Computing

August 2020

My first computer: Making the leap into an IT career
Source: Computer Weekly

Diversity in tech: The awkward conversation
Source: The Voice

Three Ways Organisations Fail at Artificial Intelligence
Source: Computer Business Review

Challenges set by ‘Schrems 2’ personal data ruling ‘won’t go away’ after Brexit, Institute for IT warns
Source: WiredGov

First computers that led to a career in IT
Source: Computer Weekly

Coronavirus: The pandemic's impact on tech jobs, now and in the future
Source: Computer Weekly

Computing A-level taken by record-high number of female students
Source: ITPro

Timeline: Where are we at with the NHS contract-tracing app
Source: Digitalhealth

IT professionals doubt Huawei's 5G warning
Source: National Technology News

Establishing professional standards for data science
Source: Engineering Council

Black tech fest: Online event will address diversity in UK tech scene
Source: Syni NI

A short cultural history of the UK Renal Registry 1995 - 2020
Source: BMC Nephrology

Is the digital dial shifting for underrepresented groups in the UK's tech sector?
Source: Computer Weekly

Huawei ban won't damage UK tech industry, say IT experts
Source: Daily Mail

An app for the next pandemic
Source: Digital Health

IT experts refute claims that Huawei's 5G removal would put UK in 'digital slow lane'
Source: Engineering and Technology

Samsung would 'welcome' opportunity to help build UK's 5G
Source: Engineering and Technology

IT professionals cast doubt on Huawei’s warning that ban will 'move Britain into the digital slow lane’ – new survey
Source: WiredGov

Huawei ban won’t damage UK tech industry, say IT experts
Source: Shropshire Star

Huawei ban won't damage UK Tech industry, say IT experts
Source: London South East

IT professionals doubt Huawei’s 5G warning
Source: National Technology News

Founder of Computing at School receives award from the Royal Society
Source: Wired Gov

Huawei ban will not 'move Britain into the digital slow lane'
Source: The Telegraph

July 2020

Academy adds support to standard development for data science
Source: New Civil Engineer

Intelligent ways to tackle cyber attack
Source: Computer Weekly

Data science set for professional standards
Source: National Technology News

Data scientists are creating the hidden rules of the world but how do we know they are up to the job?
Source: ZDNet

David Allen IT Solutions team names 'vITal workers'
Source: David Allen IT solutions

Professional bodies draw up data science standards for a post-covid world
Source: Business Biscuit

Associations to develop data science standards
Source: UKAuthority

Data science set for professional standards
Source: National Technology News

Academy supports setting of professional standards for data science
Source: Fe news.co.uk

RSS to set data science standards
Source: Researchlive

Professional standards to be set for data science
Source: Wired Gov

RSS leads data science standards initiative
Source: Daily research news online

Tech's diversity gap: Slow growth for minority groups
Source: Computer Weekly

UK IT Awards: Deadline extended to 31st July
Source: Computing

BT will not remove Huawei equipment from its non-core network despite government ban
Source: City A.M.

PM Boris Johnson ends 5G infrastructure plans with Huawei
Source: Open Access Government

BCS response to Huawei announcement
Source: Wired Gov

Huawei Row: BCS says UK was 'over-reliant' on single foreign supplier for critical infrastructure
Source: Business Biscuit

BAME IT workers better qualified, but less likely to be in top jobs, says survey
Source: Engineering Council

Time out with Jensen Nixon, CEO WARM (Web Administration Resource Management)
Source: Connect Jersey

Credit Suisse show how they look for future skills
Source: HR Grapvine

6 key health and care webinars
Source: LinkedIn

University aims for 'business unusual' after supporting the NHS during COVID
Source: LinkedIn

How can schools help the UK’s post-Covid recovery in the economy and employment?
Source: Computer Weekly

GMB fans fall in love with sassy pensioner Maureen after awkward moment with Ben Sheppard
Source: Entertainment Weekly

Government support for apprenticeships and training can help rebuild economy
Source: Wired Gov

Voting open for the Most Influential Woman in UK Technology 2020
Source: Computer Weekly

Security Think Tank: SIEM and AI – a match made in heaven?
Source: Computer Weekly

Expert panel: remote learning
Source: Education Business

Chancellor's summer statement - local businesses have their say
Source: Business Biscuit

BCS launches review of computer science degree accreditation
Source: National Technology News

Review of academic accreditation of Computer Science degrees launched
Source: Wired Gov

Experts react to government's U-turn on contract-tracing app
Source: Digital Health

Timeline: What happened to the NHS contact-tracing app
Source: Digital Health

BCS launches review of computer science degrees
Source: UKAuthority

Interview: Larry Whiteside Jr, Co-founder and President, ICMCP
Source: Info Security Magazine

Concerns over disturbing proportion of BAME worker deaths due to COVID-19
Source: Asian Voice

June 2020

Why operational resilience is a strategic imperative
Source: UK Finance

How snorkels have been converted into life-saving devices for COVID-19 patients…
Source: DCMS blog

BAME IT workers better qualified, but less likely to be in top jobs
Source: The Voice

BAME IT specialists less likely to be in top roles despite higher levels of qualification
Source: Eastern Eye

Companies are enforcing their own contact tracing to track employees
Source: Wired

Modern development - GigaOm: The new agility-structure-control balance in DevOps
Source: Computer Weekly

How we are helping you with computing teaching strategies
Source: Raspberry Pi

BAME IT workers better qualified, but less likely to be in top jobs
Source: Wired Gov

Fujitsu consultant shortlisted for prestigious Women in Business Award
Source: Sync NI

AI apprenticeship academy launched by Cambridge Spark
Source: Cambridge Independent

Security Think Tank: Container security is evolving, so must CISOs
Source: Computer Weekly

Careermag for school leavers
Source: Careermap

Digital transformation 2020
Source: Raconteur (special report by The Times)

Pandemic response shines spotlight on coding in science
Source: Times Higher Education

Why operational resilience is a strategic imperative
Source: UK Finance

BBC backs AI engineering apprenticeship academy launched by Cambridge Spark
Source: Business Weekly

Mathematics and programming: exploring the links
Source: Raspberry Pi

IT experts share thoughts on contact tracing app
Source: The Business Exchange Swindon and Wiltshire

Security Think Tank: Container security is evolving, so must CISOs
Source: Computer Weekly

How technology changes who you are when your life and work exist predominantly online
Source: Open Access Government

IT experts share their top five suggestions to win public support for contact tracing app
Source: Wired Gov

IT experts tell government how to make tracing app work
Source: Business Biscuit

Calls for NI's tech community to combat children's 'tech poverty'
Source: Sync NI