Competing on the global stage with ITIL 4
Blog posted by: Szymon Urbanowicz, consultant at Mindstream, Poland, 28 November 2022.
Updated: Tue Dec 06 2022
Construction begins on the ear that will listen to the Universe
The construction of 2 next-generation radio astronomy telescopes from the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) has begun on-site in Australia and South Africa.
Updated: Tue Dec 06 2022
More companies across the UK join Digital Security by Design to test and learn from prototype cyber security technology
Digital Catapult, the UK authority on advanced digital technology, welcomed a further four companies to its Digital Security by Design (DSbD) Technology Access Programme (TAP).
Updated: Tue Dec 06 2022
techUK win: Making flexible working the default
Employees can now ask for flexible working from day one under new government plans to make flexible working the default, as techUK recommended.
Updated: Tue Dec 06 2022
WBA CHRB 2022: How can the ICT sector translate human rights commitments into action?
Corporate Human Rights Benchmark 2022 indicates more to be done in ICT sector supply chain.
Updated: Tue Dec 06 2022
Government commits to rural connectivity
The first regional Project Gigabit contract, worth 108 million, has been awarded to Fibrus to connect 60,000 premises in Cumbria. This announcement, combined with a trial of satellite connectivity for very hard to reach areas, shows Government commitment to improving digital connectivity and closing the digital divide.
Updated: Mon Dec 05 2022
IEA - Local revenue raising powers are key to implementing meaningful devolution
Matthew Lesh, Head of Public Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs commented on the Labour Party's A New Britain report
Updated: Mon Dec 05 2022
Ignite Space is coming to Bristol
Ignite Space is coming to Aerospace Bristol on Tuesday 7 March 2023, where companies within the UK space sector will have the chance to network, and showcase services and products beneath the iconic Concorde Alpha Foxtrot.
Updated: Mon Dec 05 2022
IPPR - Revealed: the health inequalities holding back growth in key areas of the UK
Ill health undermining levelling up as workers in North East twice as likely to be forced out of labour market by sickness as people in South East
Updated: Mon Dec 05 2022
The night sky in December
December brings the winter solstice towards the end of the month, bringing the shortest day and longest night of the year. This marks the start of astronomical winter - and provides plenty of hours of darkness for stargazing!
Updated: Mon Dec 05 2022
Dstl Enables AI Dataset Expansion
Dstl hosts Artificial Intelligence platform recognition trial to build datasets and validate algorithms
Updated: Fri Dec 02 2022
From Paralympics to apprenticeship: marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3rd is the United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Former double Paralympic swimmer Amy Marren is a solicitor apprentice and member of IfATE's panel of apprentices. Here, she gives her thoughts as a disabled person in the ...
Updated: Fri Dec 02 2022
Royal Navy publishes Digital and Data Plan 2022-2025
The Royal Navy has published it's Digital and Data Plan, which outlines how the Navy will implement the digital backbone to unlock insight and deliver towards it's 2030 digital vision.
Updated: Fri Dec 02 2022
A good day in the office: four UK astronauts
Behind the scenes at the recent European Space Agency Council of Ministers - including new UK astronauts!
Updated: Thu Dec 01 2022
Innovative pathways into tech for graduates: our Dynamic Development Scheme
In the second part of our series on the Home Office Dynamic Development Scheme open to graduates, Anastasia Bower shares her experience as a Business Analyst on the scheme.
Updated: Thu Dec 01 2022
Recently graduated? Kick-start your tech career in the Home Office
Are you a graduate looking for a Data or Performance Analyst role in the Home Office? Our Dynamic Development Scheme may be the perfect fit for you.
Updated: Thu Dec 01 2022
Want to manage exciting tech projects? Our graduate Dynamic Development Scheme opens soon
In our final post of this series, Prath tells us what it's like to work as a Project Support Officer on our graduate Dynamic Development Scheme.
Updated: Thu Dec 01 2022
HPC Skills: Bridging the Gap
techUK's Farzana Chowdhury writes about how government, industry and academia need to work together to ensure that opportunities within HPC are joined up. For techUK's #FutureofCompute Week 2022
Updated: Wed Nov 30 2022
IEA - Wrong for soldiers to bear the brunt of union intransigency
Professor Len Shackleton, labour market expert at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs Comments on the ongoing industrial action and threats of further strikes, including paramedics and ambulance workers
Updated: Wed Nov 30 2022
techUK and TECHNATION Canada publish joint statement on UK-Canada FTA negotiations
techUK and TECHNATION Canada have today published a joint statement on the ongoing UK-Canada FTA negotiations.
Updated: Tue Nov 29 2022
UKRI receives government funding in new Earth Observation science
UKRI supported projects in the Earth Observation sector will receive over 38 million as part of a 200m investment to protect UK talent and industry in this field.
Updated: Tue Nov 29 2022
Why is HPC important for the UK to become a science and technology superpower?
High-performance and large-scale compute is a key part of the UK's ambition to remain a world leader in science and innovation.
Updated: Tue Nov 29 2022
Innovation, AI, and the art of the possible
Innovation has always excited me as I'm curious about the new and the bold. Taking a leap of faith into the unknown can feel uncomfortable, but it's great when that turns into something valuable. At a recent GovTech conference I ...
Updated: Mon Nov 28 2022
Welcome to techUKs Future of Compute Week 2022
During this week techUK will be sharing industry-led insights on what unlocking the potential of large-scale compute (HPC, exascale and other supercomputing infrastructure) could mean for the UK's society and economy.
Updated: Mon Nov 28 2022
Digital Ethics Summit 2022 Staying the course
In less than two weeks techUK are hosting our sixth Digital Ethics Summit, an annual opportunity to reflect on the major ethical questions facing the tech industry. Sue Daley, Director of Tech & Innovation, shares what we should expect this year.
Updated: Fri Nov 25 2022