Articles tagged with: Technology & Science

Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity

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15 Feb 2016 Education

Campaign to deliver vital training in basic digital skills launched by charity

A campaign to help people improve their basic digital skills has today been launched by the Tinder Foundation - a charity which supports digitally and socially excluded people.

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14 Jan 2016 Education

Mothers’ comments linked to eating disorders in Asian young adults

The first study to look at the influence of Asian parents on their young adult childs body dissatisfaction levels and disordered eating in Singapore has found significant differences with Western culture, leading to calls for a tailored approach to treatment.

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11 Jan 2016 Economy

Research aims to provide evidence of best ways to engage marginalised groups with digital skills training

There are currently 12.6 million people in the UK who dont possess basic digital skills - the know-how to use the internet, access services online, search for information, shop online and connect with others. Half of disabled people and 42% of people on an income of less than 12,500 a year do not use the internet. A lack of digital skills means that many people are unable to access public services which are now offered digitally, such as GP services and the NHS Choices website; as well as missing out on online learning and the ability to search and apply for jobs online.

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17 Dec 2015 Economy

Digital ideas for retail: apply for business funding

Businesses can win up to 35,000 and work with market leaders on innovative digital projects that could transform the future of shopping.

Chancellor’s digital boost ‘ignores local government’

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04 Dec 2015 Economy

Chancellor’s digital boost ‘ignores local government’

Increased funding for digital transformation in central government and NHS services, ignores the pressing need to join up public services locally, the Society of Information Technology Management has said.

Call for plan to support UK’s stem cell trailblazers

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01 Dec 2015 Health

Call for plan to support UK’s stem cell trailblazers

Blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan writes about the need to support the UK’s scientific trailblazers – and why stem cell transplant patients depend on it.

Global businesses will spend more on cybersecurity - EY survey

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10 Nov 2015 Economy

Global businesses will spend more on cybersecurity - EY survey

More than half of UK organisations plan to increase their cybersecurity budgets over coming 12 months, EY survey finds

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21 Oct 2015 Economy

Engineering employers predict education system won’t keep up with technological change

Demand for engineers continues to rise but over half (53 per cent) of employers are struggling to recruit suitably skilled staff, says the 2015 Skills & Demand in Industry report.

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15 Oct 2015 Home affairs

Intelligence shortcomings render anti-money laundering report findings misleading, warns Legal Sector

Anti-money laundering supervisors across the UK legal sector have warned that a new report published by the Home Office and HM Treasury on the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing lacks balance and, by its own admission, is not backed up by robust intelligence.

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10 Sep 2015 Communities

Older and disabled people are missing out on smart phone technology to help them travel

The benefits of taking action to encourage more older and disabled people to use apps to improve their public transport experience are highlighted in a report published today.

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20 Aug 2015 Education

GCSEs: More students need to choose Physics and Design & Technology

The publication of today’s GCSE results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reveals a decline in the number of young people studying Physics and Design & Technology, two of the crucial engineering gateway subjects.

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26 Mar 2015 Economy

Breakthrough Aerospace technologies to receive Innovate UK funding

Game-changing technologies that will help maintain the UK's position as having the second largest aerospace industry in the world are to be supported by a new 10m competition announced by the Government's innovation experts today.

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23 Mar 2015 Economy

British entrepreneurs invited on space mission

Entrepreneurs in the UKs space industry are being given the chance to win a place on a trade mission to the USA thanks to the UKs innovation experts,Innovate UK.

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09 Mar 2015 Home affairs

New categories in Law Society Excellence Awards 2015 recognise Magna Carta anniversary and increased cyber threats

Human rights, technology and private client practice are three new categories in this year's line up for the legal awards ceremony of the year.