Computer services company Logica has bought US call centre specialist Carnegie for £21m with the aim of expanding its business in North America. Carnegie emerged from Carnegie Mellon University in 1983 to become a key player in the implementation...
Figures released by the Department for Education and Skills detail the full extent of IT implementation in schools, including the number of computers, expenditure, internet connections, teacher competence and confidence in dealing with IT, and...
Perhaps we as IT leaders can do more to champion our cause inside schools. Make contact with teaching staff of local schools and colleges. Provide talks at local schools. Encourage older students to work in the IT department during holidays.
But educating the public is also key and the OECD says governments should run nationwide campaigns to raise awareness and include lessons on spam and internet security in computer courses in schools and for senior citizens.
But Gates believes the reasons people choose great universities or schools - access to professors' lectures, the ability to discuss issues with other students and the need to attend classes to gain a degree - will all be changed by technology.
Becta, the organisation that implements government educational technology policy, has claimed Windows Vista and Office 2007 should not be deployed in schools because of potential compatibility issues with earlier versions of Microsoft's software...
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