Welsh government to appoint Chief Digital Officer for Local Government
The Minister for Housing and Local Government announced that the CDO for Local Government will also lead a delivery unit and get £500,000 annual funding.
Archive: Digital skills and training
First wave of Turing AI Fellows announced to “keep UK at forefront of AI revolution”
The Turing AI Fellowships form part of the investment put forward by the government’s £1bn AI sector deal.
The importance of diversity in tackling the UK’s cyber-security skills crisis
Chris Middleton explores how the cyber-security sector should be looking to underrepresented groups to help bridge the UK’s cyber security skills gap.
Government extends digital retraining scheme to help people losing jobs to automation
The Get Help to Retrain service forms part of the National Retraining Scheme, which is being developed to support adults losing jobs to new technologies.
No coherence to Civil Service Academy ‘system’ - more needs to be done to foster learning and development
MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee have also criticised the lack of insight into how money is spent on Civil Service learning and development.
Jeremy Wright - ‘Tech sector must help government design new immigration system’
Immigration and skills are huge concerns for business, says Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
UK’s Tech Nation Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Visa sees 45% rise in applications
Demand for the Tech Nation Visa has risen for the sixth year running, with most applicants coming from the USA and India.
IFS - Local government will need to accept reduced service provision unless more funding found
The Institute for Fiscal Studies paints a dire picture of local government funding, particularly in more deprived areas. This context is important for digital government teams.
Leeds City CDIO - ‘Too many public sector IT leaders are stuck in the past’
Too few technology chiefs understand the power of disruption, says Leeds City Council’s digital executive.
Staffordshire County Council wants to make work “an activity and not a location”
How universal docking is allowing all 4,000 members of Staffordshire County Council’s workforce to work in new ways
Australian government unveils ‘Tech Future’ strategy - strong focus on skills, inclusion and data
The Coalition government in Australia is considered an update to the National Digital Economy Strategy, which was last updated in 2013.
Brexit - Government’s Immigration White Paper to propose scrapping limit on Tier 2 visas, often used by tech industry
The technology industry in the UK has been calling for a scrap on the cap of Tier 2 visas for a while. However, it still isn’t decided whether or not a minimum wage for eligibility will be included.
Professor Dame Wendy Hall - ‘We need to put diversity at the centre of the AI ethics debate’
Dame Wendy Hall helped write the government’s inaugural report on Artificial Intelligence (AI), which led to the creation of the Office for AI. However, she isn’t impressed with the progress one diversity and inclusion.