Government dedicates £1.3bn to attracting top science and tech talent
Measures unveiled in bumper research funding package include 100 additional AI PhDs
Matt Hancock urges schools to ban phones
Culture secretary says evidence shows that outlawing the use of mobiles is effective
Whitehall tech policy advisor rocks up on Love Island
Civil servant Zara McDermott has joined the ITV reality show
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ONS kits out researchers with tablets
National statistics agency replaces gives ‘field force’ workers portable computing devices to replace pen and paper
The government should be a role model on IT reuse
Remanufactured computers could provide 95% of the performance of a new PC at a fraction of the cost to the environment; it is time for the civil service to set an examples, argues professor Mark Jolly of Cranfield University
Who are central government’s highest-earning technology professionals?
Fewer than one in seven digital specialists to feature in annual rundown of Whitehall’s biggest earners are women, as NHS and Network Rail roles dominate
Civil service faces pre-Brexit battle with private sector for 'rare' tech skills
Chief executive Manzoni lifts lid on centralised recruitment drive for digital specialists as Whitehall looks to bring in extra staff ahead of Brexit
NHS seeks input of digital ‘lost tribes’ to guide £6m skills investment
Health and care workers invited to take part in consultation
Defra seeks two £90k technology leaders as it centralises group IT function
Department advertises for two deputy director-level posts
Why the public sector should work more closely with charities
Vodafone's Mick Wayman opines that better co-operation with the non-profit sector could help save money and improve service levels
PAC censures NHS and DoH after ‘staggering mishandling of data’
Commons committee concludes that NHS England is not doing enough to determine whether patients were harmed by correspondence backlog
NHS Digital offers year-long secondment programme for health and social-care workers
Health-service digital body recruiting for a handful of nurses, pharmacists, therapists, and social workers to take part in pilot scheme
London Councils to upgrade citywide online HR platform
New system will allow HR directors to gain instant access to benchmarking reports
Public sector ‘cannot rely on consent as a legal basis’ for GDPR compliance, warns ICO
Government entities urged to explore one of the four other options available for establishing the lawfulness of data processing
Mobile-voting software and touchscreen-enabled pods – the University of Leeds builds the classroom of the future
Director of digital learning explains how traditional lecture theatres often stymie new teaching methods
Government leads Industrial Strategy with pledge to make UK an AI world leader
White paper also lays out ambition to use technology to address issues of ageing and mobility
UK ‘underperforming’ in government digitisation, EC report concludes
Major study of 34 countries ranks UK is sixth citizen-adoption league table but 19th in terms of digitisation of services
London boroughs, universities, and NHS trusts team up to share WiFi
An array of public-sector organisations have united to offer users ‘seamless’ connectivity
Universal Credit claimants to get online option to apply for advances in ‘spring 2018’
New digital service to be created following £1.5bn support package unveiled in the Budget
‘Running towards change’ – government uses Budget to bet big on digital and data
A comprehensive round-up of a wide range of measures that commit more funding, create new bodies and programmes, and change the legislative landscape of public sector technology
Warrington to offer schools ‘wireless-as-a-service’
Borough council looks to appoint supplier for new WiFi addition to its schools ICT portfolio
DVSA seeks leader to steer agency ‘into an increasingly digital future’
Organisation offering £85,000 for head of digital services post
Review calls for Treasury to push Whitehall on better use of data
Report from Sir Michael Barber also urges departments to be more receptive to ‘disruptive innovation’
Children’s Commissioner to set up digital hub for children in care
Long-term goal is for site to operate as a social enterprise run by young care-leavers