e-skills UK is collaborating with employers and universities to design this new flagship degree programme, to launch in 2014. You can see more details here and there’s also a link there for you to complete a short survey indicating the technical and other skills you want to see in graduates of such a course.
The Institution’s 2012 AGM will be on Saturday, 20 October, at Boundary House, Boston Road, Hanwell W7 2QE, starting at 1.00 pm. The AGM is usually a short meeting, its purpose being merely to fulfil a requirement of the Companies Acts, but all members of the Institution are welcome to attend. Those wishing to do […]
The full line-up for this year’s event is now available and members will be receiving a copy of the flyer advertising it in the post shortly. If you can’t wait, click the image below.
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a draft code of practice for the successful anonymisation of personal data and the assessment of risks of unique identification from anonymised data. The consultation period ends on 23 August 2012. You can find the draft code and a response form here. The IAP will make a response based […]
This year’s Symposium will take place on 23 November at the London Film Museum, which is housed in the former debating chamber of County Hall on the South Bank of the Thames, with stunning views of Westminster across the river. As this year sees the Institution’s fortieth birthday and it coincides with Alan Turing’s centenary, […]
On 18 April, the Director General, Alastair Revell, wrote to all IAP members to introduce the start of the Institution’s transformation to meet the new and ongoing challenges faced by the IT community. We’ve distilled them into the following ten statements that define how we will interact with our members: Enhance – We will enhance […]
We’re organising an IAP visit to Bletchley Park on Friday, 4 May 2012. There will be a guided tour of the complex, a visit to the Colossus and Tunny machines, a cooked lunch and mid morning and afternoon refreshments. The inclusive cost to IAP members is £20. No additional charge is made for car parking. […]
The New Year has started with an – apparently orchestrated – tirade against the teaching of ICT in Britain’s schools. It came in for severe criticism from Ofsted at the back end of 2011, the Royal Society has chipped in with a report from Steve Furber (of BBC Micro fame), Michael Gove has made a […]
We are currently advertising for an additional part-time administrative officer at our Boundary House, Hanwell office. Anyone interested should email a CV and covering letter to Robin Jones, Executive Director for Professionalism & Education at jonesr@staff.iap.org.uk. The details of the post are: Job description: The key duties of the post are to:- General 1. help […]
Janet Richards at e-skills UK advises us that: the IT Professional Profile, the latest offering from the National Skills Academy for IT, is now live. The Professional Profile is completely free to use and is a secure, online record of skills, using common, sector-agreed terminology (the IT Professional Standards) which has been organised and aligned […]
