Here, Sarah Bird, of Browne Jacobson, discusses the implications of the new legislation from an employer’s perspective. If you’re an employee, though, the information is equally useful. You just view it differently. The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 came into force on 1 October 2006. The Regulations protect workers of all ages from age discrimination […]

Nominations for the Council of the IAP The Institution is a democratic body governed by a Council elected by and from its members. Five members of the 15-strong Council retire in rotation each year. Nominations for the 2007 election, accompanied by the nominee’s manifesto (in electronic form and not exceeding 150 words, please) must be […]

As a rule, we treat IAP News as a vehicle for members and partners. Now and then, though, something comes our way that we feel deserves an audience just because it’s likely to be helpful to a significant proportion of the membership. And anyway, rules were made to be broken. So here’s Patricia Passarelli, Editor […]

Advance notice: IAP Spring meeting, Friday 20th April – put this date in your diary. In a radical departure from tradition we shall be holding our 2007 Spring Meeting on the famous WW2 cruiser HMS Belfast. Members with nervous stomachs need have no fear, though; nowadays the Belfast (pictured) is a floating exhibition, safely moored […]

Robin Jones reports on a new development for the IAP’s influence on Government. The IAP takes every opportunity to represent its members’ interests in the Corridors of Power. For example, Council members regularly attend PITCOM (Parliamentary IT Committee) meetings and, when there is space, report on them here. (See, for instance, Paul Lynham’s piece on […]

Oxford University Software Engineering Programme, an IAP Education Partner, has launched a Postgraduate Certificate in Computer Security. Sarah Christou, the programme administrator, describes it. The Software Engineering Programme at the University of Oxford has recently launched a Postgraduate Certificate in Computer Security. This award is aimed at software engineers with responsibility for security-related aspects of […]

Ian Bell, MIAP has some thoughts prompted by Darren Brook’s article on disability discrimination in September’s VSJ. Having read Darren’s piece, I would like to point out an omission from the list of discriminations – that is, age! In an industry that is forever evolving there is a perception that once you reach 50 your […]

The 2nd IEEE International Conference on e-Science and Grid Computing takes place in Amsterdam between 4 and 6 December. See www.escience-meeting.org/eScience2006/ for details. ‘Mobile TV Technologies: Evolution or Revolution?’ organised by the IET Cambridge branch, is on 7 December in the University of Cambridge Computer laboratory. See www.iet-cambridge.org.uk/seminar/ for more. Software Defined Radio 2006 is […]

Robin Jones ponders his own back and how to get it. A little while ago, the estimable ‘Backbytes’ column in Computing ran a series of pieces aimed at fighting – or at least revenging oneself upon – the junk fax brigade. As one who is occasionally woken at 3 a.m. by the telephone emitting a […]