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A New IAP Team for a New Future

Alastair Revell, the new Director General of The Institution of Analysts and Programmers, has announced that a new executive structure has been created to lead the specialist professional body forward into the next phase of its development. The move creates a number of executive posts designed to take the thirty-year old Institution into its next […]

Do We Take the Games Industry Seriously?

Yesterday (February 1st) the Livingstone-Hope Skills Review was published. Don’t feel bad if your response is “Livingstone-who?” It didn’t receive a huge amount of publicity. On the same day, Pfizer announced the closure of its main research facility in the UK to an avalanche of Press concern. Now, of course I’m not suggesting that Pfizer’s […]

Alastair Revell Appointed New Director General

We’re very pleased to announce that Alastair Revell has been appointed as the IAP’s Director General, following the retirement of Mike Ryan. Alastair, who is Chairman of the Exeter-based management and technology consulting practice Revell Research Systems, has been an elected member of our ruling Council since 2009, with responsibility for the Institution’s membership. Alastair […]

Do you sometimes miss important IAP news? And do you know if you have?

A couple of years ago, Council member Andrew McKay, FIAP set up the IAP Group on LinkedIn. It’s probably fair to say that we have been surprised by its success. With very little publicity, the group has attracted over 120 members. As group members will know, we’ve already used it to make people aware of […]

Delphi Programmer Wanted

We’ve been approached by a recruitment agency who ask if any member would be interested in a Kent-based post as a software developer, primarily using Delphi. We don’t know of anyone looking for such a position at present, so we’re announcing it here. We’d like to remind members that we frequently receive requests like this, […]

IAP Prize at Newport Business School

The photograph shows this year’s IAP Prize presentation at Newport Business School, University of Wales. David Prior is receiving the prize from Mark Adams, FIAP. The prize consists of a cheque for £100 together with a one-year IAP membership subscription and a framed certificate confirming the award. David has completed an honours degree in Games […]

Autumn Conference Report

By common consent, this September’s conference was very successful and enjoyed by all those who attended, as witness the photographs below. Established IAP members will know that it is a long standing tradition that the Vice President, Paul Lynham (third from right in the right hand photo above) writes Conference Reports. You can now find […]

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The Institution’s 2010 AGM will be on Saturday, 16 October, at Boundary House, Boston Road, Hanwell W7 2QE, starting at 12.00 noon. 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 […]

A Message from the Director General

At the IAP, we’re very conscious of the difficult times many of our members are experiencing at the moment. This is especially, but by no means exclusively, true of those who rely on short-term contracts and so we’re always looking for ways that we can help our members obtain new positions. The IAP’s conferences are […]

Autumn Conference 2010

Here’s an important date for your diaries – 17 September 2010. That’s the date of this year’s Autumn conference, to be held at the Magic Circle headquarters, not far from Euston Station. Its theme is the way in which systems of many kinds are starting to move from traditional one-way command structures to much more […]