Minister to visit Christchurch school to promote IT careers
The Institute of IT Professionals (IITP) is to host ICT Minister Amy Adams at Christchurch Girls High School this week to promote ICT career options to students.
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Industry group welcomes changes to education budget
Prime Minister John Key’s announcement that the government will budget $359 million over the next four years for major changes to education, including targeted investment for ICT teaching, is described as “great news” by Paul Matthews, chief executive of the Institute of IT Professionals.
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ICT groups call for more consultation on spy Bills
Revelations about the US electronic surveillance progamme PRISM have led a group of New Zealand ICT organisations to send an open letter to Prime Minister John Key and Law and Order Committee Chair Jacqui Dean calling for an extension to submissions on the TICS and GCSB Bills currently out for consultation.
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Bootcamp approach won't create IT professionals: IITP
Would developer bootcamps - up to three months of intensive training in software programming - work in New Zealand? Yesterday Computerworld featured the views of Xero, Orion Health and Catalyst IT. Today we present the views of Tim Bell from Canterbury University and Paul Matthews from the Institute of IT Professionals.
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Skills shortage may mean IT qualifications don't count
The crippling shortage of ICT staff may work against the chance of raising the overall competence, reputation and accountability of ICT professionals, a meeting of the Institute of IT Professionals has heard.