Institution of Analysts and Programmers http://www.iap.org.uk/main Tel: 020 8434 3685 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:21:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Good Deal Better Members will recall, as we have reported before, that the National Skills Academy for IT offers a subscription to the whole of its huge range of IT and business courses and certifications online for only £95 for the first year.

From today, we can provide members with an even better deal. The Academy is [...] http://www.iap.org.uk/main/a-good-deal-better/]]> http://www.iap.org.uk/main/a-good-deal-better/ Teaching ICT and Computer Science: Some Thoughts 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 [...] http://www.iap.org.uk/main/teaching-ict-and-computer-science-some-thoughts/]]> http://www.iap.org.uk/main/teaching-ict-and-computer-science-some-thoughts/ New Administrative Officer Post 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.

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The key duties of the post are to:-

General 1. help maintain and develop [...] http://www.iap.org.uk/main/new-administrative-officer-post/]]> http://www.iap.org.uk/main/new-administrative-officer-post/ The IT Professional Profile 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 [...] http://www.iap.org.uk/main/the-it-professional-profile-2/]]> http://www.iap.org.uk/main/the-it-professional-profile-2/ Successful SharePoint Implementation Geoff Evelyn, FIAP follows up his recent article on SharePoint Training with a detailed guide to implementation in just ten steps. Find it here.

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