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Keep informed with the best online computer magazines. We’ve chosen and given you links to, what we think, are the top four reads. You can have a quick catch up or read in-depth about everything from influential people, cyber attacks, the best tech gear, gaming and what’s coming next. We’ve given you some headlines to […]

UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH

IAP Academic Connections & Student Membership. The IAP welcome student members. As a specialist professional body in the software development field, the IAP believe that well-designed software has a positive impact on industry, our communities and future. We feel it’s important to connect with academia in order to offer support to students who are studying […]

ON THE APPROVED LIST

IAP Membership is a Tax Deductable Expense HMRC List of Professional Subscriptions At a time when most of us are looking at year end expenses, it’s worth knowing that the IAP membership fee is tax deductable. To check this out for yourself you can find the IAP on the HMRC website’s list of Approved Professional […]

A FOOL-PROOF GUIDE TO AVOIDING IT SPECIFIC SCAMS

Avoiding IT Specific Scams in the UK: A Guide for Professionals Credential Harvesting & Phishing HOW IT WORKS: Attackers send fake login pages for systems like Office 365, AWS, GitHub, etc. TACTICS: – Lookalike domains (micr0soft.com, aws-support.co.uk) – MFA fatigue attacks: constant login prompts to trick you into approving DEFENCE: – Use hardware-based 2FA (e.g., […]

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DEVELOPMENT & REDUNDANCY

The Child Trust Fund: A Legacy of Development and Redundancy. The Child Trust Fund (CTF) aspired to be a vision for financial security. It was a UK government initiative introduced by the then-Chancellor Gordon Brown in 2002. Designed to provide every child born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011 with a financial start […]

IAP PRIZE WINNER 2024

Celebrating Excellence in 2024. Jack Eatock was awarded the prestigious IAP Prize for the Best Software Project 2024 at the University of Plymouth. The honor was bestowed upon him by Alastair Revell, Director General and Trustee at the IAP and, Professor Alexander Belton, Professor of Mathematics and Head of the School of Engineering, Computing and […]

AGM AGENDA & CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

AGM Agenda The AGM was held on Saturday, 15th February 2025 at 10am, in Nantwich, Cheshire. Some members joined us by Teams. Agenda 1. Apologies 2. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of 24th February 2024 3. Matters Arising from the Annual General Meeting of 24th February 2024 4. President’s Report 5. Receive the Accounts […]