New operating systems, software, diplomas and even a Prime Minister should not be used as excuses by schools and colleges to ignore their IT this year. Leadership teams are being urged to ‘embrace changing technology somehow’ or risk getting left behind in a year of dramatic change which will have a massive effect in the education system.

A Melton Mowbray school has praised the role of its IT provider after it was judged to be making ‘outstanding’ progress by Ofsted.

A Leicestershire college is on the brink of creating a ‘family’ network by cascading an IT infrastructure which will be adopted by three tiers of schools in the same catchment area.

Making the most of technology is essential for all schools, but for Bradford’s Carlton Bolling College, it is especially important.

Head teachers are being urged to tackle ICT head-on to beat the fear factor about technology which is still commonplace in schools.

A Cambridgeshire A-level student is going back to school for his new job. Eighteen year old Sam Mitchell is celebrating his first full time job, just one day after finishing his A-Levels.

Choosing a new recruit is a tough job, but deciding which school pupil to employ, who is wet behind the ears and without a jot of work experience behind them is nigh on impossible. Especially when they represent the future of your business.

One of the West Midlands leading IT specialists has forged a partnership with a Birmingham youth association which goes beyond just boosting the charity’s coffers.

I love Christmas – it’s the one time of year that I really switch off and just enjoy being with my family and friends.

Technology. It’s what I do and what I love. My partner would say that breathing, eating, and sleeping technology doesn’t begin to cover my obsessive enthusiasm. I love playing with it. I also love reading, talking and writing about it. It still blows my mind what it can do now and what it could possibly do in the future.

I’m no film star or top model, but when I was packing for a trip a couple of weeks ago, I realised quite how much excess baggage I now carry.

IT – that means web development and data programming doesn’t it? It means cutting edge gaming software and fun exciting gizmos that go whiz bang.

Virtual working is being heralded as the way forward for business. Technology is laying the foundations to let people work when, where and how they like.