I just had to write to you as I have just seen Gordon Frazer, Managing Director of Microsoft UK, talking on TV about the high percentage of adults in the UK who do not have proficient IT/Computer Skills.

He also talked about certain groups of people, who due to the recession, may have been made redundant from jobs such as scaffolding etc and are looking to retrain in a new area and need IT/Computer skills in order to do this. Are you such a person? If not, do you know anyone looking to learn computer skills or looking to refresh their computer skills?

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You may be interested in a recent report by Baroness Estelle Morris (16 June 09) where she calls for more support for 11.6 million who need basic computing skills training in England.

Baroness Estelle Morris said:
“We must be ambitious about the level of ICT skills in the community. Increasingly, those who are not ICT literate will find themselves excluded as technology impacts on more parts of our lives. Read the rest of this entry

Did you know you can watch some television programmes from your computer  if you have a  broadband connection? The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five and Sky offer this service for some of their programmes. You can either “Stream” or “download” programmes. Read the rest of this entry

You may see on many websites you visit,  a RSS symbol with a subscribe link. Do you know what this is and how to use it? If so GREAT….but if not then read on

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