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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Five Eyes cyber leaders provide threat briefing at major US conference

UK, US and Canada to collaborate on cybersecurity and AI research

Delivering Projects and Programmes with Data Science and Machine Learning

IOE to co-lead effort tackling grand challenge of creating data-empowered societies

Biometric data: Misuse, use, and collation

New data offers unparalleled insight into pivotal moments of millennials’ lives

GeoPlace builds trust at DataConnect24

Use of generative AI in application preparation and assessment

Governing AI for Humanity: UN Report Proposes Global Framework for AI Oversight

Marking 50 years since Ceefax - the ‘horse-drawn internet’ - was launched

Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse calls for urgent action on countering gendered disinformation

£12 million broadband investment delivers high-speed connections
 
Case Study: Nottinghamshire County Council’s time-to-hire has been reduced from 70 days to a streamlined 42 days.

How a progressive county council is leveraging the advantages of talent acquisition software

Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC)employs approximately 6,500 staff, typically hiring over 1,200 new starters each year.

NCC required an ATS that would support their unique hiring needs. The partnership between NCC and Oleeo has resulted in several measurable outcomes and a positive return on investment (ROI) for NCC, such as:

  • An average of 50% reduction in the time-to-hire
  • Implementation of tools and functionalities designed to support DE&I initiatives
  • An average of 90% satisfaction rate among the hiring managers and recruiters

​Discover how your organisation can revolutionise its recruitment processes

 
Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

New resource aimed at encouraging improvement in NHS maternity services

Mpox and homelessness

CQC reports on safe use of radiation in healthcare settings

NICE and NIHR: an enduring partnership

Over 10 percent of deaths in Wales due to smoking

National Patient Safety Alert – risk of oxytocin overdose during labour and childbirth

Vaccinations: A must-have on every student's to-do list

Funding homelessness: Short and long term solutions

NHS booking opens for life-saving flu and COVID-19 vaccinations

Developing an engagement and health inequalities improvement framework for integrated care systems: progress update

 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

Businessman sentenced for Government backed COVID 19 bounce back loan fraud

PM tells US investors "Britain is open for business" as he secured major £10 billion deal to drive growth and create jobs

CBI adds two senior figures from business to its Board

School-based nurseries funding round to launch next month

Rental housing energy efficiency plans need proper funding to support delivery

Funding innovation for a future energy network
 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

New undergraduate course for optometrists

Could Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah open the way to a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?

Effectiveness of sentencing options – review of research

Welsh Government consults on plan to end tax break for independent schools

Top perpetrators of VAWG targeted under new National Strategy

Above-target inflation should not delay the next rate cut, says IEA Economics Fellow

Putin’s purging of defence ministry suggests he is preparing for a long war

Urgent Allergy Advice: Mustard Ingredients Contaminated with Peanuts

APCC comment on report on failures to tackle police-perpetrated domestic abuse

Illicit gold is exacerbating Ethiopia’s conflicts

Personal Injury Discount Rates in Scotland & Northern Ireland

CIPD: New data highlights need to step up recruitment and retention strategies
 
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