UK to invest in a future generation of code-breakers

18 Oct 2012 04:08 PM

Foreign Secretary William Hague has launched a new drive to find and nurture the next generation of code-breakers and computer scientists.

Visiting the spiritual home of code-breaking, Bletchley Park, the Foreign Secretary announced a £480,000 donation to help secure the Park’s future and set out details of a new Apprenticeship scheme to recruit Britain’s most talented young people into GCHQ and the intelligence agencies. 

Meeting Bletchley veterans and young people with Director of GCHQ, Iain Lobban, the Foreign Secretary celebrated the mathematical expertise which played a leading role in ensuring Allied victory in World War Two. He also emphasised that in the face of growing cyber threats, if the UK is to maintain a leading role on cyber issues to enhance the UK’s economic growth, we must harness experts from the “X-Box” generation who have grown up with a world of social media, global connectivity and interactive gaming.

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