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The government needs to educate both students and teachers to the exciting possibilities of studying information technology and the variety of career options it offers, according to the former President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

BCS is sponsoring the 13th annual National Information Security Conference which being held on 13 - 15 June 2012 at The Westerwood Hotel, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.

The Pennies Foundation has created Pennies, the electronic charity box to make giving to charity easy, quick and affordable. It’s a new method for the old habit of dropping a few coins into the charity box on the shop counter.

Professor Alan Bundy FBCS CITP, Ursula Martin FBCS CITP and Bob Assirati FBCS CITP have all been made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Beti Williams, recently retired Director of ITWales, Swansea University has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year's honours list.

Liam Newcombe, CTO of Romonet and Secretary of the BCS Data Centre specialist group, has been recognised with the Outstanding Contribution to the Data Centre Industry Award in the DataCenterDynamics World Leaders Awards.

It is with respectful sadness that we reflect on the passing of Bud Abbott, whose death in mid-December brings to an end an era of health informatics that started operationally in the mid-1960s.

BCS President Jim Norton, Trustee Board member Ken Olisa, OBE, and CEO David Clarke, MBE, all appear in Computer Weekly’s 2011 Tech 50; a list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT.

Following the elections on 10 November by Council, Bob Harvey has been confirmed as President elect for the year 2012/2013 and Roger Marshall has been named as Deputy President elect.

A project sponsored by BCS, The Chartered Institute as part of its BCSEntrepreneurs initiative was unveiled recently by the Prime Minister David Cameron. The project; Tech City Map plots the 600 technology businesses in the East London area.