1 2<!doctype html> 3<html lang="en"> 4<!--[if IE 8]> <html class="ie8"> <![endif]--> 5<!--[if gte IE 9]> <html> <![endif]--> 6<head> 7 <meta charset="utf-8"> 8 <title>Articles, opinion and research | BCS</title> 9 <meta name="description" content="The latest insights, ideas and perspectives from BCS and its community. Find out more from the Chartered Institute for IT."> 10 <meta name="keywords" content="articles, blogs, videos, insights"> 11 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"> 12 <meta property="og:title" content="Articles, opinion and research" /> 13 <meta property="og:url" content="" /> 14 15 <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.bcs.org/images/bcs_ogimage.jpg?v=1" /> 16 17 18 <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/" /> 19 <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en-gb" href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/" /> 20 <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/" /> 21 <link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/" /> 22 23 <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/bootstrapv.4.0.0.min.css" /> 24 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/css/styles.min.css?v=2nRg4b5yfJpgoPpMxki7YR0cVr_AfmyiYBwyhlLba94"> 25 26 <link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="/css/print.css?v=CLh-CWX4sV5GTx-vZ8hO9xo_axaHIWQ7E54WasFTgv8"> 27 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/favicon.png?v=mnXB9Rq2j0Wx0-uWRupva6lK-KMKWmuyqWyYQyn6F44"> 28 29
29<script src="/js/plugins/jqueryv3.7.1.min.js"></script>
29 30 31
31<script type="text/javascript">(function(u,x,t,w,e,a,k,s){a=function(v){try{u.setItem(t+e,v)}catch(e){}v=JSON.parse(v);for(k=0;k<v.length;k++){s=x.createElement("script");s.text="(function(u,x,t,w,e,a,k){a=u[e]=function(){a.q.push(arguments)};a.q=[];a.t=+new Date;a.c=w;k=x.createElement('script');k.async=1;k.src=t;x.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(k)})(window,document,'"+v[k].u+"',"+JSON.stringify(v[k].c)+",'"+v[k].g+"')";x.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(s)}};try{k=u.getItem(t+e)}catch(e){}if(k){return a(k)}k=new XMLHttpRequest;k.onreadystatechange=function(){if(k.readyState==4&&k.status==200)a(k.responseText)};k.open("POST",w+e);k.send(x.URL)})(sessionStorage,document,"uxt:","https://api.uxtweak.com/snippet/","27369e8e-177a-42b0-82fb-9b055c55671b");</script>
31 32 33 34 35
35<script src="https://cc.cdn.civiccomputing.com/9/cookieControl-9.x.min.js"></script>
35 36
37<script src="https://static.virtualbadge.io/js/vb-certificate-v1.js" async></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 37
37
38<script> 39 window._vb_identifier = {identifier:"VB-JHOC34M38-7K3Y",default_lg: "en"}; 40</script>
40 41 42
42<script> 43 var config = { 44 apiKey: '70a0a6ce5038560455f5dc76043d8a3011d468c4', 45 product: 'PRO', 46 initialState: "NOTIFY", 47 position: "LEFT", 48 theme: "LIGHT", 49 rejectButton: true, 50 51 layout: "SLIDEOUT", 52 consentCookieExpiry: 90, 53 54 text : { 55 title: 'This site uses cookies', 56 intro: 'Some of these cookies are essential to make the site work, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.', 57 necessaryTitle : 'Necessary cookies', 58 necessaryDescription : 'Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.', 59 thirdPartyTitle : 'Warning: Some cookies require your attention', 60 thirdPartyDescription : 'Consent for the following cookies could not be automatically revoked. Please follow the link(s) below to opt out manually.', 61 on : 'On', 62 off : 'Off', 63 accept : 'Accept cookies', 64 reject : 'Reject cookies', 65 settings : 'My cookie preferences', 66 acceptRecommended : 'Accept recommended settings', 67 notifyTitle : 'Your choice regarding cookies on this site', 68 notifyDescription : 'We use cookies to optimise site functionality and analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with social media platforms to provide personalised content and ads.', 69 }, 70 71 72 branding : { 73 toggleColor: '#FFFFFF', 74 removeIcon: true, 75 }, 76
77 necessaryCookies: ['UMB-XSRF-TOKEN', 'UMB-XSRF-V', 'UMB_UCONTEXT_C', 'HACIVICLB','UMB_UPDCHK'], 78 optionalCookies: [ 79 { 80 name : 'analytics', 81 label: 'Analytical Cookies', 82 description: 'Analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.', 83 cookies: ['_ga', '_gid', '_gat', '_hjClosedSurveyInvites', '_hjDonePolls', '_hjMinimizedPollsr', '_hjDoneTestersWidgets', '_hjMinimizedTestersWidgets', '_hjIncludedInSample'], 84 onAccept : function(){ 85 // Add Google Analytics
vendor: 333 bytes, lines 85-90
85 86 (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': 87 new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], 88 j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 89 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); 90 })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','
90GTM-M676B7N
vendor: 5 bytes, lines 90-91
90'); 91
91// End Google Analytics 92 93 94 // Add Hot Jar
vendor: 110 bytes, lines 94-98
94 95 96 (function(h,o,t,j,a,r){ 97 h.hj=h.hj||function(){(h.hj.q=h.hj.q||[]).push(arguments)}; 98 h._hjSettings={hjid:
982095055
vendor: 230 bytes, lines 98-105
98,hjsv:6}; 99 a=o.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; 100 r=o.createElement('script');r.async=1; 101 r.src=t+h._hjSettings.hjid+j+h._hjSettings.hjsv; 102 a.appendChild(r); 103 })(window,document,'https://static.hotjar.com/c/hotjar-','.js?sv='); 104 105
105// End Hot Jar 106 107 108 }, 109 onRevoke: function(){ 110 111 }, 112 thirdPartyCookies: [{"name": "Removing cookies", "optOutLink": "https://www.bcs.org/legal-and-privacy-notices/use-of-cookies/"}] 113 114 }, 115 { 116 name : 'marketing', 117 label: 'Marketing Cookies', 118 description: 'We use marketing cookies to help us improve the relevancy of advertising campaigns you receive.', 119 cookies: ['fr'], 120 onAccept : function(){ 121 // Add Insight 122 _linkedin_partner_id = "1904698"; 123 window._linkedin_data_partner_ids = window._linkedin_data_partner_ids || []; 124 window._linkedin_data_partner_ids.push(_linkedin_partner_id); 125 126 (function(){var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; 127 var b = document.createElement("script"); 128 b.type = "text/javascript";b.async = true; 129 b.src = "https://snap.licdn.com/li.lms-analytics/insight.min.js"; 130 131 s.parentNode.insertBefore(b, s);})(); 132 133 // End insight 134 135 136 // Add FB
vendor: 409 bytes, lines 136-146
136 137 138 !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) 139 {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? 140 n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; 141 if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; 142 n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; 143 t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; 144 s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script', 145 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); 146 fbq('init', '
1462460239180871105
vendor: 37 bytes, lines 146-150
146'); 147 fbq('track', 'PageView'); 148 149 150
150// End FB 151 152 153// Add Twitter 154 155 !function(e,t,n,s,u,a){e.twq||(s=e.twq=function(){s.exe?s.exe.apply(s,arguments):s.queue.push(arguments); 156},s.version='1.1',s.queue=[],u=t.createElement(n),u.async=!0,u.src='//static.ads-twitter.com/uwt.js', 157a=t.getElementsByTagName(n)[0],a.parentNode.insertBefore(u,a))}(window,document,'script'); 158// Insert Twitter Pixel ID and Standard Event data below 159twq('init','nvd0t'); 160twq('track','PageView'); 161 162 163 // End Twitter 164 165 // Add hub 166 !function(t,e,r){if(!document.getElementById(t)){var n=document.createElement("script");for(var a in n.src="https://js.hscollectedforms.net/collectedforms.js",n.type="text/javascript",n.id=t,r)r.hasOwnProperty(a)&&n.setAttribute(a,r[a]);var i=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];i.parentNode.insertBefore(n,i)}}("CollectedForms-7155185",0,{"crossorigin":"anonymous","data-leadin-portal-id":7155185,"data-leadin-env":"prod","data-loader":"hs-scriptloader","data-hsjs-portal":7155185,"data-hsjs-env":"prod"}); 167 window["useCookieBannerV2"] = window["useCookieBannerV2"] || true; 168 !function(t,e,r){if(!document.getElementById(t)){var n=document.createElement("script");for(var a in n.src="https://js.hs-banner.com/7155185.js",n.type="text/javascript",n.id=t,r)r.hasOwnProperty(a)&&n.setAttribute(a,r[a]);var i=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];i.parentNode.insertBefore(n,i)}}("cookieBanner-7155185",0,{"data-loader":"hs-scriptloader","data-hsjs-portal":7155185,"data-hsjs-env":"prod"}); 169 !function(t,e,r){if(!document.getElementById(t)){var n=document.createElement("script");for(var a in n.src="https://js.hsleadflows.net/leadflows.js",n.type="text/javascript",n.id=t,r)r.hasOwnProperty(a)&&n.setAttribute(a,r[a]);var i=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];i.parentNode.insertBefore(n,i)}}("LeadFlows-7155185",0,{"crossorigin":"anonymous","data-leadin-portal-id":7155185,"data-leadin-env":"prod","data-loader":"hs-scriptloader","data-hsjs-portal":7155185,"data-hsjs-env":"prod"}); 170 !function(e,t){if(!document.getElementById(e)){var c=document.createElement("script");c.src="//js.hs-analytics.net/analytics/1586955000000/7155185.js",c.type="text/javascript",c.id=e;var n=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];n.parentNode.insertBefore(c,n)}}("hs-analytics"); 171 172 173 174 // End hub 175 176 177 178 }, 179 onRevoke: function(){ 180 181 }, 182 thirdPartyCookies: [{"name": "Removing cookies", "optOutLink": "https://www.bcs.org/legal-and-privacy-notices/use-of-cookies/"}] 183 184 }, 185 186 ] 187 }; 188 189 CookieControl.load( config ); 190 </script>
190 191 192 <noscript> 193 <img height="1" width="1" 194 src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=2460239180871105&ev=PageView 195 &noscript=1"/> 196 </noscript> 197 198 <noscript> 199 200 <img height="1" width="1" style="display:none;" alt="" src="https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=1904698&fmt=gif" /> 201 202 203 </noscript> 204 205 <style> 206 207 208 #ccc .ccc-button-solid { 209 background: #BCCF00!important; 210 border-color: #BCCF00!important; 211 color: #fff!important; 212 } 213 214 #ccc .ccc-accept-button { 215 background-color: #BCCF00!important; 216 color: #000000!important; 217 font-color: #000000!important; 218 font-weight: 700!important; 219 border-radius: 2px; 220 } 221 222 #ccc .ccc-reject-button { 223 background-color: #BCCF00!important; 224 color: #000000!important; 225 font-color: #000000!important; 226 font-weight: 700!important; 227 border-radius: 2px; 228 } 229 230 #ccc #ccc-notify-dismiss { 231 position: relative; 232 right: auto; 233 width: 1px!important; 234 } 235 236 #ccc .ccc-notify-button { 237 border-color: #BCCF00!important; 238 color: #BCCF00!important; 239 } 240 241 242 243.pullout { 244 line-height: 1.2; 245 font-weight: 100; 246 margin-bottom: 1rem; 247 margin-top: 0; 248 display: block; 249 margin-block-start: 1em; 250 margin-block-end: 1em; 251 margin-inline-start: 0px; 252 margin-inline-end: 0px; 253 color: #000; 254 font-family: DINNext,sans-serif; 255 font-size: 1rem; 256 border-color: #669900; 257 border-width: 5px; 258 border-style: solid; 259 margin-top: 10px; 260 padding: 25px; 261 margin-top: 2rem; 262 margin-bottom: 2rem; 263 </style> 264 265 <style> 266 .button, .submit_wrap button, .form-submit button, .sliderbutton { 267 268 padding: 15px 15px; 269 line-height: 25px; 270 271 text-align: center; 272 } 273 </style> 274 275<style> 276 .embed-youtube { 277 position: relative; 278 padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* - 16:9 aspect ratio (most common) */ 279 /* padding-bottom: 62.5%; - 16:10 aspect ratio */ 280 /* padding-bottom: 75%; - 4:3 aspect ratio */ 281 padding-top: 30px; 282 height: 0; 283 overflow: hidden; 284 } 285 286 .embed-youtube iframe, 287 .embed-youtube object, 288 .embed-youtube embed { 289 border: 0; 290 position: absolute; 291 top: 0; 292 left: 0; 293 width: 100%; 294 height: 100%; 295 } 296 297 </style> 298 299<meta name="google-site-verification" content="lbAQZ6xwuZIaaaCKgQ-6EMPeBdQJCd9E3toc_Buf2Ao" /> 300<meta name="google-site-verification" content="tgm_QnFeK7OwNyXD5mTCLzmlVic8pDn1TiS2JvMQ7O0" />
301<script type="text/javascript">!function(T,l,y){var S=T.location,k="script",D="instrumentationKey",C="ingestionendpoint",I="disableExceptionTracking",E="ai.device.",b="toLowerCase",w="crossOrigin",N="POST",e="appInsightsSDK",t=y.name||"appInsights";(y.name||T[e])&&(T[e]=t);var n=T[t]||function(d){var g=!1,f=!1,m={initialize:!0,queue:[],sv:"5",version:2,config:d};function v(e,t){var n={},a="Browser";return n[E+"id"]=a[b](),n[E+"type"]=a,n["ai.operation.name"]=S&&S.pathname||"_unknown_",n["ai.internal.sdkVersion"]="javascript:snippet_"+(m.sv||m.version),{time:function(){var e=new Date;function t(e){var t=""+e;return 1===t.length&&(t="0"+t),t}return e.getUTCFullYear()+"-"+t(1+e.getUTCMonth())+"-"+t(e.getUTCDate())+"T"+t(e.getUTCHours())+":"+t(e.getUTCMinutes())+":"+t(e.getUTCSeconds())+"."+((e.getUTCMilliseconds()/1e3).toFixed(3)+"").slice(2,5)+"Z"}(),iKey:e,name:"Microsoft.ApplicationInsights."+e.replace(/-/g,"")+"."+t,sampleRate:100,tags:n,data:{baseData:{ver:2}}}}var h=d.url||y.src;if(h){function a(e){var t,n,a,i,r,o,s,c,u,p,l;g=!0,m.queue=[],f||(f=!0,t=h,s=function(){var e={},t=d.connectionString;if(t)for(var n=t.split(";"),a=0;a<n.length;a++){var i=n[a].split("=");
3012===i.length&&(e[i[0][b]()]=i[1])}if(!e[C]){var r=e.endpointsuffix,o=r?e.location:null;e[C]="https://"+(o?o+".":"")+"dc."+(r||"services.visualstudio.com")}return e}(),c=s[D]||d[D]||"",u=s[C],p=u?u+"/v2/track":d.endpointUrl,(l=[]).push((n="SDK LOAD Failure: Failed to load Application Insights SDK script (See stack for details)",a=t,i=p,(o=(r=v(c,"Exception")).data).baseType="ExceptionData",o.baseData.exceptions=[{typeName:"SDKLoadFailed",message:n.replace(/\./g,"-"),hasFullStack:!1,stack:n+"\nSnippet failed to load ["+a+"] -- Telemetry is disabled\nHelp Link: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2128109\nHost: "+(S&&S.pathname||"_unknown_")+"\nEndpoint: "+i,parsedStack:[]}],r)),l.push(function(e,t,n,a){var i=v(c,"Message"),r=i.data;r.baseType="MessageData";var o=r.baseData;return o.message='AI (Internal): 99 message:"'+("SDK LOAD Failure: Failed to load Application Insights SDK script (See stack for details) ("+n+")").replace(/\"/g,"")+'"',o.properties={endpoint:a},i}(0,0,t,p)),function(e,t){if(JSON){var n=T.fetch;if(n&&!y.useXhr)n(t,{method:N,body:JSON.stringify(e),mode:"cors"});else if(XMLHttpRequest){var a=new XMLHttpRequest;a.open(N,t),a.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/json"),a.send(JSON.stringify(e))}}}(l,p))}function i(e,t){f||setTimeout(function(){!t&&m.core||a()},500)}var e=function(){var n=l.createElement(k);n.src=h;var e=y[w];return!e&&""!==e||"undefined"==n[w]||(n[w]=e),n.onload=i,n.onerror=a,n.onreadystatechange=function(e,t){"loaded"!==n.readyState&&"complete"!==n.readyState||i(0,t)},n}();y.ld<0?l.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(e):setTimeout(function(){l.getElementsByTagName(k)[0].parentNode.appendChild(e)},y.ld||0)}try{m.cookie=l.cookie}catch(p){}function t(e){for(;e.length;)!function(t){m[t]=function(){var e=arguments;g||m.queue.push(function(){m[t].apply(m,e)})}}(e.pop())}var n="track",r="TrackPage",o="TrackEvent";t([n+"Event",n+"PageView",n+"Exception",n+"Trace",n+"DependencyData",n+"Metric",n+"PageViewPerformance","start"+r,"stop"+r,"start"+o,"stop"+o,"addTelemetryInitializer","setAuthenticatedUserContext","clearAuthenticatedUserContext","flush"]),m.SeverityLevel={Verbose:0,Information:1,Warning:2,Error:3,Critical:4};var s=(d.extensionConfig||{}).ApplicationInsightsAnalytics||{};if(!0!==d[I]&&!0!==s[I]){var c="onerror";t(["_"+c]);var u=T[c];T[c]=function(e,t,n,a,i){var r=u&&u(e,t,n,a,i);return!0!==r&&m["_"+c]({message:e,url:t,lineNumber:n,columnNumber:a,error:i}),r},d.autoExceptionInstrumented=!0}return m}(y.cfg);function a(){y.onInit&&y.onInit(n)}(T[t]=n).queue&&0===n.queue.length?(n.queue.push(a),n.trackPageView({})):a()}(window,document,{ 302src: "https://js.monitor.azure.com/scripts/b/ai.2.min.js", // The SDK URL Source 303crossOrigin: "anonymous", 304cfg: { // Application Insights Configuration 305 connectionString: 'InstrumentationKey=16aeac72-9dd3-46a0-b077-1da7c3c1049b' 306}});</script>
306<script>let url="/umbraco/engage/pagedata/ping",pageviewId="91dd3c003fb44692ac24fdc712b0cddc";if("function"==typeof navigator.sendBeacon&&"function"==typeof Blob){let e=new Blob([pageviewId],{type:"text/plain"});navigator.sendBeacon(url,e)}else{let a=new XMLHttpRequest;a.open("POST",url,1),a.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/plain"),a.send(pageviewId)}</script>
306</head> 307<body> 308 <!-- Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->
vendor: 68 bytes, lines 308-309
308 309<noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=
309GTM-M676B7N
vendor: 83 bytes, lines 309-310
309" 310height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
311<!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> 312 <a href="#skipto" class="sr-only skipto" tabindex="0">Skip to content</a> 313 <div id="breakpoint"></div> 314 315 <div class="wrapper"> 316 <!--Header--> 317 <div class="headerwrap "> 318 <header class="header "> 319 <div class="header-container"> 320 <div class="header-mobile-menu"> 321 <button tabindex="0">Open Menu</button> 322 </div> 323 <div class="header-logo"> 324 <a href="/" title="Go to homepage" tabindex="0" class=""> 325 <img src="/media/8094/black-logo-main.png?width=63&height=80&v=1dc2badcdecff70" alt="BCS logoaa" /> 326 </a> 327 </div> 328 <div class="header-nav-wrapper"> 329 <div class="header-nav-top"> 330 <div class="secondary-nav"> 331 <ul> 332 <li> 333 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/" title="More about our member communities" tabindex="0"> 334 Community 335 </a> 336 </li> 337 <li> 338 <a href="/about-us/" title="Find out more about us" tabindex="0"> 339 About us 340 </a> 341 </li> 342 <li> 343 <a href="/the-home-of-the-ai-professional/" title="The home of the AI professional " tabindex="0"> 344 The home of the AI professional 345 </a> 346 </li> 347 </ul> 348 <ul> 349 <li> 350 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/training-providers-and-adult-education-centres/" title="Visit our training providers section" tabindex="0"> 351 Training providers 352 </a> 353 </li> 354 <li> 355 <a href="/develop-your-people/develop-your-team-or-organisation/" title="Visit our employers section" tabindex="0"> 356 Employers 357 </a> 358 </li> 359 <li> 360 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/teachers-schools-and-colleges/" title="Visit our educators section" tabindex="0"> 361 Educators 362 </a> 363 </li> 364 </ul> 365 </div> 366 <div class="header-login-btn"> 367 <a href="https://mybcs.bcs.org" title="Go to our members area" tabindex="0"> 368 Login to MyBCS 369 </a> 370 </div> 371 </div> 372 <div class="header-nav-bottom"> 373 374 375<div class="primary-navigation"> 376 <nav role="navigation" aria-label="mainmenu"> 377 <ul> 378 <li data-navitemid="1" class="has-megamenu "> 379 <button title="" tabindex="0">Membership & registrations</button> 380 </li> 381 <li data-navitemid="2" class="has-megamenu "> 382 <button title="" tabindex="0">IT careers</button> 383 </li> 384 <li data-navitemid="3" class="has-megamenu "> 385 <button title="" tabindex="0">Qualifications & certifications</button> 386 </li> 387 <li data-navitemid="4" class="has-megamenu "> 388 <button title="" tabindex="0">Events & awards</button> 389 </li> 390 <li data-navitemid="5" class="has-megamenu active"> 391 <button title="" tabindex="0">Articles, opinion & research</button> 392 </li> 393 </ul> 394 </nav> 395 <div class="mega-menu-panels"> 396 <div class="container"> 397 <div class="mega-menu-panels-grid"> 398 <div class="mega-menu-panel mm-col-3" data-navitemid="1" tabindex="0"> 399 <div class="mega-menu-columns-wrapper"> 400 <div class="mega-menu-featured-link"> 401 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">
401BCS MEMBERSHIP</p> 402 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/become-a-member/" title="BCS membership" tabindex="0"> 403 <img src="/media/cf2fbxdg/lady_smiling-nav.png?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdaf2d3232c00" alt="Lady Smiling Nav" class="img-responsive" /> 404 <p>Join the global and diverse home for digital, technical and IT professionals.</p> 405 </a> 406 </div> 407 <div class="mega-menu-featured-link"> 408 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">CHARTERED IT PROFESSIONAL</p> 409 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/get-registered/chartered-it-professional/" title="Chartered IT Professional" tabindex="0"> 410 <img src="/media/qnblkdzb/citp-logo.png?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdb96d91c00b0" alt="CITP Logo (1)" class="img-responsive" /> 411 <p>CITP validates technical expertise and professional behaviours in the tech industry</p> 412 </a> 413 </div> 414 <div class="mega-menu-standard-links"> 415 <ul> 416 <li> 417 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/become-a-member/" title="" tabindex="0"> 418 Become a member 419 </a> 420 </li> 421 <li> 422 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/" title="" tabindex="0"> 423 Member communities 424 </a> 425 </li> 426 <li> 427 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/get-registered/" title="" tabindex="0"> 428 Get registered 429 </a> 430 </li> 431 <li> 432 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/membership-for-organisations/" title="" tabindex="0"> 433 Membership for organisations 434 </a> 435 </li> 436 <li> 437 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/bcs-register-of-technology-professionals/" title="Register of Technology Professionals " tabindex="0"> 438 Register of Technology Professionals 439 </a> 440 </li> 441 <li> 442 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/academic-membership/" title="" tabindex="0"> 443 Academic membership 444 </a> 445 </li> 446 <li> 447 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/our-members/" title="" tabindex="0"> 448 Our members 449 </a> 450 </li> 451 <li> 452 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/volunteering-with-bcs/" title="Volunteering with BCS" tabindex="0"> 453 Volunteering with BCS 454 </a> 455 </li> 456 </ul> 457 </div> 458 </div> 459 </div> 460 <div class="mega-menu-panel mm-col-2" data-navitemid="2" tabindex="0"> 461 <div class="mega-menu-columns-wrapper"> 462 <div class="mega-menu-featured-link"> 463 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">STARTING YOUR IT CAREER</p> 464 <a href="/it-careers/" title="Starting your IT career" tabindex="0"> 465 <img src="/media/uowfig02/girl-with-braids-nav.png?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdb8765de58a0" alt="Girl With Braids Nav" class="img-responsive" /> 466 <p>Kick-start a career in IT, whether you're starting out or looking for a career change.</p> 467 </a> 468 </div> 469 <div class="mega-menu-standard-links"> 470 <ul> 471 <li> 472 <a href="/it-careers/apprenticeships/" title="" tabindex="0"> 473 Apprenticeships 474 </a> 475 </li> 476 <li> 477 <a href="/it-careers/continuing-professional-development-cp
477d/" title="" tabindex="0"> 478 Continuing professional development (CPD) 479 </a> 480 </li> 481 <li> 482 <a href="/it-careers/sfiaplus-it-skills-framework/" title="" tabindex="0"> 483 SFIAplus - IT skills framework 484 </a> 485 </li> 486 <li> 487 <a href="/it-careers/tech-career-quiz/" title="Tech job quiz" tabindex="0"> 488 Tech Job Quiz 489 </a> 490 </li> 491 </ul> 492 </div> 493 </div> 494 </div> 495 <div class="mega-menu-panel mm-col-3" data-navitemid="3" tabindex="0"> 496 <div class="mega-menu-columns-wrapper"> 497 <div class="mega-menu-featured-link"> 498 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">SOFTWARE TESTING CERTIFICATION</p> 499 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/certifications-for-professionals/software-testing-certifications/" title="Software testing certification" tabindex="0"> 500 <img src="/media/1tjhktnk/man-writing.png?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdbab0ba2c9b0" alt="Man Writing" class="img-responsive" /> 501 <p>Over 100,000 professionals worldwide are certified with BCS.</p> 502 </a> 503 </div> 504 <div class="mega-menu-featured-link"> 505 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">ESSENTIAL DIGITAL SKILLS</p> 506 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/digital-literacy-qualifications/bcs-essential-digital-skills-qualifications-for-work/" title="Essential digital skills" tabindex="0"> 507 <img src="/media/u1ek1s5t/lady-in-green-hijab-nav.png?width=290&height=135&v=1dbe0727eb55c30" alt="Lady In Green Hijab Nav (1)" class="img-responsive" /> 508 <p>Improve your digital skills so you can get on in today's workplace.</p> 509 </a> 510 </div> 511 <div class="mega-menu-standard-links"> 512 <ul> 513 <li> 514 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/certifications-for-professionals/" title="" tabindex="0"> 515 Certifications for professionals 516 </a> 517 </li> 518 <li> 519 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/online-it-professional-development-courses/" title="" tabindex="0"> 520 Online IT professional development courses 521 </a> 522 </li> 523 <li> 524 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/digital-literacy-qualifications/" title="" tabindex="0"> 525 Digital literacy qualifications 526 </a> 527 </li> 528 <li> 529 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/training-and-scholarships-for-teachers/" title="" tabindex="0"> 530 Training and scholarships for teachers 531 </a> 532 </li> 533 <li> 534 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/neda-training-and-certification-programme/" title="Non-Executive Director Training and Certification Programme" tabindex="0"> 535 Non-Executive Director Training and Certification Programme 536 </a> 537 </li> 538 <li> 539 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/cambridge-advance-online/" title="" tabindex="0"> 540 Cambridge Advance Online 541 </a> 542 </li> 543 <li> 544 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/training-providers-and-adult-education-centres/deliver-our-digital-literacy-qualifications/icdl-skillsbuilder/" title="ICDL SkillsBuilder" tabindex="0"> 545 ICDL SkillsBuilder 546 </a> 547 </li> 548 <li> 549 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/teachers-schools-and-colleges/home-education/" title="Home education" tabindex="0"> 550 Home education 551 </a> 552 </li> 553 </ul> 554 </div> 555 </div> 556 </div> 557 <div class="mega-menu-panel mm-col-2" data-navitemid="4" tabindex="0"> 558 <div class="mega-menu-columns-wrapper"> 559 <div class="mega-menu-featured-link"> 560 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">EVENTS CALENDAR</p> 561 <a href="/events-calendar/" title="Events calendar" tabindex="0"> 562 <img src="/media/ribptvxb/group-of-people-smiling.png?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdbae3deb8800" alt="Group Of People Smiling" class="img-responsive" /> 563 <p>View all of our upcoming events.</p> 564 </a> 565 </div> 566 <div class="mega-menu-standard-links"> 567 <ul> 568 <li> 569 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/" title="" tabindex="0"> 570 Awards and competitions 571 </a> 572 </li> 573 <li> 574 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/uk-it-industry-awards/" title="" tabindex="0"> 575 UK IT Industry Awards 576 </a> 577 </li> 578 <li> 579 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/bcs-lovelace-medal/" title="Lovelace Medal" tabindex="0"> 580 Lovelace Medal 581 </a> 582 </li> 583 <li> 584 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/awards-and-competitions/society-medal/" title="Society Medal" tabindex="0"> 585 Society Medal 586 </a> 587 </li> 588 <li> 589 <a href="/events/karen-sparck-jones-lecture/" title="" tabindex="0"> 590 Karen Spärck Jones Lecture 591 </a> 592 </li> 593 <li> 594 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/roger-needham-award/" title="Roger Needham Award" tabindex="0"> 595 Roger Needham Award 596 </a> 597 </li> 598 <li> 599 <a href="/events-calendar/" title="" tabindex="0"> 600 Events calendar 601 </a> 602 </li> 603 </ul> 604 </div> 605 </div> 606 </div> 607 <div class="mega-menu-panel mm-col-2" data-navitemid="5" tabindex="0"> 608 <div class="mega-menu-columns-wrapper"> 609 <div class="mega-menu-featured-link"> 610 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">ARTICLES, OPINION AND RESEARCH</p> 611 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/" title="Articles, opinion and research" tabindex="0"> 612 <img src="/media/rsthogmb/man-on-tablet.png?width=290&height=135&v=1dbdbac12b76bb0" alt="Man On Tablet" class="img-responsive" /> 613 <p>The latest insights, ideas and perspectives.</p> 614 </a> 615 </div> 616 <div class="mega-menu-standard-links"> 617 <p class="mega-menu-column-title">In focus</p> 618 <ul> 619 <li> 620 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/artificial-intelligence/" title="Artificial Intelligence" tabindex="0"> 621 Artificial Intelligence 622 </a> 623 </li> 624 <li> 625 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/security-data-privacy/" title="Security / data / privacy" tabindex="0"> 626 Security / data / privacy 627 </a> 628 </li> 629 <li> 630 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/government-policy/" title="Government policy " tabindex="0"> 631 Government policy 632 </a> 633 </li> 634 <li> 635 <a href="/the-bcs-insight-exchange/" title="The BCS Insight Exchange" tabindex="0"> 636 The BCS Insight Exchange 637 </a> 638 </li> 639 </ul> 640 </div> 641 </div> 642 </div> 643 </div> 644 </div> 645 </div> 646</div> 647 <div class="search-btn"> 648 <button type="button">
649 <span class="sr-only">Open Search</span> 650 <svg viewBox="0 0 23 22" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> 651 <path d="M10 0C15.5228 0 20 4.29807 20 9.6C20 11.8145 19.2189 13.854 17.9068 15.4782L22.1322 19.5038C22.6223 19.9705 22.6254 20.7303 22.1392 21.2008C21.6904 21.6351 20.9815 21.6711 20.4897 21.307L20.3715 21.2076L16.1395 17.1783C14.4449 18.4453 12.3143 19.2 10 19.2C4.47715 19.2 0 14.9019 0 9.6C0 4.29807 4.47715 0 10 0ZM10 2.4C5.85786 2.4 2.5 5.62355 2.5 9.6C2.5 13.5765 5.85786 16.8 10 16.8C14.1421 16.8 17.5 13.5765 17.5 9.6C17.5 5.62355 14.1421 2.4 10 2.4Z" /> 652 </svg> 653 </button> 654 </div> 655 </div> 656 </div> 657 <div class="header-search"> 658 <div class="header-search-container" id="search_label" aria-modal="true"> 659 <div class="header-search-form"> 660 <form action="/search-results/" method="GET" aria-labelledby="search_label"> 661 <!-- uses js to submit to the /search form --> 662 <label for="SearchTerm" class="sr-only">Search BCS</label> 663 <input type="text" name="term" placeholder="Search the BCS website" id="SearchTerm" /> 664 <button type="submit" class="button __search">Search</button> 665 <button type="submit" class="mobile-search-btn"> 666 <span class="sr-only">Submit Search</span> 667 <svg viewBox="0 0 23 22" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-hidden="true"> 668 <path d="M10 0C15.5228 0 20 4.29807 20 9.6C20 11.8145 19.2189 13.854 17.9068 15.4782L22.1322 19.5038C22.6223 19.9705 22.6254 20.7303 22.1392 21.2008C21.6904 21.6351 20.9815 21.6711 20.4897 21.307L20.3715 21.2076L16.1395 17.1783C14.4449 18.4453 12.3143 19.2 10 19.2C4.47715 19.2 0 14.9019 0 9.6C0 4.29807 4.47715 0 10 0ZM10 2.4C5.85786 2.4 2.5 5.62355 2.5 9.6C2.5 13.5765 5.85786 16.8 10 16.8C14.1421 16.8 17.5 13.5765 17.5 9.6C17.5 5.62355 14.1421 2.4 10 2.4Z" /> 669 </svg> 670 </button> 671 </form> 672 </div> 673 <a href="#" class="header-search-close CloseSearch" aria-label="Close Search"></a> 674 </div> 675 </div> 676 </div> 677 678 679<div class="mobile-navigation"> 680 <nav role="navigation" aria-label="mobile-mainmenu"> 681 <ul> 682 <li data-navitemid="1" class="mobile-navigation-primary has-megamenu "> 683 <button title="">Membership & registrations</button> 684 </li> 685 <li data-navitemid="2" class="mobile-navigation-primary has-megamenu "> 686 <button title="">IT careers</button> 687 </li> 688 <li data-navitemid="3" class="mobile-navigation-primary has-megamenu "> 689 <button title="">Qualifications & certifications</button> 690 </li> 691 <li data-navitemid="4" class="mobile-navigation-primary has-megamenu "> 692 <button title="">Events & awards</button> 693 </li> 694 <li data-navitemid="5" class="mobile-navigation-primary has-megamenu active"> 695 <button title="">Articles, opinion & research</button> 696 </li> 697 <li> 698 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/" title="More about our member communities">Community</a> 699 </li> 700 <li> 701 <a href="/about-us/" title="Find out more about us">About us</a> 702 </li> 703 <li> 704 <a href="/the-home-of-the-ai-professional/" title="The home of the AI professional ">The home of the AI professional</a> 705 </li> 706 <li> 707 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/training-providers-and-adult-education-centres/" title="Visit our training providers section">Training providers</a> 708 </li> 709 <li> 710 <a href="/develop-your-people/develop-your-team-or-organisation/" title="Visit our employers section">Employers</a> 711 </li> 712 <li> 713 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/teachers-schools-and-colleges/" title="Visit our educators section">Educators</a> 714 </li> 715 </ul> 716 </nav> 717 718 <div class="mobile-navigation-panels"> 719 <div class="mobile-navigation-back"> 720 <button>Back</button> 721 </div> 722 <div class="mobile-navigation-panel" data-navitemid="1"> 723 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 724 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">
724BCS MEMBERSHIP</p> 725 <ul> 726 <li> 727 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/become-a-member/" title="BCS membership">Join the global and diverse home for digital, technical and IT professionals.</a> 728 </li> 729 </ul> 730 </div> 731 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 732 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">CHARTERED IT PROFESSIONAL</p> 733 <ul> 734 <li> 735 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/get-registered/chartered-it-professional/" title="Chartered IT Professional">CITP validates technical expertise and professional behaviours in the tech industry</a> 736 </li> 737 </ul> 738 </div> 739 <div class="mobile-navigation-standard-links"> 740 <ul> 741 <li> 742 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/become-a-member/" title=""> 743 Become a member 744 </a> 745 </li> 746 <li> 747 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/" title=""> 748 Member communities 749 </a> 750 </li> 751 <li> 752 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/get-registered/" title=""> 753 Get registered 754 </a> 755 </li> 756 <li> 757 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/membership-for-organisations/" title=""> 758 Membership for organisations 759 </a> 760 </li> 761 <li> 762 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/bcs-register-of-technology-professionals/" title="Register of Technology Professionals "> 763 Register of Technology Professionals 764 </a> 765 </li> 766 <li> 767 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/academic-membership/" title=""> 768 Academic membership 769 </a> 770 </li> 771 <li> 772 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/our-members/" title=""> 773 Our members 774 </a> 775 </li> 776 <li> 777 <a href="/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/volunteering-with-bcs/" title="Volunteering with BCS"> 778 Volunteering with BCS 779 </a> 780 </li> 781 </ul> 782 </div> 783 </div> 784 <div class="mobile-navigation-panel" data-navitemid="2"> 785 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 786 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">STARTING YOUR IT CAREER</p> 787 <ul> 788 <li> 789 <a href="/it-careers/" title="Starting your IT career">Kick-start a career in IT, whether you're starting out or looking for a career change.</a> 790 </li> 791 </ul> 792 </div> 793 <div class="mobile-navigation-standard-links"> 794 <ul> 795 <li> 796 <a href="/it-careers/apprenticeships/" title=""> 797 Apprenticeships 798 </a> 799 </li> 800 <li> 801 <a href="/it-careers/continuing-professional-development-cp
801d/" title=""> 802 Continuing professional development (CPD) 803 </a> 804 </li> 805 <li> 806 <a href="/it-careers/sfiaplus-it-skills-framework/" title=""> 807 SFIAplus - IT skills framework 808 </a> 809 </li> 810 <li> 811 <a href="/it-careers/tech-career-quiz/" title="Tech job quiz"> 812 Tech Job Quiz 813 </a> 814 </li> 815 </ul> 816 </div> 817 </div> 818 <div class="mobile-navigation-panel" data-navitemid="3"> 819 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 820 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">SOFTWARE TESTING CERTIFICATION</p> 821 <ul> 822 <li> 823 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/certifications-for-professionals/software-testing-certifications/" title="Software testing certification">Over 100,000 professionals worldwide are certified with BCS.</a> 824 </li> 825 </ul> 826 </div> 827 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 828 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">ESSENTIAL DIGITAL SKILLS</p> 829 <ul> 830 <li> 831 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/digital-literacy-qualifications/bcs-essential-digital-skills-qualifications-for-work/" title="Essential digital skills">Improve your digital skills so you can get on in today's workplace.</a> 832 </li> 833 </ul> 834 </div> 835 <div class="mobile-navigation-standard-links"> 836 <ul> 837 <li> 838 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/certifications-for-professionals/" title=""> 839 Certifications for professionals 840 </a> 841 </li> 842 <li> 843 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/online-it-professional-development-courses/" title=""> 844 Online IT professional development courses 845 </a> 846 </li> 847 <li> 848 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/digital-literacy-qualifications/" title=""> 849 Digital literacy qualifications 850 </a> 851 </li> 852 <li> 853 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/training-and-scholarships-for-teachers/" title=""> 854 Training and scholarships for teachers 855 </a> 856 </li> 857 <li> 858 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/neda-training-and-certification-programme/" title="Non-Executive Director Training and Certification Programme"> 859 Non-Executive Director Training and Certification Programme 860 </a> 861 </li> 862 <li> 863 <a href="/qualifications-and-certifications/cambridge-advance-online/" title=""> 864 Cambridge Advance Online 865 </a> 866 </li> 867 <li> 868 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/training-providers-and-adult-education-centres/deliver-our-digital-literacy-qualifications/icdl-skillsbuilder/" title="ICDL SkillsBuilder"> 869 ICDL SkillsBuilder 870 </a> 871 </li> 872 <li> 873 <a href="/deliver-and-teach-qualifications/teachers-schools-and-colleges/home-education/" title="Home education"> 874 Home education 875 </a> 876 </li> 877 </ul> 878 </div> 879 </div> 880 <div class="mobile-navigation-panel" data-navitemid="4"> 881 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 882 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">EVENTS CALENDAR</p> 883 <ul> 884 <li> 885 <a href="/events-calendar/" title="Events calendar">View all of our upcoming events.</a> 886 </li> 887 </ul> 888 </div> 889 <div class="mobile-navigation-standard-links"> 890 <ul> 891 <li> 892 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/" title=""> 893 Awards and competitions 894 </a> 895 </li> 896 <li> 897 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/uk-it-industry-awards/" title=""> 898 UK IT Industry Awards 899 </a> 900 </li> 901 <li> 902 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/bcs-lovelace-medal/" title="Lovelace Medal"> 903 Lovelace Medal 904 </a> 905 </li> 906 <li> 907 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/awards-and-competitions/society-medal/" title="Society Medal"> 908 Society Medal 909 </a> 910 </li> 911 <li> 912 <a href="/events/karen-sparck-jones-lecture/" title=""> 913 Karen Spärck Jones Lecture 914 </a> 915 </li> 916 <li> 917 <a href="/events/awards-and-competitions/roger-needham-award/" title="Roger Needham Award"> 918 Roger Needham Award 919 </a> 920 </li> 921 <li> 922 <a href="/events-calendar/" title=""> 923 Events calendar 924 </a> 925 </li> 926 </ul> 927 </div> 928 </div> 929 <div class="mobile-navigation-panel" data-navitemid="5"> 930 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 931 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">ARTICLES, OPINION AND RESEARCH</p> 932 <ul> 933 <li> 934 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/" title="Articles, opinion and research">The latest insights, ideas and perspectives.</a> 935 </li> 936 </ul> 937 </div> 938 <div class="mobile-navigation-other-links"> 939 <p class="mobile-navigation-column-title">In focus</p> 940 <ul> 941 <li> 942 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/artificial-intelligence/" title="Artificial Intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</a> 943 </li> 944 <li> 945 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/security-data-privacy/" title="Security / data / privacy">Security / data / privacy</a> 946 </li> 947 <li> 948 <a href="https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/government-policy/" title="Government policy ">Government policy</a> 949 </li> 950 <li> 951 <a href="/the-bcs-insight-exchange/" title="The BCS Insight Exchange">The BCS Insight Exchange</a> 952 </li> 953 </ul> 954 </div> 955 </div> 956 </div> 957 958 <div class="mobile-navigation-login-btn"> 959 <a href="https://mybcs.bcs.org" title="Go to our members area"> 960 Login to MyBCS 961 </a> 962 </div> 963 964</div> 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 </header> 973 </div> 974 <!--header--> 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982<main id="main-content-hub"> 983
983<script src="/js/pages/contentHub.js"></script>
983 984 <!--banner--> 985 <section class="banner __contenthub"> 986 <div class="banner-wrap"> 987 <div class="container"> 988 <div class="banner-content"> 989 <h1 class="banner-title"> 990 <span>Articles, opinion and research</span> 991 </h1> 992 <p class="banner-text"> 993 <span> 994 The latest insights, ideas and perspectives from BCS and its community. 995 </span> 996 </p> 997 </div> 998 </div> 999 <!--container--> 1000 </div> 1001 <!--wrap--> 1002 </section> 1003 <!--banner--> 1004 <!-- features --> 1005 <section class="features"> 1006 <!-- primary feature --> 1007 1008 1009 1010<section class="primary-feature"> 1011 <div class="container"> 1012 <div class="row"> 1013 <div class="col"> 1014 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/government-launches-new-consortium-to-build-trust-in-ai-and-grow-uk-assurance-market/" class="primary-feature-item d-flex"> 1015 <span class="primary-feature-item-label">Article</span> 1016 <div class="primary-feature-item-content"> 1017 <h2 class="primary-feature-item-title">Government launches new consortium to build trust in AI and grow UK assurance market</h2> 1018 <p class="primary-feature-item-summary">The government has launched a new expert consortium to strengthen trust in AI and help the UK seize the economic opportunities of responsible AI adoption.</p> 1019 1020 </div> 1021 <div class="primary-feature-item-image"> 1022 <img src="/media/c3ji11mp/uk-digital-map-2.png?width=555&height=400&v=1dcf43899ae86d0" alt="UK digital map" loading="lazy" /> 1023 </div> 1024 </a> 1025 </div> 1026 </div> 1027 </div> 1028</section> <section class="secondary-feature"> 1029 <h2 class="sronly">Also Featured</h2> 1030 <div class="container"> 1031 <div class="row"> 1032 1033 1034 1035 1036<div class="col"> 1037 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/cybersecurity-lessons-for-2026/" class="secondary-feature-item d-flex"> 1038 <span class="secondary-feature-item-label">Article</span> 1039 <div class="secondary-feature-item-image"> 1040 <img src="/media/nw1lssg4/cybersecurity-lessons-for-2026.jpg?width=555&height=400&v=1dc893bf2a94e90" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1041 </div> 1042 <div class="secondary-feature-item-content"> 1043 <h3 class="secondary-feature-item-title">Cybersecurity lessons for 2026</h3> 1044 <p class="secondary-feature-item-summary">Edgar Ter Danielyan FBCS CITP looks back at 2025, explores some of last year’s biggest cyber incidents and gives his views on where we should place our security priorities for…</p> 1045 </div> 1046 </a> 1047</div> 1048 1049 1050 1051<div class="col"> 1052 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/new-bcs-president-deputy-president-announced/" class="secondary-feature-item d-flex"> 1053 <span class="secondary-feature-item-label">Article</span> 1054 <div class="secondary-feature-item-image"> 1055 <img src="/media/umrnhxp1/emma-logan-sarah-winmill.png?width=555&height=400&v=1dcafe00f9a2e50" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1056 </div> 1057 <div class="secondary-feature-item-content"> 1058 <h3 class="secondary-feature-item-title">New BCS President & Deputy President Announced</h3> 1059 <p class="secondary-feature-item-summary">Sarah Winmill FRSA CITP CEng FBCS, Digital Functional Leader, Royal Navy at the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has been announced as the new President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for…</p> 1060 </div> 1061 </a> 1062</div> </div> 1063 </div> 1064 </section> 1065 </section> 1066 <!-- features --> 1067 <!-- focus --> 1068 1069 1070 1071 <section class="infocus"> 1072 <div class="container"> 1073 <div class="row align-items-end align-items-lg-center"> 1074 <div class="col-6 col-lg-2"> 1075 <h2 class="infocus-title">In focus</h2> 1076 </div> 1077 <div class="col-6 col-lg-10"> 1078 <nav class="infocus-menu" aria-label="In Focus Navigation"> 1079 <ul> 1080 1081 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/artificial-intelligence/">Artificial Intelligence</a></li> 1082 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/security-data-privacy/">Security / data / privacy</a></li> 1083 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/computing-in-society/">Computing in society</a></li> 1084 1085 <li class="menu-item menu-item-has-children"> 1086 <button type="button" name="button" class="infocus-menu-alltopics"> 1087 All topics 1088 </button> 1089 <ul> 1090 1091 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/artificial-intelligence/">Artificial Intelligence</a></li> 1092 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/business-business-change/">Business / business change</a></li> 1093 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/careers-and-skills/">Careers and skills</a></li> 1094 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/communications-infrastru
1094cture/">Communications / infrastructure</a></li> 1095 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/computing-in-society/">Computing in society</a></li> 1096 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/covid-19-coronavirus/">COVID-19 coronavirus</a></li> 1097 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/design-and-development/">Design and development</a></li> 1098 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/diversity-and-inclusion/">Diversity and inclusion</a></li> 1099 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/education/">Education</a></li> 1100 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/f-tag-technical-insight/">F-TAG: Technical insight</a></li> 1101 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/future-tech/">Future tech</a></li> 1102 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/government-policy/">Government policy</a></li> 1103 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/green-it/">Green IT</a></li> 1104 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/health-and-social-care/">Health and social care</a></li> 1105 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/partners/">Partners</a></li> 1106 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/professionalism-and-ethics/">Professionalism and ethics</a></li> 1107 <li class="menu-item"><a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/security-data-privacy/">Security / data / privacy</a></li> 1108 1109 </ul> 1110 </li> 1111 </ul> 1112 </nav> 1113 </div> 1114 </div> 1115 </div> 1116 </section> 1117 1118 1119 1120
1120<script src="/scripts/jquery.validate.min.js"></script>
1120 1121
1121<script src="/scripts/jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js"></script>
1121 1122
1122<script src="/scripts/jquery.unobtrusive-ajax.js"></script>
1122 1123 <section class="contenthub-grid"> 1124 <div class="container"> 1125<form action="/articles-opinion-and-research/" data-ajax="true" data-ajax-method="get" data-ajax-mode="replace" data-ajax-update=".loadContent.relByContent .col" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="formbbd6965d1b9b43d4b431c83a64101376" method="get" name="mostRecentByContent"><input id="InitialPageSize" name="InitialPageSize" type="hidden" value="6" /> <div class="contenthub-grid-header"> 1126 <div class="row align-items-center justify-content-between"> 1127 <div class="col col-md-9"> 1128 <h2 class="contenthub-grid-header-title">Recent</h2> 1129 </div> 1130 1131 <div class="col col-md-3"> 1132 <div class="contenthub-grid-header-filter"> 1133 <!-- Select with no search --> 1134 <div class="field_wrap __select __nosearch"> 1135 <div class="label_wrap sronly"> 1136 <label for="gridFilter">Select content type</label> 1137 </div> 1138 <div class="input_wrap"> 1139 <select id="gridFilter" name="contentLabel" onchange="$(this.form).submit()"> 1140 1141<option value="">Select content type </option> 1142 <option value="Article">Article</option> 1143 <option value="BCS comment">BCS comment</option> 1144 <option value="History">History</option> 1145 <option value="Interview">Interview</option> 1146 <option value="Opinion">Opinion</option> 1147 <option value="Podcast">Podcast</option> 1148 <option value="Report">Report</option> 1149 <option value="Research">Research</option> 1150 <option value="Video">Video</option> 1151 <option value="Webinar">Webinar</option> 1152 1153 </select> 1154 </div> 1155 </div> 1156 </div> 1157 </div> 1158 </div> 1159 </div> 1160<input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="CfDJ8KhEAu7oz59CgLscR7nhE_5d7-1MMZYTzFkWwPckAG7TPx13ISxciBGirAS-S2N9z0
1160MXcXTALgUWhbwzuajLZZDUCHpKQBKA-kGJhUJ1QjRhvdasNoaGncUaKbTv5A9cVMRPVEXR5q8q0XB2q0_G_nQ" /><input name="ufprt" type="hidden" value="CfDJ8KhEAu7oz59CgLscR7nhE_5x5dE2atA-xnuhTC7MkCmTwYeYp58pqKVR0qhi64ItvYYUkXCTjaAxUQjpVd5WeS0bEp7LEPoVw0YedYfTNa7Ku75VLh-MiC3HZE8HxexfPIMxCSyEw936naVSaqfH4LTEpGr7UidNxF9MYegoK5Ux" /></form> 1161 <div class="contenthub-grid-items __dots"> 1162 <div class="row loadContent relByContent"> 1163 <div class="col"> 1164 1165 <div class="contenthubwrap-section"> 1166 <div class="row"> 1167 1168 1169 1170 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1171 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/it-failures-are-inevitable-so-how-do-we-build-resilient-systems/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1172 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Interview</span> 1173 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1174 <img src="/media/2fcb441u/gill-ringland-interview.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1dd501cee5f9210" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1175 </div> 1176 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1177 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">IT failures are inevitable, so how do we build resilient systems?</h3> 1178 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">2 days ago</p> 1179 </div> 1180 </a> 1181 </div> 1182 1183 1184 1185 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1186 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/the-five-data-architecture-mistakes-that-end-your-enterprise-ai-initiative/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1187 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Article</span> 1188 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1189 <img src="/media/ssgmcub1/milan-parikh-data-architecture.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1dd4f64742b46a0" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1190 </div> 1191 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1192 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">The five data architecture mistakes that end your enterprise AI initiative</h3> 1193 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">2 days ago</p> 1194 </div> 1195 </a> 1196 </div> 1197 1198 1199 1200 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1201 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/beyond-facial-recognition-can-behavioural-ai-identify-risk-without-identifying-people/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1202 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Article</span> 1203 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1204 <img src="/media/qkzccxsi/facial-recognition.jpeg?width=513&height=332&v=1dd4b61f89cf610" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1205 </div> 1206 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1207 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">Beyond facial recognition: can behavioural AI identify risk without identifying people?</h3> 1208 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">6 days ago</p> 1209 </div> 1210 </a> 1211 </div> 1212 1213 1214 1215 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1216 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/ai-safety-replace-cavalier-oversight-with-professional-standards/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1217 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">BCS comment</span> 1218 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1219 <img src="/media/lwufjm1a/adobestock_424806330.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1dd4b708e8a46b0" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1220 </div> 1221 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1222 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">AI Safety: Replace cavalier oversight with professional standards </h3> 1223 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">7 days ago</p> 1224 </div> 1225 </a> 1226 </div> 1227 1228 1229 1230 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1231 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/turning-innovation-into-better-care-for-children-and-families/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex">
1232 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Interview</span> 1233 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1234 <img src="/media/klgnsh0e/adobestock_39980144.jpeg?width=513&height=332&v=1dd49bb5c6ef330" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1235 </div> 1236 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1237 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">Turning innovation into better care for children and families</h3> 1238 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">9 days ago</p> 1239 </div> 1240 </a> 1241 </div> 1242 1243 1244 1245 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1246 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/zero-trust-and-ai-security-securing-identity-data-and-autonomous-systems/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1247 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Interview</span> 1248 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1249 <img src="/media/or5hoc1r/zero-trust-interview.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1dd39fbdc458120" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1250 </div> 1251 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1252 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">Zero trust and AI security: securing identity, data and autonomous systems</h3> 1253 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">One month ago</p> 1254 </div> 1255 </a> 1256 </div> 1257 </div> 1258 </div> 1259 1260 </div> 1261 </div> 1262 </div> 1263 </div> 1264 </section> 1265 1266 1267 1268 1269 1270<!-- Find all podcasts and display the 3 most recent. --> 1271 <section class="contenthub-grid __podcasts"> 1272 <div class="container"> 1273 <div class="contenthub-grid-header"> 1274 <div class="row align-items-center justify-content-between"> 1275 <div class="col col-md-9"> 1276 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/podcast/"><h2 class="contenthub-grid-header-title">Podcasts</h2></a> 1277 </div> 1278 </div> 1279 </div> 1280 <div class="contenthub-grid-items"> 1281 <div class="row"> 1282 1283 <div class="contenthubwrap-section"> 1284 <div class="row"> 1285 1286 1287 1288 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1289 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/payment-fraud-detection-with-data-and-ai/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1290 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Podcast</span> 1291 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1292 <img src="/media/mmwf5p4l/visa-fraud-detection.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1dced02bdbbef00" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1293 </div> 1294 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1295 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">Payment fraud detection with data and AI</h3> 1296 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">4 months ago</p> 1297 </div> 1298 </a> 1299 </div> 1300 1301 1302 1303 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1304 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/how-successful-organisations-approach-digital-transformation-and-ai/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1305 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Podcast</span> 1306 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1307 <img src="/media/vqjdx5ec/rebecca-george.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1dcb5361bd445b0" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1308 </div> 1309 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1310 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">How successful organisations approach digital transformation</h3> 1311 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">6 months ago</p> 1312 </div> 1313 </a> 1314 </div> 1315 1316 1317 1318 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1319 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/coding-black-females-the-positive-impact-of-community/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex">
1320 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Podcast</span> 1321 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1322 <img src="/media/1b4feldw/coding-black-females.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1dca654387dbb60" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1323 </div> 1324 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1325 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">Coding Black Females: the positive impact of community</h3> 1326 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">7 months ago</p> 1327 </div> 1328 </a> 1329 </div> 1330 </div> 1331 </div> 1332 1333 </div> 1334 </div> 1335 </div> 1336 </section> 1337 1338 1339 <section class="contenthub-grid __webinars"> 1340 <div class="container"> 1341 <div class="contenthub-grid-header"> 1342 <div class="row align-items-center justify-content-between"> 1343 <div class="col col-md-9"> 1344 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/webinar/"><h2 class="contenthub-grid-header-title">Webinars</h2></a> 1345 </div> 1346 </div> 1347 </div> 1348 <div class="contenthub-grid-items"> 1349 <div class="row"> 1350 1351 <div class="contenthubwrap-section"> 1352 <div class="row"> 1353 1354 1355 1356 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1357 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/may-policy-jam-round-up-tech-priorities-for-government/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1358 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Webinar</span> 1359 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1360 <img src="/media/mxnbykit/ai-concept-laptop.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1db1ee507714750" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1361 </div> 1362 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1363 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">May Policy Jam Round Up - Tech Priorities for Government</h3> 1364 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">2 years ago</p> 1365 </div> 1366 </a> 1367 </div> 1368 1369 1370 1371 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1372 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/deep-fakes-and-elections-bcs-policy-jam-april-2024/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1373 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Webinar</span> 1374 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1375 <img src="/media/fymdtyvp/deep-fake-and-hoax-newstitles-on-screen.jpg?rxy=0.623989218328841,0.48505996768120024&width=513&height=332&v=1daa068874e9cd0" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1376 </div> 1377 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1378 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">Deep fakes and elections – BCS Policy Jam April 2024</h3> 1379 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">2 years ago</p> 1380 </div> 1381 </a> 1382 </div> 1383 1384 1385 1386 <div class="col-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-4 mb-4 "> 1387 <a href="/articles-opinion-and-research/navigating-ethical-challenges-in-emerging-technologies-bcs-policy-jam/" class="contenthub-grid-item d-flex"> 1388 <span class="contenthub-grid-item-label">Webinar</span> 1389 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-image"> 1390 <img src="/media/2zkkvlg1/ai-law-concept.jpg?width=513&height=332&v=1da901e9e9c8f50" alt="" loading="lazy" /> 1391 </div> 1392 <div class="contenthub-grid-item-content"> 1393 <h3 class="contenthub-grid-item-title">Navigating Ethical Challenges in Emerging Technologies: BCS Policy Jam</h3> 1394 <p class="contenthub-grid-item-time">2 years ago</p> 1395 </div> 1396 </a> 1397 </div> 1398 </div> 1399 </div> 1400 1401 </div> 1402 </div> 1403 </div> 1404 </section> 1405 1406 1407 1408 1409 1410 <section class="newsletter-signup"> 1411 <div class="container"> 1412 <div class="row"> 1413 <div class="col-12"> 1414 <div class="accordion Accordion"> 1415 <button class="accordion-head AccordionTrigger" id="accordion-button-1" aria-controls="accordion-panel-1"> 1416Stay updated and subscribe to insights from BCS </button> 1417 <div class="accordion-content AccordionContent" id="accordion-panel-1" aria-labelledby="accordion-button-1"> 1418 <!--[if lte IE 8]>
1419<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//js.hsforms.net/forms/v2-legacy.js"></script>
1419 1420<![endif]-->
1421<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" src="//js.hsforms.net/forms/v2.js"></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 1421
1421
1422<script> 1423 hbspt.forms.create({ 1424 region: "na1", 1425 portalId: "7155185", 1426 formId: "eba4ebc5-3f41-4bed-b46b-f63e508e9e10" 1427}); 1428</script>
1428 1429 </div> 1430 </div> 1431 </div> 1432 </div> 1433 </div> 1434 </section> 1435 1436</main> 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442<!--footer--> 1443<div class="footer" role="contentinfo"> 1444 <div class="footer-top"> 1445 <div class="container"> 1446 <div class="row"> 1447 <div class="col-md-6"> 1448 <div class="row"> 1449 <div class="col-md-4"> 1450 <div class="footer-col"> 1451 <div class="footer-navtitle">Who we are</div> 1452 <div class="footer-nav"> 1453 <ul> 1454 <li><a href="/about-us/" title="">About us</a></li> 1455 <li><a href="/about-us/press-office/" title="Press office">Press office</a></li> 1456 <li><a href="/about-us/our-royal-charter/" title="">Our royal charter</a></li> 1457 </ul> 1458 </div> 1459 </div> 1460 </div> 1461 <div class="col-md-4"> 1462 <div class="footer-col"> 1463 <div class="footer-navtitle">You might also like:</div> 1464 <div class="footer-nav"> 1465 <ul> 1466 <li><a href="/about-us/bcs-academy-of-computing/" title="">Academy of Computing</a></li> 1467 <li><a href="/about-us/learned-publishing/" title="Link text">Learned publishing</a></li> 1468 <li><a href="/membership-and-registrations/jobs-board/" title="">Jobs board</a></li> 1469 </ul> 1470 </div> 1471 </div> 1472 </div> 1473 <div class="col-md-4"> 1474 <div class="footer-col"> 1475 <div class="footer-navtitle">Legal and privacy</div> 1476 <div class="footer-nav"> 1477 <ul> 1478 <li><a href="/legal-and-privacy-notices/" title="">Legal and privacy notices</a></li> 1479 <li><a href="/contact-us/accessibility/" title="">Accessibility</a></li> 1480 <li><a href="/contact-us/policies/" title="">Policies</a></li> 1481 </ul> 1482 </div> 1483 </div> 1484 </div> 1485 1486 </div> 1487 </div> 1488 <div class="col-md-4"> 1489 <div class="footer-navtitle">Highlights</div> 1490 <div class="footer-highlight-items"> 1491 <div class="row"> 1492 <div class="col-6"> 1493 <a href="/contact-us/" title="">Contact us</a> 1494 </div> 1495 <div class="col-6"> 1496 <a href="/policy-and-influence/" title="">Policy and influence</a> 1497 </div> 1498 <div class="col-6"> 1499 <a href="/about-us/careers-at-bcs/" title="">Careers at BCS</a> 1500 </div> 1501 <div class="col-6"> 1502 <a href="https://shop.bcs.org/" title="">BCS Bookshop</a> 1503 </div> 1504 </div> 1505 </div> 1506 </div> 1507 1508 <div class="col-md-2"> 1509 1510 <a class="footer-logo-link" href="/about-us/our-royal-charter/" title="More about our royal charter"> 1511 <img class="footer-logo" src="/media/10312/crest.png?width=142&height=178&v=1db8384696e0020" alt="BCS Crest"> 1512 </a> 1513 </div> 1514 </div> 1515 </div> 1516 </div> 1517 1518 <div class="footer-base"> 1519 <div class="container"> 1520 <div class="row align-items-center"> 1521 <div class="col-md-4 order-md-6"> 1522 <div class="footer-secondary-links"> 1523 <ul> 1524 <li><a href="/legal-and-privacy-notices/data-privacy-notice/" title="">Data privacy notice</a></li> 1525 <li><a href="/legal-and-privacy-notices/intellectual-property-notice/" title="">Copyright notice</a></li> 1526 <li><a href="/legal-and-privacy-notices/use-of-cookies/" title="">Use of cookies</a></li> 1527 1528 </ul> 1529 </div> 1530 </div> 1531 <div class="col-md-3 order-md-10"> 1532 <div class="footer-social"> 1533 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/IT.BCS" target="_blank" class="footer-icon" title="Facebook (link opens in a new tab)"> 1534 <img src="/media/8090/facebook.png?width=25&height=25&v=1da497f82c2ce10" alt="Facebook" /> 1535 </a> 1536 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/it-bcs" target="_blank" class="footer-icon" title="LinkedIn (link opens in a new tab)"> 1537 <img src="/media/8091/linkedin.png?width=25&height=25&v=1da497f83353ef0" alt="Linkedin" /> 1538 </a> 1539 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/bcs1957" target="_blank" class="footer-icon" title="YouTube (link opens in a new tab)"> 1540 <img src="/media/8093/youtube.png?width=25&height=25&v=1da497f832400e0" alt="Youtube" /> 1541 </a> 1542 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/weare_bcs/" target="_blank" class="footer-icon" title="Instagram (link opens in a new tab)"> 1543 <img src="/media/8105/instagram.png?width=25&height=25&v=1da497f83617f10" alt="Instagram" /> 1544 </a> 1545 </div> 1546 </div> 1547 1548 1549 <div class="col-md-5 order-md-1"> 1550 <div class="footer-copy">
1551 <span>© 2026 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT | England and Wales (No. 292786) and Scotland (No. SC051487)</span> 1552 </div> 1553 </div> 1554 </div> 1555 </div> 1556 </div> 1557</div> 1558<!--footer--> 1559 </div> 1560 <!--wrapper--> 1561 1562 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="/css/fonts/icomoon/style.css?v=M1x5kAnYh-SIoRDViqZIdHa1yHYOIlYTjvIguSEIDyI"> 1563
1563<script src="/js/plugins.min.js?v=T2Rle12xDLu72vFA_4dmg5t5PQdVr6CznA51R7VaPzk"></script>
1563 1564
1564<script src="/js/ofi.min.js?v=_1XxZXCY8DkZ2HmStUExmAGCOPvhIrgktPSRqvrs71k"></script>
1564 1565
1565<script src="/js/global.min.js?v=sesq8Pw1OAi4rjXzAP-NWt818__zBD_59IDBFSmyu28"></script>
1565 1566
1566<script src="/js/fffix.js?v=EBa3b3lmKwdOOQlNbPeMBsmZEAsG0YmQbh4iRCVitHY"></script>
1566 1567
1567<script type="module" defer="defer" src="/scripts/site.js?v=f46d7eo7HWWXXi2EmXTbaERF5hRUvACWpPyymEUcpJU"></script>
1567 1568 1569 1570
1570<script defer src="/js/plugins/html5shiv.min.js?v=3QnRcKyhwetnoW8OI_2pk5iaMzOgxJUIC06D6OJww90"></script>
1570 1571 1572
1572<script defer src="/js/plugins/jquery.selectbox.min.js?v=S-jzOrgogsYB1jCEStwzojxQ5fD6NxE5foNJYMYNvaw"></script>
1572 1573
1573<script defer src="/js/plugins/clipboard.min.js?v=4TxBbWNuY_40u2j_FWlGRaebSua-HXSJD8qYlWyn-2g"></script>
1573 1574
1574<script defer src="/js/plugins/plyr.polyfilled.min.js?v=qQ28WUVBPi6Uc-nHqmYaCLDu0P5z0t5tZmN5_vN-EoI"></script>
1574 1575 1576 1577
1578<script type="text/javascript" defer="defer" src="/js/animatein.js"></script>
vendor: 2 bytes, line 1578
1578
1579<script type="text/javascript" defer="defer" src="/js/pages/home.js"></script>
vendor: 2 bytes, line 1579
1579
1580<script src="/Assets/Umbraco.Engage/Scripts/umbracoEngage.analytics.js"></script>
1580 1581 1582
1582<script> 1583 $(document).ready(function () { 1584 var infocusAllTopics = $('.infocus-menu li.menu-item-has-children button'); 1585 var infocusAllTopicsParent = infocusAllTopics.parent('li'); 1586 $(infocusAllTopics).on('click', function () { 1587 $(infocusAllTopicsParent).toggleClass('__open'); 1588 }); 1589 $(document).on('click', function (event) { 1590 var $target = $(event.target); 1591 if (!$target.closest(infocusAllTopicsParent).length && 1592 $(infocusAllTopicsParent).hasClass("__open")) { 1593 $(infocusAllTopicsParent).removeClass('__open'); 1594 } 1595 }); 1596 }); 1597 </script>
1597 1598 1599 1600
1600<script> 1601 1602 // getToken has to be placed insde the master template to work 1603 function getToken() { 1604 var token = '<input name="__RequestVerificationToken" type="hidden" value="CfDJ8KhEAu7oz59CgLscR7nhE_5d7-1MMZYTzFkWwPckAG7TPx13ISxciBGirAS-S2N9z0MXcXTALgUWhbwzuajLZZDUCHpKQBKA-kGJhUJ1QjRhvdasNoaGncUaKbTv5A9cVMRPVEXR5q8q0XB2q0_G_nQ" />'; 1605 token = $(token).val(); 1606 return token; 1607 } 1608 </script>
1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614
1614<script> 1615 if (typeof umbracoEngage !== 'undefined' && umbracoEngage.analytics) { 1616 umbracoEngage.analytics.init("91dd3c00-3fb4-4692-ac24-fdc712b0cddc"); 1617 } else { 1618 document.addEventListener('umbracoEngageAnalyticsReady', function() { 1619 typeof umbracoEngage !== 'undefined' && umbracoEngage.analytics && umbracoEngage.analytics.init("91dd3c00-3fb4-4692-ac24-fdc712b0cddc"); 1620 }); 1621 } 1622 </script>
1622<script type="module" src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v31edd6df95cf4e85bb4c19e7a9bdbcba1788362987495" integrity="sha512-iIg7k2xntmwu6/uSb5tpc/hySgZc4eoL31yB29W6tJFo2akwjPWcEqnCEdJvGexCL0KEQwVYv5BlowfhVz26hg==" data-cf-beacon='{"version":"2024.11.0","token":"8c0da80254264be498df63597c9a98bb","spa":2}' crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
1622 1623</body> 1624</html>
Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.