GCHQ's 'spook first' programme to train Britain's most talented tech entrepreneurs

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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/gchqs-spook-first-programme-to-train-britains-most-talented-tech-entrepreneurs-9953516.html

By OLIVER WRIGHT
WHITEHALL EDITOR
01 January 2015

Britain’s surveillance agency GCHQ could become an incubator lab for the 
country’s most talented tech entrepreneurs under a government plan for a 
new “spook first” training programme for graduates.

The idea is not just for those who want to spend a lifetime becoming 
spies. Whitehall officials are now examining whether recruitment to the 
secretive listening agency could be opened up to graduates who would 
ultimately like to set up their own companies or work in the commercial IT 
sector.

The scheme is being loosely modelled on the highly successful Teach First 
programme, where graduates agree to work in challenging schools for at 
least two years after leaving university with the prospect of a top-level 
commercial job at the end of it should they decide to leave the 
profession.

The Government is also examining whether any of GCHQ’s intellectual 
property could potentially have civilian and commercial applications – 
particularly in the realm of cyber security.

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