Text-based coding is the key to bridging the digital skills gap
Nothing emphasises the shortage of technical skills in the UK workforce as much as the fact that the UK economy is losing £6.3 billion in…
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Cyber security needs a makeover if we are to meet skills demand
With a new report showing the skills gap growing, James Lane, Sector Manager for Digital, Creative and Design at the educational charity NCFE, marks the…
Let’s give students the tools they need to achieve
Exam season is over, and we are well into a new academic year. Over the last couple of months, we have seen the drip feed…
New EDSK report on employer investment in skills and the apprenticeship levy
With the looming prospect of a recession adding to the cost-of-living crisis, a new report from the education think tank EDSK finds that staff shortages…
How can organisations best train and assess the skills of their employees?
Counting the cost Many organisations across the UK have long identified growing skills gaps (I prefer to refer to this as a ‘skills shortage’, but…
Why Big Tech wants Computer Science to be the New Algebra
Earlier this month, the CEOs of hundreds of top US tech companies, including Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft, as well as universities and non-profits…
Why closing the UK’s data literacy gap is key to future global success
As the world we live and work in becomes increasingly digitised, the need for data literate employees is greater than ever before. Gartner defines data…
Building a Personalised Professional Development Programme to Close the Global Skills Gap
The skills gap remains a primary concern of business leaders worldwide, with 86% of large organisations currently said to be facing skills shortages. As digital…