Apprenticeships: The digital skills gap is costing businesses
By Staff writer
Despite a skills gap, there is little doubt that the future of business is digital. Indeed, you’re probably reading this on your tablet or mobile phone.
Tag: Skills Gap
What does the future hold for school leavers post-Brexit
By Jenny Taylor
There has been a great deal of debate about the effect of Brexit from an economic, societal and cultural perspective, and education is no exception, says IBM’s Jenny Taylor.
Charlie Mullins: We’re declaring war on antiquated prejudices holding back women
If you were to pick up the Yellow Pages, turn to the plumbing, tiling or carpentry sections and begin randomly calling independent trades-people, chances are you’d have ran out of minutes, or possibly patience, before you got through to a woman.
Universities can live or die by rankings, so recent global results spell bad news for UK
While the EU has long attracted a healthy university population, many have recently started to doubt the effectiveness of the European education system – including that of the UK.
Are your expectations too high Firms must look for potential greatness in apprentices
It has been estimated that by 2022 there will be 2.5m job openings for engineers in the UK, but there are truly big business benefits of apprentices to help turn that prediction around for the better.
Government should be using data to help solve digital skills gap
By Tom Gatten
Earlier this month Tech City published Tech Nation 2016 – the most accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date picture of the UK’s digital economy in existence. The report highlights some pretty impressive stats.
The ten industries desperate to fill graduate jobs
Amid an ongoing skills gap, which has caused Britain’s recruiters to compete for talent, the top ten industries with the most demand for graduates – and the most popular degrees – have been revealed.
MAC’s proposed cap on non-EU workers will harm UK businesses
The largest proposed change to sponsored employees in over five years is due to be announced in January by the Migration Advisory Committee, which will limit the number of non-EU workers in the UK. This is set to leave many firms, already facing a skills crisis, struggling to afford the rise in labour.
Do female tech bosses see a shift in gender diversity in 2016″ The answer is yes
It has become clear that the lack of females in the UK’s tech sector has gone from being a diversity issue to an economic one – despite the digital skills gap expected to reach 1m workers by 2020, only 17 per cent of people working in tech are women. But according to some, a huge revolution is taking place in the sector.
Thought inadequate training was to blame for STEM skills gap You’re wrong, it’s low wages
According to research conducted by the University of Warwick, the STEM gap is persisting due to employers being unwilling to offer high wages.