Unlocking cyber skills: This year’s essential back-to-school lesson plan
We can’t afford another year of schooling that fails to nurture the cyber-confident workforces of the future. Seven in ten large UK businesses were targeted…
Skills Gap
What is a skills gap?
A skills gap is when your current workforce’s skill set doesn’t align with the skills they need to do their jobs. Many companies assume that hard technology skills are their primary skills gap. But, employees may also be lacking in soft skills that they need to do their jobs well
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…
Schools and colleges need to better promote apprenticeships if we’re to tackle the UK’s tech talent shortage
Over the last month, students up and down the country have been receiving exam results. A time of celebration, a moment to reflect and, for…
Why universities face a race against time to close the digital expectation gap
At the start of the pandemic, universities came under scrutiny for not having the technology or the ability to support the student experience sufficiently. The…
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…
Tackling the Digital Skills Gap requires concerted effort – Ethical financing is only part of the solution
As global economy shifts into the fourth industrial revolution, Brett Shanley, the CEO and founder of Knoma “The Knowledge Market”, gives his views on the…
Bruntwood commits £1.25M to Upskilling the Northwest’s young people with UA92
Leading commercial property company, Bruntwood, has partnered with University Academy 92 (UA92), investing £1.25million in the higher education institution. UA92 is a ground-breaking organisation co-founded…
Bridging the ever-growing digital skills gap with low-code
Although much has been written about businesses and how their reliance on digital skills is set to grow over the next few years, the UK’s…
New initiative launched to help military veterans fill UK’s skills gap
Capita plc (‘Capita’) is pleased to announce it has invested in WithYouWithMe, a workforce technology platform which finds employment for military veterans and other overlooked…