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e-skills UK – the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology
e-skills UK / National Skills Academy for IT – strategic programmes
Nigel Payne, e-skills UK June 27, 2011
e-skills UK mission
To unite employers, educators and government to ensure the UK has the technology-related skills it needs to succeed in the global economy
• This includes the skills needs of…
the 1.5 million people in the IT and Telecoms workforce
the technology-related skills needs of over 4 million business leaders and managers
the 22 million IT users across all sectors
e-skills UK Employer Board(s)
IT & Telecoms Industry Board
David Thomlinson – Country Managing Director, UK & Ireland Accenture
Dr Philip Oliver – CEO Blitz Games
Sally Davis – Chief Executive BT Wholesale
John Pluthero – Executive Chair, UK Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Phil Smith (Chair) – VP and Chief Executive, UK & Ireland Cisco
Craig Wilson – Managing Director and VP, UK & Ireland HP Enterprise Services
Stephen Leonard – Chief Executive UK, Ireland IBM
Andy Green – CEO Logica
Gordon Frazer – MD, UK and VP, MS International Microsoft
David Callaghan – Senior VP Oracle
Gayna Hart – MD Quicksilva
A. S. Lakshminarayanan – VP and Head, Europe Tata Consultancy Services
Nick Read – CEO of Asia-Pacific & Middle East Regions Vodafone
e-skills UK Co-ordinating Board
John Higgins – Director General Intellect Lesley Manasseh – Deputy General Secretary Prospect Trade Union
CIO Board
Philip Langsdale – CIO BAA
Paul Coby (Chair) – IT Director John Lewis
Philip Langsdale – CIO BAA
Tiffany Hall – CIO BBC
Lesley Hume– CIO Cabinet Office
Simon Post – Chief Technology Officer Carphone Warehouse
Joe Harley – Government CIO; & CIO, DWP
Ailsa Beaton – Director of Information Metropolitan Police Service
David Lister– CIO National Grid
Catherine Doran – Director, Corporate Development Network Rail
Angela Morrison – CIO RBS Insurance
Rob Fraser – IT Director Sainsbury’s
Richard Thwaite – MD CIO, Global Asset Management IT UBS
Ben Wishart – Change & Information Director Whitbread
Employer Boards in
Scotland, Wales &
Northern Ireland
BigAmbition Employer Partners
• Accenture• Allstate NI • Amazon • Apple• BBC• Bebo• BA • Blitz Games• BT• CA• Capgemini• Carphone Warehouse• Centrica • Cisco • eBay • Facebook• Google • Innocent Drinks
• ITV• J Sainsbury • Kainos • Lastminute• Logica • Microsoft• MOO• MySpace • Network Rail • Nvolve• Rolls-Royce • Roundhouse • SAP • Tate Britain • TFL• Vyro Games • Vodafone • Whitbread
Technology Insights 2011
The IT professional HE gap
New entrants to IT occupations
2011Research - over 550,000 new entrants into IT &Telecom professional job roles over the next five years – an average of 110, 400 per annum
These new entrants come from:
51,200 people a year coming from occupations other IT & Telecoms industry (i.e. experienced workers who can be retrained as IT & Telecom professionals)
18,400 people a year coming from education (predominantly graduate level and higher)
40,800 people a year coming from other sources (e.g. Re-entering the workforce after a career break , early retirement or unemployment).
Employer engagement
Generate exceptional employer engagement which raises demand and investment in skills
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Employers & employer intermediaries – educators – government and agencies
Strategic objective 1:
Future talent
Motivate talented students to pursue IT-related careers, and
better prepare all young people for work in a
technology-enabled world
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Strategic objective 2:
IT professionals
Develop the IT professional skill pool as the best in the world for deriving business
benefit from technology
ResearchDeliver authoritative labour market intelligence which enables effective influence on policy, strategy &solution development
Standards & qualificationsImplement a coherent sector qualifications & learning strategy which ensures skills supply is driven by the needs of employers and
learners
PartnershipsEstablish strategically-aligned partnerships which capitalise on the power of collective action to deliver on this strategy
Strategic objective 3:
The IT Nation
Promote the compelling benefits of increased IT
capability to organisations and individuals in every
sector
e-skills UK solutions
Each topic has up to 4 challenges including How2 guides, glossary and Flash activities
In the future we hope to update the challenges with content created in partnership with employers
The CC4G website
Designed as a ‘virtual world’, members access the topics such as fashion, music and sport through the CC4G world map
ITMB – How?
….the ITMB graduate!
e-skills UK and blue chip employers explored and developed the blueprint for the ‘ideal graduate’ for IT related industries….
ITMB –What?
A carefully identified blend of skills important to IT organisations across industry• 25-35% Technology and its
application to business• 20-25% Business understanding• 20-25% Implementation of projects
to satisfy business requirements• 20-25% Personal and interpersonal
skills development
Future Talent Impact
Computer Clubs 4 Girls (CC4G)
Changing the attitudes of girls towards technology
• 10 - 14 year olds
• 124,000+ students, 3700+ schools
• 2/3rds more likely to consider a career in IT
BigAmbition
Encouraging students to consider IT-related education and careers
• Teenagers, supported by 45 employers
• 6,500+ registered users (of which 73% female) and 200+ teachers
• In a recent survey 79% more likely to consider an IT HE course or career in IT
ITMB degree
Sector-backed degree programme - business, technical and interpersonal skills
– 13 universities
– 60+ employers
– Over 850 students, 32% female
e-skills Internships
Student placement programme
– 50 universities incl. City Univ.
– 250+ employers
– 500 students - 97% feel more confident to get a job
2. ‘Best fit, best quality, best value’ learning and
qualifications
3. New cost-effective learning opportunities
1. Professional recognition and progression
REDUCE CHAOS
IMPROVE ROI
RECOGNISECOMPETENCE
The National Skills Academy
Skills Academy - SMEs SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE launched June 2011
Skillsoft portfolio of services available to SMEs and individual IT professionals
Includes:
Over 1000 online courses Online mentors
eBooks TestPreps
Express Guides Tools and Templates (> 60)
Articles and Industry Insights
To train, retain and empower IT professionals
£95 for one year – introductory offer
Available at www.itskillsacademy.ac.uk
Cyber Security Supported by EURIM and our employer Cyber Security Advisory Group:
List of Cyber Security Qualifications, Exams, Accreditations and Courses
• Existing quality provision in the marketplace
• Skills Academy may commission new provision to cover any gaps subject to market demand
Future - aim to develop “clusters” of learning pathways underpinned by national IT Professional Standards (ITPS)
Supported by training providers specialising in Cyber Security
ApprenticeshipsWhat is an Apprenticeship:
e-skills UK was officially designated as the English Issuing Authority
Work-based training programme designed around the needs of employers, which lead to national recognised qualifications.
The IT and Telecoms apprenticeship frameworks are designed by e-skills UK with input from employers .
Apprenticeships combine competence based assessment with technical qualifications.
The training for apprenticeships is funded by the Government, the training allocation is calculated on the age profile of the candidates as follows:
Apprenticeship facts80% of those employers who employ apprentices agree they make their workplace more productive.
81% of consumers favour using a company which takes on apprentices.
Employers who take on a 16-18 year old apprentice only pay their salary. The Government will fund their training.
88% of employers who employ apprentices believe that Apprenticeships lead to a more motivated and satisfied workforce.
83% of employers who employ apprentices rely on their Apprenticeships programme to provide the skilled workers that they need for the future.
e-skills UK – Support for Small Businesses & Digital Literacy
Small Businesses
Online Business IT Guide Toolkit helped over 90,000 people in last 2.5 years
With Google enabled over 80,000 small businesses start using their first web site in 2010
Developed Managed Apprenticeships for 28,000 Microsoft partner network
Digital Literacy
Over 75% of the UK’s current workforce uses IT in their everyday jobs and ‘IT literacy’ is now required for over 90% of new job recruits
In partnership with UK Gov. and UK Online helped develop an ONLINE BASICS ITQ qualification . 160,000 starts.
e-skills UK – working with UK Trade Unions
e- skills UK work with:
TUC/unionlearn
Prospect (Connect)
- on e-skills UK board
USDAW
CWU
PCS
Unite
Supporting Actions:
• Unionlearn proposals to increase digital literacy in low paid workers
• PCS “Concordat” partnership with employers (Accenture, Atos Origin, Capgemini, CSC, Fujitsu, HP, Siemens)
e-skills UK in Europee-skills UK research distributed Europe wide:
“Any time I need the latest research and to find out what’s happening with key programmes on e-skills I go to e-skills UK’s website at www.e-skills.com where everything I need is at my fingertips. I am grateful for the contribution the e-skills UK Sector Skills Council has made in bringing together employers to tackle priority e-skills issues across all sectors. This type of action on skills is critical for the future prosperity of the European economy.”
Andre Richier, Principal Administrator, European Commission Enterprise and Industry
European eSkills Week Steering Committee
CEN WS ICT Workshop
Ministerial Launch of eSkills Alliance in Malta
Rated outstanding in re-licensing
•35,000 individuals in small businesses have benefited from the Business IT Guide.
•81% of the 50,000 students involved with the BigAmbition pilot say they’re more likely to pursue a future in technology
•We have changed girls’ attitudes to IT through computer clubs, reaching more than 127,000 girls in over 3,700 schools
•More than 4000 people completed an IT & Telecoms apprenticeship last year.
Rated outstanding in re-licensing (cont.)
•Over 50,000 people subscribe to/receive our research publications
•We created the Diploma in IT for 14-19 year olds on schools with more than 600 employers
•Nearly 40,000 people achieved their ITQ last year
•Our IT Management for Business degree is running in 13 universities
•with 750 students
•Last year 107,000 individuals directly benefited from our work.
