Transcript e-skills Professional Programme

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
CIO Board
Philip Langsdale – CIO BAA
Dr Philip Oliver – CEO Blitz Games
Paul Coby (Chair) – IT Director John Lewis
Sally Davis – Chief Executive BT Wholesale
Philip Langsdale – CIO BAA
John Pluthero – Executive Chair, UK Cable &
Wireless Worldwide
Tiffany Hall – CIO BBC
Phil Smith (Chair) – VP and Chief Executive, UK &
Ireland Cisco
Simon Post – Chief Technology Officer Carphone
Warehouse
Craig Wilson – Managing Director and VP, UK &
Ireland HP Enterprise Services
Joe Harley – Government CIO; & CIO, DWP
Lesley Hume– CIO Cabinet Office
Stephen Leonard – Chief Executive UK, Ireland IBM
Ailsa Beaton – Director of Information Metropolitan
Police Service
Andy Green – CEO Logica
David Lister– CIO National Grid
Gordon Frazer – MD, UK and VP, MS International
Microsoft
Catherine Doran – Director, Corporate Development
Network Rail
David Callaghan – Senior VP Oracle
Angela Morrison – CIO RBS Insurance
Gayna Hart – MD Quicksilva
Rob Fraser – IT Director Sainsbury’s
A. S. Lakshminarayanan – VP and Head, Europe
Tata Consultancy Services
Richard Thwaite – MD CIO, Global Asset
Management IT UBS
Nick Read – CEO of Asia-Pacific & Middle East
Regions Vodafone
Ben Wishart – Change & Information Director
Whitbread
e-skills UK Co-ordinating Board
John Higgins – Director General Intellect
Lesley Manasseh – Deputy General Secretary
Prospect Trade Union
Employer Boards in
Scotland, Wales &
Northern Ireland
BigAmbition
Employer Partners
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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).
Strategic objective 1:
Strategic objective 2:
Strategic objective 3:
Future talent
IT professionals
The IT Nation
Motivate talented students to
pursue IT-related careers, and
better prepare all young
people for work in a
technology-enabled world
Develop the IT professional
skill pool as the best in the
world for deriving business
benefit from technology
Promote the compelling
benefits of increased IT
capability to organisations
and individuals in every
sector
sector solutions
Employers & employer intermediaries – educators – government and agencies
Employer engagement
Research
Deliver authoritative labour market intelligence which enables effective influence on policy, strategy &solution development
Standards & qualifications
Implement a coherent sector qualifications & learning strategy which ensures skills supply is driven by the needs of employers and
learners
Partnerships
Establish strategically-aligned partnerships which capitalise on the power of collective action to deliver on this strategy
core activities
Generate exceptional employer engagement which raises demand and investment in skills
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?
e-skills UK and blue chip employers explored
and developed the blueprint for the ‘ideal
graduate’ for IT related industries….
….the ITMB graduate!
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 ITrelated education and careers
• Teenagers, supported by 45 employers
• 6,500+ registered users (of which 73%
female) and 200+ teachers
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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
The National Skills
Academy
2. ‘Best fit, best quality,
best value’ learning and
qualifications
1. Professional
recognition and
progression
RECOGNISE
COMPETENCE
REDUCE
CHAOS
IMPROVE ROI
3. New cost-effective learning opportunities
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
Apprenticeships
What 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 facts
80% 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:
Supporting Actions:
TUC/unionlearn
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Unionlearn proposals to
increase digital literacy in
low paid workers
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PCS “Concordat”
partnership with employers
(Accenture, Atos Origin,
Capgemini, CSC, Fujitsu,
HP, Siemens)
Prospect (Connect)
- on e-skills UK board
USDAW
CWU
PCS
Unite
e-skills UK in Europe
e-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.)
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Over 50,000 people subscribe to/receive our research publications
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We created the Diploma in IT for 14-19 year olds on schools with
more than 600 employers
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Nearly 40,000 people achieved their ITQ last year
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Our IT Management for Business degree is running in 13 universities
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with 750 students
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Last year 107,000 individuals directly benefited from our work.
e-skills UK
THANK YOU
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