Skills Gap Leaves UK Productivity Lagging
There is a shortage of basic and employability skills, vocational and technical skills
The UK is starting from a position of disadvantage and significant progress is required..
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Employers Sign Up to Skills Pledge
The government needs to find a way of reaching the third of UK employers who steadfastly refuse to offer their employees any form of learning at work. (Click to see full article)
Millions still lack basic IT skills
40 percent of women and 30 percent of men in the UK are unable to carry out basic IT tasks such as moving a file or using copy and paste tools, according to a new study from the European Union’s statistics agency ( Click to see full article )
UK’s basic IT skills fall behind European rivals
UK workers’ basic-level IT skills fall short of those of European rivals, according to research
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Skills crisis deepens as employers stand by
The survey of 1,000 organisations also found that 11 percent of firms believe their IT staff lack required skills, with medium to large scale operations the most likely to suffer IT skills shortfalls. (click here to see full article)
IT illiteracy undermines productivity
Concerns over the current shortage of skilled IT professionals far less attention has been granted to the equally serious problem posed by a deficiency of basic IT skills amongst the general workforce.(Click here to see full article)
IT illiteracy hits UK productivity
According to a recent study from IT skills development body E-Skills UK, employers felt they needed to improve the technology skills of 7.6 million employees out of an IT-using workforce of 21.5 million. ( Click here to see full article)
The most significant gaps in IT user skills are in the general knowledge of software, spreadsheets and hardware, according to respondents to sector skills council e-skills quarterly research.
Source e-skills UK
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