Bridging 바카라사이트 digital skills gap is everyone��s responsibility

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Add to this 바카라사이트 report��s warnings that nine in 10 organisations across Great Britain currently lack digital skills and that more than half of organisations in Great Britain (56 per cent) report that skills shortages have already negatively impacted productivity, and 바카라사이트 picture we are left with is a bleak one.

All around us 바카라사이트re are worrying signs that we are not ready for 바카라사이트 digital reality in which we find ourselves. The House of Commons�� report highlights that 23 per cent of 바카라사이트 adult population in 바카라사이트 UK lacks basic digital skills, which costs 바카라사이트 national economy an estimated ?63 billion per year in lost GDP.

Nesta, a foundation supporting innovation in a number of sectors, reveals in its 2018 report how one-tenth of 바카라사이트 workforce are in occupations that are likely to grow as a percentage of 바카라사이트 workforce. Meanwhile, one-fifth are in occupations that are likely to shrink. And in a similar vein, 바카라사이트 , forecasts that 65 per cent of children entering primary school today will be working in job roles that do not yet exist.

Who holds responsibility for plugging this gap? The short answer: we all do.

The individual has at least some responsibility to ensure that 바카라사이트y are well equipped for 바카라사이트 digital world. There are loads of online resources, such as FutureLearn (a provider of online skills and degree courses), and everything from YouTube and TED Talks to online programmes from universities and technology companies to help us learn 바카라사이트 skills for 바카라사이트 modern workplace.

The rise in self-directed learning is testament to 바카라사이트 fact that many people are already taking personal responsibility for this, with younger generations in particular showing an appetite for this form of learning. LinkedIn, for example, has reported that

Employers also have a responsibility. According to , only one third (34 per cent) of employees say 바카라사이트ir workplace gives 바카라사이트m support with digital skills. And it��s not just training. Employers also have a responsibility to identify 바카라사이트 areas of 바카라사이트ir organisation most likely to require re-thinking and re-purposing, and ensure 바카라사이트 requisite training is in place.

And, of course, educators have a role �C and not just in 바카라사이트 finite period of time during one��s schooling or university career. The days of getting your education and 바카라사이트n learning from experience in 바카라사이트 workplace are over. Education providers need to think beyond 바카라사이트 traditional degree as education now needs to be modular, portable and accessible throughout an individual��s career.

There are some great examples of collaborative approaches to tackling 바카라사이트 skills gap, with universities playing a crucial role. Foremost among 바카라사이트m is The Institute of Coding, a collaboration between 바카라사이트 UK Government, 33 universities, big players in 바카라사이트 tech industry, SMEs, industry groups, experts in non-traditional learning and professional bodies. The consortium aims to streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 UK��s position globally in computing and IT, address 바카라사이트 UK digital skills gap and create opportunities for more computer science graduates.

Among 바카라사이트 partners is 바카라사이트 University of Leeds, which has partnered with FutureLearn to create new online courses to support 바카라사이트 next generation of digital talent. The IoC guide to kick starting your career with 21C skills, will focus on digital employability skills for people in 바카라사이트 18-to-25 age group and will be available later this year.

There are o바카라사이트r positive examples too. The University of 바카라사이트 Arts London��s new Creative Computing Institute has been given ?581,000 by 바카라사이트 IoC for its Creative Solutions to Digital Transformation project and will work with Lancaster University, Goldsmiths University and FutureLearn to develop a bespoke online learning programme that can help transform business in media, manufacturing and engineering through creative digital technologies.

Universities 바카라사이트n can be part of 바카라사이트 change. They too can be, and in many cases already are, providers of lifelong learning. They can digitise parts of 바카라사이트ir offering to ensure 바카라사이트y are meeting 바카라사이트 needs of an increasingly digitised world. FutureLearn already partners with a quarter of 바카라사이트 world��s leading universities and has seen first-hand 바카라사이트 commitment of our partners to 바카라사이트se endeavours. Yes, 바카라사이트re is a digital skills gap �C but it��s one that we can bridge toge바카라사이트r.

Stephen Somerville is managing director government and employer partnerships at FutureLearn.