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Tackling Britain’s data skills shortage requires a new approach
Britain faces a major digital data skills shortage in virtually every industry - here's how to pro-actively tackle the problem.
Maintaining momentum on digital investment is key to dealing with the skills shortage
There is a massive skills shortage in the public sector, but continued investment in technology and digital transformation could solve this.
AI technology is not dark magic, it’s just misunderstood
AI technology has a vital role to play in the future of business and academia, and the better our understanding of it, the more it can expand across sectors and skill sets.
Enabling intelligent councils
Intelligent councils can be the future of local government, incorporating data strategy to fast forward digital transformation in a citizen-centric joined-up service.
Germany’s professional needs – is education the answer?
Prof Dr Kyriakos Kouveliotis, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI), delves into the perspectives of Germany’s professional needs, including if education provides a solution to this.
Can Britain truly undergo an effective digital transformation?
What does effective digital transformation look like? The UK needs to grow its digital economy to suit all of the job opportunities predicted to rise in the next few years – but a world-leading skills framework is needed.
Loneliness can be tackled by finding the ‘flow’ in meaningful activities
Researchers suggest that to combat loneliness, finding activities with the ‘flow’ – engaging deeply in meaningful activities – can increase leisure and reduce loneliness.
Redefining Multi-skilling in the public sector in 2022
With a widening skills gap, ever-shrinking budgets and the Great Resignation in full swing, there are many challenges for the public sector to overcome in the coming months.
Using up-to-date Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) to inform decision making
Here the Swindon and Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership explains how it is attempting to use up to date Labour Market intelligence (LMI) to improve several areas in need of attention – especially in the aftermath of COVID-19.
How Does it Feel? Interpersonal Understanding and Empathy
Thomas Schramme, Professor of Philosophy at University of Liverpool, considers the important function of empathy in understanding others.
Out of care and into housing: Providing safe spaces to young care leavers
Harri Helvon-Hardy, Founder and CEO of FABRIC, explores the unique needs of vulnerable young care leavers and looks at how local authorities and communities could have a positive impact on young people.
Soft skills are more important than ever in the hybrid workplace
Nikolas Kairinos, CEO, Soffos.ai, believes that soft skills are crucial for remote and flexible roles, and offers advice on how to move up the career ladder into positions that better utilise individuals’ abilities.
How tech can drive social value and help build back stronger and better
Chris Gray, Chief of Public Sector at AND DIGITAL, discusses how the tech community must seize this once in a lifetime opportunity to drive greater social value and play its part in building back stronger and better.
What can be done to improve upskilling across the health sector?
Sarah-Jane McQueen, General Manager of the online healthcare course comparison website at CoursesOnline, explores how the health sector can upskill frontline workers during a crisis.
How COVID-19 is changing perceptions on apprenticeships and training
Jackie Denyer, MD and Founder, Professional Training Solutions, discusses why attitudes towards apprenticeships and training need to change after organisations realised that the UK workforce is ill-equipped to handle shortages, during the pandemic.
Mind the attainment gaps: What should “good” assessment look like?
Peter Collison, Head of Formative Assessment and School Platforms at RM, discusses what the education sector, and particularly the way in which the assess UK pupils, can do to eliminate attainment gaps in the UK.
Mature students must retrain to future proof their career chances
Professor Martin Jones, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive Designate at Staffordshire University, discusses why it is important for mature students to retrain to future proof their career chances.
The long-term lens on employee development and wellbeing in the workplace
Here, Mark Creighton, CEO of Avado, speaks on the urgent need to overhaul our skills system and focus on the youth of tomorrow, ensuring they have the capabilities needed to thrive as we enter a new phase of hybrid working.
Why schools are failing female students for success in tech careers
Holly Smith, Senior Solutions Consultant, Databricks, explores why our current education system still falls short in helping female students navigate careers in tech.
National Coding Week 2021 – Tech experts tackle the main issues
Eight experts working across technology companies in software development, AI, public sector IT, data analytics and cybersecurity give their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities around National Coding Week.