e-skills UK is making sure the UK has the IT skills it needs to succeed in today’s global digital economy. We do this by taking our lead from employers and working with government, IT professionals and IT training providers. Our work covers software, internet, computer gaming, IT services and business change expertise.
As the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology, our success is recognised by the outstanding rating given to us by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and National Audit Office in 2009.
Our goals are to:
- inspire future talent by motivating students to pursue IT-related careers and better prepare all young people for work in a technology-enabled world
- support IT professionals by helping them develop world-class skills
- promote the benefits of IT to organisations and individuals across society
We have a track record of making a real impact with our programmes, such as e-skills Internships, the Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) degree and the e-skills Professional Programme.
Specialties
Sector Skills Council, IT professionals, IT skills, IT training, IT careers, business and information technology, information technology, digital skills
New hires at e-skills UK
e-skills UK Activity on LinkedIn
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e-skills UK BT has become the latest employer to lend its support to e-skills UK’s Computer Clubs for Girls (CC4G), sponsoring clubs at Lakeside Primary School, Cardiff, and Gors Community School in Swansea.
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e-skills UK Double Negative, the BAFTA award winning special effects company behind Harry Potter, The Dark Knight and Inception, has become the latest company to feature on e-skills UK's BigAmbition careers website.
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e-skills UK Get Mentoring - Help boost capability and capacity within your sector or supply chain. Free training is available to help you develop the skills required to be an effective business mentor.
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e-skills UK Latest figures show that 100% of ITMB graduates find employment, or go on to further study, within 6 months of graduation.The ITMB degree was developed by e-skills UK in collaboration with over 60 employers, including BT, HP, and Logica. It is specifically designed to develop IT graduates who have the variety of technical, business and interpersonal skills that organisations need to compete in today’s global market.
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e-skills UK As part of our IT careers attractiveness programme in Northern Ireland, we have just launched a brand new Bring IT On website at www.bringitonni.info. The new website aims to get 14-19 year olds excited about IT careers by showing them how technology impacts their daily lives. It also shows how the wealth of IT career opportunities in Northern Ireland makes it a rewarding career choice.
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e-skills UK David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, today launched the e-skills UK Higher Apprenticeship Programme, marking the beginning of Apprenticeship Week 2012. The e-skills UK Higher Apprenticeship Programme, supported by the National Apprenticeship Service, brings together more than 20 employers including BT, Capgemini, IBM, Ministry of Justice, UBS and Visa Europe. It will offer young people new routes into the IT industry, creating employer defined programmes of study which lead to highly skilled IT occupations.
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e-skills UK For the third and final instalment in the National Skills Academy for IT ByteIT series of interviews, we looked to our own CTO, Luke Medland, for his thoughts on what 2012 might hold for the UKs technology workforce.
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e-skills UK Congratulations to Lillian Hiscox, an e-skills UK Professional Placement intern at Microsoft, on winning the Best Placement Student Award at the 2012 National Placement & Internship Awards. The e-skills UK Professional Placement framework sets national standards for placements which are recognised by employers across the sector, and aims to maximise benefits for employers, students and universities.
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e-skills UK On Day 4 of ByteIT, for their second round of insights, the National Skills Academy for IT was lucky enough to speak with Philip Oliver, CEO and co-founder of Blitz Games Studios. The Skills Academy talked to Philip about the emerging trends facing the UK games industry and what the implications on the skills of the workforce will be.
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e-skills UK Revised version of the Women in IT and Telecoms Workforce Research Note now available - latest figures show no improvement in the proportion of women working in the sector or studying for a sector related qualification.
