Our industry has a continual need for highly talented people with a wide range of skills. ScotlandIS has worked tirelessly over a number of years to address the shortages currently being experienced; campaigning for the the development of the ICT & Digital Technologies Skills Investment Plan and actively involved in its implementation. From operating the e-Placement博天堂入口 programme to the development of CodeClan, 博天堂入口第一所代码学院, and the 数码增值基金 we are working to increase the supply of skilled people from schools to workplace learning.
技能与天赋
Our digital technologies industry has a highly skilled workforce but with we need many more people to join the growing businesses across the sector. Encouraging an increasing number to pursue careers in technology is essential.
ScotlandIS leads the campaign for skills for our industry, to build the future talent pipeline. Working with partners across industry and the public sector we have helped with the development of the ICT & 2014年发布的《博天堂入口》.
这为解决一些关键问题提供了一个长期计划:
- Sector attractiveness – to promote the breadth of interesting highly paid roles to young people, 转行者
- 确保教育体系符合行业需求，包括:
- 重振学校的电脑及数码科技教学, to develop a stronger pipeline of young people choosing digital technologies careers, 学徒课程, 大专及以上学历.
- Delivering the ePlacement博天堂入口 programme in partnership with our universities to give students valuable real work experience before they qualify
- Ensuring the development of higher level specialist skills through helping to establish eg The Data Lab
- Broadening access routes into the industry through a wider range of apprenticeships, 还有新的举措，比如新的数字技能学院, CodeClan由ScotlandIS建立.
- Tackling the gender imbalance
多元文化的劳动力
The digital technologies industry is truly global, serving markets around the world. To design and build products and services for global cistixesn and businesses our industry benefits from a diverse workforce.
We continue to campaign at Scottish and UK Government levels for the reintroduction of post study work visas and have publicy stated the need for non UK citizens to be welcomed into our workforce. We are in regular contact with officials regarding potential changes to visa regulations.
博天堂入口的倡议和项目
ePlacement博天堂入口
e-Placement博天堂入口 has created over 1,800 placement opportunities to date. Set up in 2010, 该项目为科技行业的公司与学生牵线搭桥, and helps to address the skills shortage in the sector and improve student employability.
数码增值基金
数码增值基金 is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) that supports the delivery of extra-curricular computing and digital activities to young people, 16岁及以下, across Scotland. It specifically seeks to improve participation of girls and underrepresented groups in digital, dispel negative perceptions about computing science and promote digital as an attractive career path.
CodeClan
CodeClan play a leading role in accelerating Scotland’s progress in building a high-performing digital economy. To do this, they challenge convention in everything they do – from what and how we teach to the way we communicate with our staff, 学生和雇主合作伙伴.
CodeClan得到了博天堂入口政府的支持, 博天堂入口数字技术贸易机构, ScotlandIS, 和技能发展. And we’re the first UK digital skills academy to be approved by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA).
数字技能伙伴关系
To meet the increasing demand for people with world class skills in computing and the pace of change within the industry, it is essential that our colleges and universities ensure college leavers and graduates have the right blend of technical and interpersonal skills for the modern workforce.
数字技能伙伴关系(DSP)于2017年8月成立, with the support of the Scottish Funding Council 和技能发展, 在各学院之间建立新的合作伙伴关系, 大学与企业, to ensure that the education system is more aligned to changing skills requirements.
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