Computing.com 28 March 2008

As we have discussed many times before, the UK is facing a skills shortage. This is regularly commented on in regards to the technology industry but we recognise tha we are not alone - many of the UK’s key industries from agriculture to manufacturing and in nursing to teaching are grappling with similar skills issues. As a nation we are struggling to attract the right people into our industries whether it is for basic labour in agriculture or for highly skilled work in the technology industry.  We are not providing a workforce that can enable the UK to compete globally.

The UK currently has a huge skills gap, which cannot continue to be filled purely by migrant workers, nor can new graduates purely fill it.  We must work with all stakeholders to retrain and re-skill our workforce. This will ensure a strong technology industry in the UK and therefore a strong, vibrant and competitive UK economy.

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