Filling the Tech Skills Gap: 72% of employers are still unaware that #TLevel students need to undertake work experience
Nov 20, 2019 ·
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#SkillsSurvey - IET launches its latest Skills and Demand in Industry report The IET’s latest Skills and Demand in Industry report, published earlier this week (18 Nov), reveals that 60%...
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#SkillsSurvey - IET launches its latest Skills and Demand in Industry report
The IET’s latest Skills and Demand in Industry report, published earlier this week (18 Nov), reveals that 60% of employers report recruitment of engineering and technical staff with the right skills the biggest anticipated barrier to achieving their business objectives over the next three years.
FE News catch up with Joanna Cox, Head of Policy at the Institution of Engineering & Technology to find out more about her views on how higher level technical training can help fill the Tech Skills Gap:
~How much of a role should employers have in supporting the development of skills that they are finding hard to fill?
~How could T Levels help?
~How can employers be encouraged to offer industry placements?
~How has the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy helped support an increase in higher level technical training, and what are the challenges with this?
~Which is more important, bringing in new talent, or upskilling existing staff?
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The IET’s latest Skills and Demand in Industry report, published earlier this week (18 Nov), reveals that 60% of employers report recruitment of engineering and technical staff with the right skills the biggest anticipated barrier to achieving their business objectives over the next three years.
FE News catch up with Joanna Cox, Head of Policy at the Institution of Engineering & Technology to find out more about her views on how higher level technical training can help fill the Tech Skills Gap:
~How much of a role should employers have in supporting the development of skills that they are finding hard to fill?
~How could T Levels help?
~How can employers be encouraged to offer industry placements?
~How has the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy helped support an increase in higher level technical training, and what are the challenges with this?
~Which is more important, bringing in new talent, or upskilling existing staff?
Subscribe to the FE News podcast or visit Gavin's Newsroom on FE News
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