by Active Informatics | May 14, 2019 | LMI |
Britain is facing “explosive demand” for data science skills and our education system needs to change to keep up, according to a Burning Glass Technologies analysis (using the data behind Labour Insight), commissioned by the Royal Society. Demand for data scientists...
by Active Informatics | Feb 7, 2018 | LMI |
The Industrial Strategy whitepaper, published last year, set out the government’s vision to put the UK at the forefront of technological and industrial change. It includes key policies that address the shortage of skills of the future – particularly STEM skills;...
by Active Informatics | Jan 3, 2018 | LMI |
As a partner to over 300 users of the Labour Insight real time skills data application, we are often asked about the growing demand digital skills, and the issues this causes employers. A recent survey, by the British Chamber of Commerce highlights the impact this is...
by Active Informatics | Nov 23, 2017 | LMI |
A new and dramatic wrinkle seems to be added to the process of Brexit talks every week. But rumbling underneath the political positioning are some fundamental problems for business. Perhaps the most startling challenge is the prospect of a cavernous skills gap. A lot...
by Active Informatics | May 11, 2017 | LMI |
A while ago on Breakfast News I heard that it is estimated that we would need to source all engineering work from outside the UK by 2020. This alarming news has stayed with me ever since. The Independent highlighted this issue in 2015 and James Dyson talked about the...
