Working in IT Series: Broadcast Schedule

The Guide 00 30 Oct and 13 Nov

• Everything you always wanted to know about the IT sector.

Careers 00 31 Oct and 14 Nov

• Career Paths – people in the sector tell their stories.
  
• Career Moves – Telecommunications – an insider’s guide.
  

A Software History 00 1 Nov and 15 Nov

• The Programmers – the history of computing and the people involved.
  
• Hard Questions, Soft Answers – what software objects are and how they were invented.

Computer Basics 00 2 Nov and 16 Nov

• Keywords – a glossary of terms.
  
• Software Surgery – how software can be designed to suit the needs of the user.

Starting on the Web 00 3 Nov and 17 Nov

• The Candidate – an amateur web designer finds out what it’s like to work as a professional.
• Inside Dot Coms: We need Money – three startup Internet companies reveal their business models.

Communication and Problem Solving Skills 00 6 Nov and 20 No

• Communication Skills – tips and advice on good practice.

Teamworking and Learning Skills 00 7 Nov and 21 Nov

• Teamwork Skills – what it takes to work well with others.
  
• Learning Skills – improving your learning and effectiveness.

Leading a Team 00 8 Nov and 22 Nov

• Leading a Team – a look at teams, target setting and motivation.
  
• 20 Steps to Better Management: Letting Go – delegation.
  
• 20 Steps to Better Management: Motivating People.

Running a Business 00 9 Nov and 23 Nov

• The Business – practical tips and advice for budding IT entrepreneurs.
  
• Inside Dot Coms: Making it Big – the secrets of success of three Internet start-ups.

The Future 00 10 Nov and 24 Nov

• What does the future hold for the IT sector and for those working in it?

The Strategic Group of ITEC National Training Organisations

The Departments of Trade & Industry and Education & Employment are supporting a new strategy to improve the supply of specialist skills in IT, electronics and communications (ITEC). The National Training Organisations (NTOs) for ITEC occupations (e-skills NTO, EMTA, nto tele.com, Skillset and Publishing NTO) have come together in a new strategic group to help deliver the aims and objectives of this strategy. NTOs are UK-wide employer-led strategic bodies recognised by DfEE on behalf of Government to address education and training needs in their sectors. There are over 70 NTOs covering the whole of the UK workforce.

The group has an agreed work programme for 2000/01 that will support:

• the collection of labour market data for ITEC skills,
  
• the provision of work placement opportunities in ITEC,
  
• greater diversity in the recruitment practices of ITEC companies,
  
• the promotion of a more positive image of careers in ITEC,
  
• a better dialogue between business and the education system over the supply of ITEC skills, and
  
• the development of Graduate Apprenticeship programmes in ITEC.

The NTOs are currently implementing programmes of action to give effect to these objectives.

e-skills NTO, the National Traninig Organisation for the Information Age

The e-skills NTO is a non-profit making membership organisation with responsibility for the whole IT remit, which includes the IT industry, employers of IT professionals across all sectors of industry and the entire UK workforce. It became operational in July 2000 following the merger of the e-business.nto and ITNTO.

The e-skills NTO works closely with industry, education and government to identify and address key issues in order to improve workforce competence and maximise business competitiveness. One its main responsibilities is to develop and oversee the vocational standards and qualifications for IT users and professionals at a national level.

Further information can be found at www.e-skillsnto.org.uk .

BBC Learning Zone

The Working in IT series is part of the BBC's drive to help individuals develop skills for work. More than 800 hours a year of Open University programming offers students a rich variety of material to support their courses. Other BBC Learning Zone programmes support vocational courses or cater for key audiences such as the IT sector.

For further information contact:
Annette Carroll.
Tel:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/lzone/