Research & LMI / Current Research Projects
ICT (Information Communications Technology) LMI
The aim of this project is to set up an ongoing LMI research study by sector NTOs that will provide current, useable and forward looking labour market intelligence across the ICT sector.
The project objectives are as follows:
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To provide employers of ICT professionals and key partners with information to inform the recruitment, training and development of their current and future workforce.
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To identify future skills needs and recruitment issues that impact upon the occupational structure of the ICT functions of UK industry i.e.
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IT and telecomms professionals working in all UK organisations
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IT and telecomms professionals working in dedicated ICT companies
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IT and telecomms professionals working in digital media content creation.
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To establish a common approach for the collection of labour market information amongst the sector NTOs and hence a source of comparative information for the respective communities.
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To collaborate with and provide regular labour market information that will feed into:
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the ITCE (Information Technology, Communications & Electronics) Strategic Group
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the ICT Skills Dialogue Report
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the partner NTOs Skills Foresight and Workforce Development Plans
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To investigate how the framework of SIC and SOC codes can more effectively represent the dynamic and fast changing ICT sector in the collection of ICT LMI.
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The project started in September 2000 and reporting is scheduled for Spring 2001.
Contacts
: Andrew Harvey-Price on or write to
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Sourcing the Future IT Service Skills Needs in the East of England
The aim of the project is to define the future employer occupational skills needs for the industry. It will identify potential sources of recruitment into the industry from the education streams at the various recognised levels that will contribute towards filling the current and future skills shortages.
The partners include Cambridge Regional College, Harlow College, The College of West Anglia and Colchester Institute. This project started in July 2000 and will run until the end of February 2001.
Contact
: Sarah Steele on or write to
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Skills Foresight
This project seeks to complete the range of Skills Foresight for the IT industry, UK business employers of IT Professionals and the UK workforce. The project will aim to increase the e-skills NTO's understanding of these communities and aid the NTO response to future skills needs challenges. The project will provide employers, education and training providers, and government with the information they require to understand skill issues and inform strategy.
Following on from a series of successful workshops with the IT Services Industry, we are hoping to conduct short interviews with employers from UK businesses early in 2001, and members are encouraged to register their interest in participating. These would feedback results from recent research and discuss the UK business view future of the IT especially in relation to different sectors of the economy.
Contact
: Liz Addison on or write to
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