IT Professionals in Other Industries

To CIOs, CTOs and executives responsible for IT professionals

The use of internet technologies gives your business the potential to be up and running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, around the world. To realise this potential, you – and your competitors - need access to skills which are in high demand, short supply and traded globally. To make these skills available, we need a plan for effective cooperation and linkages between industry, education and government. This strategy document defines that plan.

With the guidance of the UK Businesses Board, comprising executives from leading companies in key industry sectors, the e-skills NTO will lead a multi-year transformation programme focused on:

• A radical boost to the image of IT careers, to attract enough of the best
• Dramatically improved linkage with education and training, with students becoming highly employable in IT careers
• A professionally qualified IT workforce, and an internationally-respected qualification structure
• An effective process for authoritative predictive information on e-skills, valued by employers, Government and educators
• The skills pool to support UK leadership in e-business

You can view all the sections of the Plan online from the main menu or Download the Plan for printing.

Your help is needed! Please consider which aspects of this plan are most important to you, and go to Get Involved to register your interest. As well as contributing to a successful future for the UK, you and your organisation will reap the rewards of working alongside some of the most prestigious organisations in the UK.