By engaging local students with computer science, art and design, FXP Festival aims to both drive social mobility in the region and help close
the technology skills gap.
However, perhaps the greatest motivator of all is no longer simply about cost, but about addressing the widening
technology skills gap; in today's competitive marketplace and with technology moving at a rapid pace, schools are finding it increasingly difficult to attract the right type of IT specialists to support them.
Not exact matches
There is no doubt that there is a
skills gap in
technology, and while confidence is growing that most jobs won't be displaced by robots, it's inevitable that some will.
However, with
technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the
gap between a lack of
skilled workers and unfilled jobs.
[158] Other causes include the rise in non-cash benefits as a share of worker compensation (which aren't counted in CPS income data), immigrants entering the labor force, statistical distortions including the use of different inflation adjusters by the BLS and CPS, productivity gains being skewed toward less labor - intensive sectors, income shifting from labor to capital, a
skill gap - driven wage disparity, productivity being falsely inflated by hidden
technology - driven depreciation increases and import price measurement problems, and / or a natural period of adjustment following an income surge during aberrational postwar circumstances.
To identify postharvest «
Skill Gaps» and «
Technology Gaps» in Africa's higher education and extension systems
And while we may picture elderly people struggling to understand the
technology created to assist with end of life care, Doteveryone's digital
skills initiative could help plug the
gaps.
Useful resource for helping students to identify their own
technology skills, the
skills they need to develop and then create a plan to develop the
gaps in their
technology skills.
She added: «Inspiring more girls to pursue STEM subjects and careers will not only help us to address the
skills gap in science and
technology, it will also help us to create a more diverse workforce that truly represents the world we live in.»
At a time when the Government is working to reduce the current
skills gap between the number of
technology jobs and the people qualified to fill them, the research has revealed a significant increase in expenditure on
technology, with schools currently realising an increase in their budgets of 6.6 per cent.
As part of Samsung's commitment to help close the digital
skills gap in the UK, Samsung wanted to encourage the development of digital
skills from an early age by enabling access to vital
technology for some of the most disadvantaged learners in the UK.
A new study from academics at Queensland University of
Technology has found there's a gender
gap when it comes to the behaviourial
skills of children starting school.
The Institution of Engineering and
Technology (IET) is a professional organisation for engineers and technicians, which is dedicated to addressing the education and
skills gap in STEM professions, particularly engineering.
Workplace
skills gaps are endemic in today's economy, with market forces,
technology, and demographics in constant flux.
Created as a way of bridging the digital
skills gap — a report last year suggested that 1.4 million digital professionals would be needed to keep pace over the next five years — the acclaimed «small and mighty» solution is a pocket size computer that lets students and teachers get creative with digital
technology.
Although the
gap between rich and poor schools may be closing in terms of computer - to - student ratios, a new digital divide separates white and minority students (Benton Foundation, 1998, 2003; Moersch, 1995; Piller, 1992;
Technology Counts, 2001), particularly in opportunities to use computers to engage higher order thinking
skills (Wenglinski, 1998).
Digital Divide: a
gap between those who have ready access to information and communication
technology and the
skills to make use of those
technology and those who do not have the access or
skills to use those same
technologies within a geographic area, society or community.
This report highlights the growing
gap between the number of middle -
skill jobs in California and the amount of appropriately
skilled workers to fill them, especially in the areas of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
«With support from librarians, educators, publishers and
technology partners, Credo has evolved from a content provider to a company that is focused on solving the information
skills gap — something that information alone can not address.»
Websites like Upwork and Freelancer have quite literally changed the way companies recruit and fill their IT
skills gap, with specialist
technology focused sites like The IT Project Board enabling searches based on any combination of IT category,
skill, accreditation, certification, manufacturer and industry expertise to find the right person for your role.
The study, New
Skills, New Learning: Legal Education and the Promise of Technology, provides further evidence of what every practicing lawyer already knows: that there are critical gaps between the skills law schools teach and those the workplace req
Skills, New Learning: Legal Education and the Promise of
Technology, provides further evidence of what every practicing lawyer already knows: that there are critical
gaps between the
skills law schools teach and those the workplace req
skills law schools teach and those the workplace requires.
In her presentation, «Law Students +
Technology = Closing the Justice
Gap,» Kaufman discussed ways in which law students are moving beyond traditional curriculum paradigms, learning «lawyering
skills of the future,» and how those
skills can help the next generation of lawyers and legal organizations provide access to justice for underserved groups and individuals.
In a rapidly changing technological society, how can we equip the next set of leaders with the tools and
skills to leverage
technology and innovation in addressing our nation's widening access to justice
gap?
The ATJ Tech Fellows program bridges the access to justice
gap by equipping tomorrow's lawyers with the
skills to leverage innovation and
technology to more effectively meet the legal needs of low - income Americans.
By Miguel Willis, Seattle University Law Student In a rapidly changing technological society, how can we equip the next set of leaders with the tools and
skills to leverage
technology and innovation in addressing our nation's widening access to justice
gap?
According to economist James Bessen's article «Employers Aren't Just Whining — the «
Skills Gap» Is Real» in the Harvard Business Review, employers report difficulty filling jobs due to workers lack of skills «to deal with new technologies.&
Skills Gap» Is Real» in the Harvard Business Review, employers report difficulty filling jobs due to workers lack of
skills «to deal with new technologies.&
skills «to deal with new
technologies.»
And while literature on the
skills gap differentiates between hard
skills and applied
skills, as Bessen notes, the
skills in the shortest supply all appear to be «related to new
technology, in particular, to information
technologies.»
While the Alexa
technology is common to all Alexa and Echo devices, the Echo Show bridges the
gap by solely relying on Alexa
skills to function (unlike Alexa - enabled devices but like other Echo devices) while including a display (unlike Echo devices, but like Alexa - enabled devices).
Fiscal incentives to invest in training and
technology, harnessing the power of our world - class universities, encouraging
skilled migration to fill current
skills gaps, investment in a strategic nationwide programme of
skills development, including apprenticeships and even sharing insight from economies with higher productivity growth would all help.
Integrating the right mix of
skills will also be achieved by upskilling your existing staff members, hiring new permanent employees, or bringing in contractors to temporarily plug a
skills gap as you develop new
technologies.
While this isn't surprising, it makes it all the more urgent to close the
skills gaps in science,
technology, engineering and maths to support the recovery.»
In today's global and
technology - driven economies, raising educational standards is crucial to bridging
skills gaps.
If you find that a number of job listings require you to be familiar with a certain
technology you've never heard of, try to fill these
skill gaps by doing some online research and then taking a free or low - cost course on the subject from sites like Skillshare, Coursera, Lynda, or edX, to name a few.
If you have any
skill gaps in this or any other
technology area, close them by hiring a career consultant, taking some webinars, checking on workshops available in your community or educational institutions.
This
skills gap has been driven by a
technology surge in the early 2000's that has spawned a new era of employment.
Interestingly, the
skill gap is no longer in the high
technology area but rather in workplace attitudes of dependability, attendance and the basic
skills of the 3 R's.
Skilled PROGRAM MANAGER with track record of forming collaborative relationships in a matrixed environment, managing multiple programs, and successfully bridging the
gap between
technology and business process,