About the Academy
The National Skills Academy for IT is being set up by employers and e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and IT, to address the skills challenges facing the IT sector.
About the Academy
In a highly-paced sector such as IT, employers have to do more than find the skills they need today. They must know what skills and abilities they require their IT people to have tomorrow, next week and next year.
The Skills Academy will enable employers, IT professionals and training providers to meet this challenge. It will provide access to relevant, industry recognised development covering the technical, business and interpersonal skills the IT and telecoms workforce needs now, and in the future.
The time is right
Employers increasingly need able, multi-disciplined technology professionals who understand how business works and can confidently manage projects, people and systems. But securing cost-effective, relevant IT training is not easy. Employers find the IT training market costly and hard to navigate. IT professionals too, want to know that any investment they make in their development will help their career progression.
Business is on board
The Skills Academy has already harnessed the passion and commitment of major UK businesses that recognise IT as the key to ongoing business success. Firms such as: Accenture, BA, IBM and Microsoft have offered their expertise and pledged to support the Skills Academy.
If you share our vision and want to use technology to add value to your business, get involved in developing the Skills Academy now.
We see the Academy playing a vital role in helping to create the skills environment the UK needs, particularly by enabling the recognition of skills and endorsement of training which is valued by the sector
Craig Wilson, Managing Director / Regional Vice President, HP Enterprise Services UK & Ireland