Computing & Digital Blog

February 3, 2016

The Future of Jobs and Skills

The World Economic Forum (in Davos) looked at future skills and employment trends over the period 2016-2020. The full report can be found here [PDF] and an Executive Summary here [PDF]. It predicts a global reduction in employment (mostly in “routine manual” and “routine cognitive” jobs) but an increase in technology related jobs, particularly data analysts. Technology will pervade all employment by 2020. Cloud computing, mobile technology and the Internet of Things will begin to have significant impact on jobs.…

Categories: Research

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February 1, 2016

PDA Software Development is now validated

I am delighted to announce that the PDA in Software Development has now been validated. I got the good news today. The validation took place in December and resulted in a few conditions for the QDT to address, the main one of which was to validate all of the component Units. All of the conditions have now been addressed. This development commenced in June, so today’s news brings to an end a project that has taken six months and produced three new qualifications: GL15…

Categories: PDA, Validation

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January 27, 2016

Presentation to stakeholder group

I was asked to give a talk to an SQA committee (the SQA/STF Quality Focus Group) about developments in my area. A number of Qualifications Managers had done likewise, and yesterday was my turn. The idea was for me to outline my portfolio of qualifications and highlight key developments. It might be of interest to you since it summarises past, current and future developments. Given that the Lead Person Network meeting was cancelled this year, due to staff shortages, it’s…

Categories: Computing

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January 26, 2016

Staff changes

Some time ago, I mentioned that Caroline had been successful in getting a new job with the SOLAR team in SQA. Since then I have been busy replacing her. I recently announced that Helen had been successful in getting the (permanent) position. That meant that Helen’s job was vacant. Helen was back-filling Hilary who had gained a temporary position as Digital Literacy Manager in SQA. This post will continue until May 2017. So, since then, I’ve been looked for a…

Categories: Computing

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January 25, 2016

Digital skills gaps

Digital skills gaps exist amongst staff in most industry sectors. Research by Oxford Economics claims Scottish businesses could increase revenues by £10.7 billion (3.6%) if firms fully develop their digital potential, and that UK companies would add more than one million new jobs over the next two years by improving the digital capabilities of all their employees, becoming more productive, innovative, profitable and secure. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) highlights growth opportunities for sectors such as retail,…

Categories: Digital Skills

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