CPHC report--a study on the IT labour market in the UK.The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing in the UK (CPHC CPHC Central Pacific Hurricane Center CPHC Canadian Prostate Health Council CPHC Council of Public Health Consultants ) announces the launch of a new report, entitled "A Study on the IT labour market in the UK", commissioned by CPHC through the British Computer Society Established in 1957, The British Computer Society (BCS) is a body that represents those working in Information and Communications Technology ICT. It is the largest United Kingdom-based professional body for computing. (BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. ) and carried out by Research Insights Ltd, a market survey organisation. This report highlights the growing gap between the number of students successfully completing UK Higher Education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. Computing awards and the needs of the job market place in the UK. The situation in the UK with respect to the number of students taking degree qualifications in computing is now dire, with application levels having dropped by 50% to below those of 1996, at a time when the IT job market is growing and predicted to continue growing by 15% over the next 8 years. In terms of the needs of the British knowledge economy and the global competitiveness of the UK IT industry, this represents a potentially disastrous situation which, without immediate action, will seriously compromise the UK's position in this vital world market. The report is available at http://www.cphc.ac.uk/docs/reports/cphc-itlabourmarket.pdf. For further information and enquiries please contact Prof. Lachlan MacKinnon Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956) is a contemporary English poet, critic and literary journalist. He was born in Aberdeen and educated at Charterhouse and Oxford. He lives in Winchester with the poet Wendy Cope, and teaches English at Winchester College. at 1.mackinnon@abertay.ac.uk. |
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