Maggie Philbin CEO TeenTech Chair UK Digital Skills Task Force AND NOW Patron of CPHC

Can young people see the contemporary opportunities ? Cyber Internet of things

‘Fancied Runners’ ZNets analysis of Gartners Hype Cycle – November 2014

Do they understand the skills needed? Bold thinking Ability to Collaborate

The future workplace? EU could face a shortage of up to 900,000 ICT professionals by 2020 (E-skills for Jobs in Europe ) 47% jobs will disappear over next two decades due to technology but for every job lost two will be created ( Frey and Michael Osborne, University of Oxford) The ICT workforce is likely to increase by 39% by 2030 (Science Council ) 132,000 job opportunities possible in big data over the next 5 years (E-skills)

The Stats Women make up just 12.8% of the total STEM workforce in the UK The UK has the lowest number of female engineering professional in Europe (WISE) By equalising the gender split in the workplace the UK could increase GDP by 10% by 2030 (Women’s Business Council 2013)

The bad news … 23% of parents believe digital skills to be irrelevant to their children’s future career success. 18% of parents think employers do not care about digital skills. 38% of parents admit they do not know enough about the digital economy to help their children make informed career choices. O2 survey June 2014

The good news …. Social Encouragement Self-perception Academic Exposure Career Perception Google 2014

As a region … Regional groups should collaborate to establish ‘dating’ websites This could be led by local enterprise partnerships, councils or self-organising collaborations.

What can I do as a company? Make tech roles visible and better understood Align your CSR with your company business Set up on-going relationships with local schools, colleges and universities to provide work experience and work placements Alert to recruitment and retention Diverse board and senior management Quality apprenticeships – collaborating where necessary Ongoing training to keep skills relevant

Digital By Degree Universities should focus on supporting students through their studies to reduce unemployment levels amongst ethnic minority computer science graduates. Government should fund the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) to work with other sector bodies to establish a matching website to connect students with tech businesses across the UK. Government should work with universities and industry to expand the number of tech sandwich years and summer placements undertaken by students. Universities should offer students of all disciplines the opportunity to develop their digital skills outside of their core subject through employability awards and other schemes. University computer science departments should have active Industrial Advisory Boards to help keep them updated with industry developments.

What can I do as a student? Understand your personal qualities and strengths Develop digital skills Research opportunities – there are more than you could ever imagine University is great but there are other options Maths, Science, Engineering and Computing are springboards to many careers

As a school … Encourage all teachers to develop their digital skills and understanding of contemporary workplace Ensure work experience benefits every student regardless of gender and background Promote all pathways that benefit the student rather than the educator Promote cross curricular, project based work Review policy on digital devices

What can I do? Become a school governor Sponsor as well as mentor Volunteer with organisations like TeenTech, Code Club, Apps For Good Prepare for school visits – ongoing relationships better than one-off

On-going relationships * TeenTech Award mentor TeenTech Innovation Session * Materials for teacher to use in classroom * Key facts about your industry and company for our Teacher pack * Work experience and work placement opportunites

What they say “I always thought scientists were quite tall with glasses and boring. And old. And usually men. But here they’re so full of life and funny” Lisa, 12 “I really enjoyed being allowed to be creative and think for myself and come up with my own ideas. I do have a tendency to take things apart and my Dad gets a bit cross about that normally” Ollie, 12 “A great day and a really necessary event. Particularly for our girls, as we need more girls in science and technology” Teacher, Kent “ Not only did the students enjoy the day and come away enthused but so did I. It was great for getting to know about cutting edge technology and I have been inspired to develop new projects based on what I saw. Living in isolation in a school makes it difficult to keep up to date - I'm sending my 2nd in department next year” Teacher, Humber