Simon Leeming Head of the Digital Skills Partnership @Simon_Leeming1 simon.leeming@culture.gov.uk @DCMS Team email: digital-skills-and-inclusion@culture.gov.uk Blog: digitalinclusion.blog.gov.uk
Indicative Digital Capability Overview - Total UK population aged 15 and over = 54.76 million 1.3 million 11.5 million people lack at least with 41.96 million people have low-level, mid-level or high-level general digital skills specialist one of the 5 basic digital skills skills 4.9 million have no basic digital We lack data on the We lack data on the We lack data on the 1.3 million work in 4.5 million have 2.2 million skills at all. Of number who have l ow- number who have have number who have high- tech-focused jobs, limited basic digital have very these, approx 2.3 level general skills . This mid-level general level general skills. indicating that at least limited basic skills (three to four million are range begins with those who skills. Range covers Range covers digital this many have of the five basic digital skills physically have the 5 BDS and ranges digital literacy broadly literacy broadly advanced/specialist digital skills). (one or two of capable of going up through skills broadly equivalent to that equivalent to that skills. (Based on jobs the five basic online and equivalent to Entry L2 & 3 covered by Level 1 in the covered by Level 2 in the with specialist tech digital skills). gaining basic and the threshold of L1. SFA framework. SFA framework. SOC codes) digital skills. 1.1m 1.1m 1.1m 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.3 Very limited data available Very limited data available Very limited data available m m m m Demographics: 2.6 million Demographics: Demographics: (5% of the By age - has 0 basic digital skills Very limited research / data for these groups. population) 65+: 3m , 55-64: 0.7m , 45-54: 0.4m , 35- By gender - tech industry workforce This broad group covers almost 42m people (three quarters of the are estimated 44: 0.1m , 25-34: 0.2m , 15-24: 0 as a whole (approx 1.75m jobs): population aged 15 and over) ranging from those who have the 5 to be unable Women: 0.4m (23%) Men 1.4m (77%) basic digital skills, up to a level of computer literacy broadly to go online By gender - lacking 1 or more BDS equivalent to that at Level 2 (GCSE). A framework needs to be and attain Women: 7m Men: 4.4m By region - tech industry workforce developed. basic digital as a whole By social grade - lacking 1 or more BDS: Largest tech workforce in London skills as a We have divided these into low, mid and high level general skills, result of low AB: 1.1m C1: 2.4m C2: 2.2m DE: 5.7m 0.4m (23%) & SE 0.36m (21%), which broadly correlate with Entry-Level, Level 1 and Level 2 skills levels of lowest in Wales 0.04m (2%), N Ireland as defined by the Skills Funding Agency, but we do not have the literacy, By nation - lacking 1 or more BDS 0.02m (1%) data required to estimate the size of each group. severe Wales: 0.8 million (29%), N Ireland: 0.3 million (22%), Scotland: 1 million (21%), Skills disability, We need to undertake research and gather further data and religious England: 9.3 million (21%) According to the Tech Partnership, evidence to define these groups to allow us to design and opposition over 1 million new recruits will be measure interventions more effectively. etc. needed for digital roles by 2025
The Digital Skills Partnership Ambition: ● The DSP should help to ensure everyone has the digital skills they need to participate in a world-leading digital economy. ○ Basic digital skills to support inclusion ○ General digital skills for the workforce ○ Advanced digital skills for specialist roles ● Transform digital capability using joined up, national and local solutions
Local Digital Skills Partnership model 1. Gather local-level 5. Create a data local DSP ‘playbook’ and share Local-level digital skills training Basic Digital 2. Match 4. Evaluate digital skills skills for Specialist provision with process and and general digital skills needs outcomes Inclusion workforce 3. Deliver provision
National-level support Digital Diversity Lifelong Sector specific Campaigns enterprise learning collaboration Questions: Questions: Questions: Questions: Questions: How can we strengthen digital How can we help the workforce How can we help employees and How can we collaborate on a high How can we ensure that the DSP ‘future proof’ their careers and capability among UK SMEs, customers get online and gain profile campaign strategy to is instrumental in addressing the charities and cultural institutions, adapt to technological changes, digital skills in sectors which have inspire people of all ages, gender links between digital exclusion or enabling them to upscale, particularly in those areas that a large footprint across the and background to develop digital low digital capability and things increase revenue and/or are at risk of automation? country? For example, by skills, pursue digital careers and such as age, ethnicity or socio- participation? upscaling the Digital Champions to get more people and economic circumstances? What can we do to demonstrate Goal: model. organisations online and develop Do we need to increase the how transformative digital can be The pace of technological change Are there opportunities for the better digital skills? evidence base to identify for an organisation and that the is not going to decrease, so just likes of the retail sector to create How do we create an overarching inequalities and divides related to ‘banner’ under which all DSP ROI is too significant to ignore? holding onto the skills you have digital hubs within stores / public digital capability? How can the can actually mean you are contact points and to incentivise activity can be conducted? DSP support more women to get Goal: moving backwards. We will need participation in digital inclusion How can we tap into specialist into tech roles? The most digital small businesses to design and deliver the and skills training? marketing and broadcasting are twice as likely to report interventions that can break talent? Goal: increase in turnover than the people out of low-skill/low-wage Goal: Is a government branded Digital should level the playing least digital. More than half a job traps and open up new We have learned from programme likely to work to our field rather than exacerbate million (15%) SMEs say they are careers and life opportunities. programmes like Lloyds Digital advantage or disadvantage? social divisions. We need to use not being more digital because of Champions and Barclays Digital mechanisms such as the Tech Eagles that ‘trusted faces in local a lack of skills. By motivating and Goal: Talent Charter to effect a change places’ is a model that works. increasing digital capability we Even if we design excellent in culture, but also ensure that will help organisations to become Other sectors are doing less to delivery models and secure a everyone has the same access more resilient, increase revenue engage staff and customers in vast range of free training and motivation to gain the skills and make a greater contribution digital activity. We want to help opportunities, the DSP will only they need to benefit from the to the economy. them to exploit their huge reach succeed if interventions are taken internet and contribute to a and increase the digital skills up by the public. We need a thriving digital economy which can empower their campaign that raises awareness consumers and employees. and makes provision attractive to our audience. Coherent national framework Questions: How can we create a coherent framework that enables people to identify and access good quality digital skills training opportunities and which enables providers to more easily collaborate to upscale and innovate?Do we need to develop a national, public-facing digital platform which would allow us to better gather local level data, display free training opportunities, match provision to needs and record and measure outcomes? Goal: For both end users and facilitators, digital skills provision in the UK is widespread, but fragmented, uneven or out of reach. We want to create a framework that provides a coherent picture of readily available, effective digital skills training.
Joined up local and national Digital Skills Partnerships Other govt policy Help other departments with related policies, data and resources to support local delivery. I.e. through links to Jobcentres, libraries, schools, colleges, community hubs, local authorities. National-level support Sector specific Digital Enterprise Diversity Lifelong learning Campaigns collaboration Coherent national framework
DSP Governance Structure Digital Skills and Inclusion Research Working Group (RWG) Delivery Delivery Delivery Group Group Group Digital Skills Partnership Board (Council for Digital Inclusion merged into the DSP Board)
DSP Terms of Engagement ● Embrace ‘brand neutrality’ ● Commit to deliver The Digital Skills Partnership
Next steps ● Formation of first national delivery groups. Primary focus on Coherent Framework, Digital Enterprise and Diversity. ● Invitation for EoIs from LEPs and criteria agreed for selecting LEP areas for initial test phase. ● First meeting of DSP Board, Autumn 2017 ● Rollout of initial local DSPs, early 2018. The Digital Skills Partnership
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