Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: Defra: workforce management information March 2024Found: Non-Departmental Public BodyEngineering Construction Industry Training BoardDepartment for EducationInstitute for Apprenticeships
Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024
Committee: Energy Security and Net Zero CommitteeFound: You have said nothing about, “I want to take on apprenticeships. I want to train my own.
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: Easy read: Disability Confident employer schemeFound: You must choose at least one activity: • work experience • work trials • paid employment • apprenticeships
Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) there are poor youths in Kensington—giving them grants to allow them to continue their education and apprenticeships - Speech Link
Apr. 24 2024
Source Page: Government launches new free business management course for small businessesFound: Connect event, the Prime Minister announced £60 million new investment to enable up to 20,000 more apprenticeships
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve access to artificial intelligence training.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The department is committed to creating a world-leading skills system which is employer-focused, high-quality and fit for the future.
The department will continue its work to ensure that the education system is able to adapt to deliver upskilling and to provide the skills that learners need for the workplaces of the future, including jobs that will be impacted by, or require the use of, artificial intelligence (AI).
World class T Levels are boosting access to high-quality technical education for thousands of young people and creating a skilled workforce for the future. 18 T Levels are available in a range of in-demand subject areas, including T Levels in digital subjects, which have been designed by employers and will help to equip students with the skills and knowledge required for great careers in the digital industry.
Employers have designed over 30 high-quality apprenticeships in digital occupations, including Level 7 Artificial Intelligence Data Specialist, which will provide cutting edge skills in AI. Since it was introduced in May 2020, starts in this standard have grown from 100 in the 2020/21 academic year to 350 in the 2022/23 academic year.
The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) are revising the Level 7 Artificial Intelligence Data Specialist standard this year to ensure it meets employers’ needs. They have also developed Level 5 in Data Engineering and are currently developing Level 6 Machine Learning Engineer. These standards include high levels of content regarding the application and use of AI.
IfATE are also hosting workshops with a range of stakeholders to discuss the impact of AI on skills requirement across the economy and will be updating the Digital Skills and Characteristics Framework with AI-related content when it is revised next year. This will ensure all employers are thinking about the use and impact of AI when developing or revising occupational standards.
Skills Bootcamps are delivering skills training for the digital sector in 2024/25 in each English region. There are also online Skills Bootcamps in AI Marketing and Content Creation and AI and Machine Learning.
Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) provide the skills needed for a range of specialist digital occupations, such as cyber security technologist and software developer. There are 56 digital HTQs currently approved for teaching and a further ten approved for teaching from September 2024. HTQs provide a range of opportunities and pathways to build up the skills needed for AI-related roles.
In higher education, the department is working with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to deliver new postgraduate AI and data science conversion courses to boost skills and diversity in AI jobs. The government is also investing £117 million in doctoral training for AI researchers.
In 2023, the department’s Unit for Future Skills (UFS) developed a Science and Technology Jobs and Skills Dashboard to understand the supply and demand of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills to develop critical technologies like AI and quantum. This data will support improved access to relevant training.
The UFS has also undertaken analysis which attempts to quantify the impact of AI on the UK job market. It shows the occupations, sectors and geographic areas expected to be most affected by AI and large language models, as well as the training routes that typically lead to these highly affected jobs.
Digital and computing skills will play an important role for individuals developing and using AI in the future workforce. The department is harnessing government and external expertise through the Digital and Computing Skills Education Taskforce to increase the number of people taking digital and computing qualifications and attract a diverse range of individuals into digital jobs.
Apr. 23 2024
Source Page: Intergovernmental Relations Annual Report 2023Found: chaired by the Secretary for Levelling Up, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP , supported by the then Skills, Apprenticeships
Written Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: Education and Careers in Land-based SectorsFound: For example, are routes such as T levels and apprenticeships fit for purpose?
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Committee: Education Committee (Department: Department for Education)Found: main centres were doing, or were some of them doing other work as well in supporting people in apprenticeships
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: Engineering biologyFound: At the end of the last session, I heard a comment about apprenticeships and the fact that not everybody