A major government report on UK skills released tomorrow
is expected to call for employers to have a greater say on the
education system, provided they invest in training their own
workforce.
The report by Lord Leitch will warn that the UK is in danger of
falling behind internationally because of shortages of highly
skilled and educated workers and will call on the government to
invest in high-level training and life-long learning.
“The life of some IT skills is measured in months not years.
People need to be able to continually upgrade their skills. That is
the bit where the UK is totally uncompetitive,” said Philip Virgo,
strategic adviser to the Institute for the Management of
Information Systems.
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