If we want Britain to be the next Silicon Valley, we need an Open University for skills Zahra Bahrololoumi The UK has a proud history as a technology pioneer: from the steam engine to the worldwide web, British inventors have been at the forefront of technologies that have transformed lives across the world. But today our status as one of the world’s leading science and technology hubs is under threat. Digital skills shortages, which [...]
Salesforce CEO: We need to hire based on skills, not university degrees Employment figures released by the Office for National Statistics this month were a bittersweet pill. On the one hand, there is optimism: vacancies have exceeded pre-pandemic levels, the number of employees on payroll is up and unemployment is down. But the other side of the coin is difficult to tackle: there simply aren’t enough people [...]
