Less than half of Education sector workers have the digital and AI skills they need for work
Less than half of Education sector workers have the digital and AI skills they need for work.
These are not advanced tech skills. They are the foundations required for success at work, including using digital tools to collaborate with colleagues, the basics for staying safe online and the safe and responsible adoption of AI tools.
FutureDot Now is working with leaders in the Education sector to close this skills gap.
Digital technology is embedded across education. It informs classroom teaching, administration, safeguarding and learner support. But too many people working in the sector are missing critical digital skills.
Not only does this impact productivity, adaptability and cyber security. It also means too many of our educators are not able to share the digital skills our young people need for the world of work.
That’s why we’re working with a team of sector leaders to mobilise action to supercharge essential digital skills across the UK education sector workforce.
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Cheryl Swales
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Paul Saunders
Next steps for your organisation
Understanding your skills gap - and closing it
1. Find out if your workforce is ready to make the most of AI and digital technology
Discover where workforce capability may be limiting your organisation’s productivity, AI adoption and cyber resilience.
Answer four simple questions to receive a personalised Workforce Digital and AI Readiness Report that will:
- estimate th scale of your workforce digital capability gap
- show what it could mean for productivity, and resilience
- benchmark your team against national workforce data
- recommend practical next steps for your organisation
2. Get help to build a digitally capable and AI-ready workforce
FutureDotNow can help your organisation understand its workforce digital skills gap, identify what to do next and suggest practical action.
Membership gives your organisation access to trusted resources, tools and employer insight to help you close your workforce digital skills gaps.
See where your organisation is today and what good looks like next.
Interested in playing a sector leadership role?
Our multi-employer action community is mobilising sector-wide engagement, raising awareness of the digital skills gap and demonstrating what good looks like through employer-led action within their own organisations.
If you’d like to get involved in the team working on UK-wide action, reach out to our co-leads Cheryl Swales (AELP) and Paul Saunders (Gateway Qualifications) for more info.
Join a community with a shared ambition
The Workforce Digital Skills Charter is a shared statement of ambition to close the essential digital skills gap in the UK workforce. It’s uniting employers to build a future-fit, digitally confident workforce.
The charter asks signatories to raise awareness of the workforce essential digital skill gap and empower people of working age to build solid digital foundations.
Education sector signatories of the Workforce Digital Skills Charter
