This document provides guidelines relating to the use of the ‘Tech Industry Gold – Accredited by TechSkills’ logo and to the terminology to be used in copy in relation to the promotion of Tech Industry Gold degrees and degree apprenticeships. Please note these guidelines are for accredited programmes only. If you are interested in getting your programme accredited, contact [email protected]ls.org.
Download PDF (203KB)The report takes insights from techUK's Fast Forward for Digital Jobs Taskforce, which includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, BT, Salesforce, Cisco, FDM, and UKFast, and the wider tech industry to see how we can work together to signpost the opportunity of digital jobs to more people, and work to ensure that these opportunities are open to people of diverse backgrounds.
Download PDF (8.3MB)MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University) have carried out a qualitative, longitudinal study that provides some of the first insights into the career experience of individuals completing a degree apprenticeship. It also includes reflections from employers on the impact of the programme. Access here the executive summary with links to the 2 reports.
Download PDF (792KB)The Tech Partnership Degrees Annual Review 2019-20 was released in November. This year has brought its fair share of challenges, as well as new opportunities to collaborate. Browse the review and find out more.
Download PDF (2.8MB)Tech Partnership Degrees’ first Annual Review was issued in November 2019, reporting on its first year of operation. The Review provides details on the organisation's achievements, along with the voices of some of those who have benefited.
Download PDF (4.7MB)This report provides full facts and figures on Tech Industry Gold based on an analysis of HESA statistics by Sagacity Research Ltd. The report shows that graduates of employer-accredited Tech Industry Gold degrees have achieved academic and employment results which far outstrip computer science overall, all degrees overall, and almost every individual subject area.
Download PDF (2.2 MB)This is a summary presentation of facts and figures for Tech Industry Gold, based on an analysis of HESA statistics by Sagacity Research Ltd. The full report 'Tech Industry Gold Results' is also available from the Library.
Download PDF (552 KB)The second of Edge’s bulletins on the UK’s skills shortages shines a spotlight on the tech industry and the devastating economic impact of the government’s failure to encourage young people to study relevant subjects and upskill existing workers. An estimated 600,000 vacancies in digital technology are costing the country £63 billion a year.
Download PDF (4 MB)This publication aims to help employers, educators and students develop a more common understanding of the language of digital jobs and degrees and share ideas for practical steps to improve the flow of talent. It was produced as part of a Tech Partnership-run project commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Download PDF (4.9 MB)A group of businesses from across the UK have come together to lead a review for government of Industrial Digitalisation - also described as the 4th Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0. The interim report comes halfway through the review and summarises the group’s work to date.
Download PDF (1.4 MB)This report sets out the key learning from the Tech Partnership’s Tech City Talent project, generously supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, which aimed to improve access by local computer science and IT degree students to internships with London tech SMEs. It also explores the wider challenges associated with computer science graduate employability.
Download PDF (650 KB)This report presents the findings of the independent evaluation of Digital Skills Scotland, the Tech Partnership’s tech skills and employability training programme, generously supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, that aimed to make entry-level tech jobs in Glasgow and Edinburgh more accessible to local people looking for work.
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