The Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology

Achieving a globallyAchieving a globally competitive IT workforcep

Patrick BeasleyPatrick BeasleyDirector of Learning Services

Creating the skills for the digital economy

Rated Outstanding – Sector Skills Councils Relicensing 2009

Making economic winnerswinners

Will Hutton - Guardian

“those that encourage and combine a strong academiccombine a strong academicsector with business and technological innovation –technological innovationwill emerge as winners”.

Sep 27th, 2010

GDP recoveryy

Role of IT Workforce

To Lead on technologicaltechnological routes to

businessbusinessdevelopmentpand thereforeeconomic growth

Goals

• Innovation• Capability developmentp y p• Excellence in

achievementachievement• New business models

Organisational strategy• Organisational strategy

Global competitiveness

Action

1 Equip the IT1. Equip the IT workforce to deliver real businessreal business advantage

2. Increase the role of universities in thisuniversities in this journey

IT people & DegreesIT people & Degrees

35

40

25

30

35

15

20

25

% IT StaffOther sectors

5

10

15

0Managers Professionals Technicians Assistants

Data : e-skills UK 2010

& Higher degrees& Higher degrees

35

40

25

30

35

15

20

25

% IT StaffOther sectors

5

10

15

0Managers Professionals Technicians Assistants

Data : e-skills UK 2010

IT low horizonIT low horizon

Why?• Above average number of graduates enterAbove average number of graduates enter

the workforce at QCF level 6……Th d th i d i t i i t• Then spend their careers doing training at QCF levels 3 and 4?

• Far fewer postgraduate qualifications among IT professionals than otheramong IT professionals than other sectors?

OpportunityOpportunity

• Raise the level of postgraduate learning • Redress the balance against compared toRedress the balance against compared to

other sectors and professionsM k i ifi t diff t th• Make a significant difference to the performance of IT organisations in the future

Who?

• Future influencers– Future managersg– Future architects

Future strategists– Future strategists– Future CIOs and board members

People who will shape the future…. People who will shape the future

When?

• Any time in careery• Career long learning• While working• While working • Geared to individual

potentialpotential

Type of learningyp g

• In the workplace– Work based learning– New models of

blended learning– Individual learning

contractsE l i l t– Employer involvement

In SFIA terms

• People at levels 5 – 7 need to have education to support their position of pp psignificant influence

• People at levels 1 4 need to be equipped• People at levels 1 - 4 need to be equipped to perform at a higher level when they reach roles at 5 and beyond

What will happen?What will happen?

• Stimulate an increase in demand • Universities will raise their engagementUniversities will raise their engagement

with IT employersM t d t l i ti ill b• More postgraduate learning options will be available to the sector

• More linkage with specific IT careers

Other professionsOther professions

• Medical• EngineeringEngineering • Accounting• Legal

MedicalMedical

• Medical profession uses postgraduate qualifications to enable career qdevelopment into specialist areas e.g.

Psychiatry– Psychiatry – Oncology– Occupational medicine– Forensic mental health

EngineeringEngineering

• Like Medicine postgraduate modules are available for career development e.g.p g

• Loughborough University modules P j t t– Project management

– Cost and value management– Managing construction organisations– Estimating and planningEstimating and planning

AccountingAccounting

• Accounting is regulated and there is a strict requirement for CPDq

• Examples of post graduate level CPDSt t i t d l d hi– Strategic management and leadership

– International accounting– Business information technology

LegalLegal

• Legal profession is a good parallel because it is a very broad field as is the IT profession

• Masters in Laws or LL.M qualification gives recognised skills to practise particular areas of gLaw by selecting modules

• Queen Mary CollegeQueen Mary College – Over 100 Specialist modules you combine to make a

masters or diplomap

ITIT

• Lots MSc’s – Few in direct partnership with employers p p p y– Few linked to business and strategy

• Need a better linkage for course purpose in career and organisational development

The IT DisciplinesThe IT Disciplines

• Do we need a better linkage and signposting of postgraduate study to g p g p g ysupport the disciplines within the IT profession?profession?

• Does the SFIA framework provide the necessary structure to organise learning and more defined career progression?p g

Example programmeExample programme

Programme purposeProgramme purpose

• Fast track new entrants into IT • Provides key basis for future influence inProvides key basis for future influence in

organisational success1 L d hi d t ki1. Leadership and team-working2. Business and strategy3. Project and delivery4. Change management4. Change management

– Better contribution quicker

Employer involvementEmployer involvement• British Airways * • IBM *

IPS *y

• BT • Cabinet Office * • Cancer Research • CarPhone Warehouse *

• IPS *• INQ Mobile *• Lincolnshire Police *• Metropolitan Police *• CarPhone Warehouse

• Centrica *• DCSF *• DfID *

Metropolitan Police • Ministry of Justice *• National Archives• National Grid *

NHS Di t *• DWP *• EDS / HP • FPS *• GCHQ *

• NHS Direct *• NHS Wales• Oracle Consulting • Royal Borough of Kensington• GCHQ

• Home Office *• HMRC *• HM Prison Service *

Royal Borough of Kensington• Sainsbury’s *• SFW • Solution 7 *

S HIS• HM Treasury *• Hounslow PCT

• Sussex HIS• Tata • TfL

* Have bought places on the programme

Programme Progression

The visionThe vision

• Raise uptake of postgraduate education in the IT workforce

• Postgraduate education targeted at specific IT careersspecific IT careers

• Set employers needs at the heart of postgraduate courses for IT careers

• Organise postgraduate education using• Organise postgraduate education using SFIA to support career excellence

The resultThe result

• More competitive UK organisations underpinned by ITp y

• IT careers mapped into disciplines by SFIASFIA

• The IT industry working together to raise the bar on educational attainment for careerscareers