Microsoft IT Academy

2011 Summit

9.30 – 9.40 Welcome & Introduction – Greg Pearson (UK Lead, Microsoft Learning)9.40 – 10.10 Keynote – Karen Price OBE (CEO e-Skills) & Stephen Uden (Head of Skills and Economic Affairs, Microsoft)10.10 – 10.40 ITA Benefits Update & Inspired Learning for a Skills Driven Economy – Greg Pearson (UK Lead, Microsoft Learning)10.40 – 11.10 Product Development and Updates – Simon Garrartt (Qualifications Manager, OCR)11.10 – 11.40 Microsoft Lync Demonstration – Ewan Dalton (Partner Group Technology

Manager, Microsoft)

11.40 – 12.10 REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING

12.10 – 12.40 Product Development and Updates – Ken Gaines (ICT Portfolio Manager, City & Guilds)

12.40 – 13.40 Microsoft IT Academy in PracticeSawtry College, Alan Stevens (Headmaster)Walsall College, Julian Brunger (Microsoft Academy Trainer)Open University, Richard Seaton (Senior Lecturer in

Communications and Systems)

13.40 – 14.10 LUNCH & NETWORKING

14.10 – 15.30 Microsoft Technologies in Teaching and Learning - Lee Stott (Academic Developer Evangelist, Microsoft)15.30 – 15.40 Microsoft Academic Service Partners – Prodigy and IT Skills Management Company

15.40 – 16.00 REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING & GOODBYE

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Skills for the UK Digital Economy

Karen Price OBECEO, e-skills UK

Economic GrowthIT & Telecoms industry GVA contribution amounts to 9%

(£81 billion) of the UK’s economy.

The internet contributes an estimated £100 billion to the UK

economy (7.2% of GDP).

Optimisation of ICT could generate an additional £50 billion GVA across the UK economy over the next 5 – 7 years.

The total potential economic benefit from getting everyone in the UK online is in excess of £22billion.

EmploymentCurrent1 in 20 people (1.5 million) UK workers are employed in IT &

Telecoms40% of the 1,129,000 IT & Telecoms professionals in the UK

work in the IT & Telecoms industry

FutureEmployment in the IT industry over the next decade will grow

at 2.19% per annum – nearly five times faster than the UK

average.Over 550,000 new entrants over the next five years are

required to fill IT & Telecoms professional job roles in the UK

Technology is at the heart of every sector

Change in Schools and colleges is needed to support sector growthThe number of Computing A-levels taken across the UK

has fallen by 14% in the last year and 60% since 2003.

By comparison, other STEM subjects (Maths, Chemistry and

Physics) all experienced an increase in numbers between

2009 and 2010.

The number of ICT A-levels taken across the UK had

declined by 34% from 2003 to 2009 but has stabilised in

2010.

Change in Higher Education is needed support sector growth

The number of UK domiciled applicants to Computing related

Higher Education courses is 44% lower than in 2001.

Applicants to other STEM subjects have grown by 24%,

since 2002. Over the same time period applicants to

Computing degrees have declined by 33%.

Only 15% of acceptances onto Computing discipline courses

are female.

50% of graduates entering the IT & Telecoms professional

workforce come from a non IT & Telecoms related degree

discipline.

Change in the workforce is needed to support sector growthIT & Telecoms ProfessionalsJust over one in ten employers consider there to be gaps in

the skills of their IT & Telecoms professionals and IT Users

GenderJust 18% of IT & Telecoms professionals are female, for IT

occupations only the figure is 23%

AgeThe proportion IT & Telecoms professionals aged under 30

has dropped from 33% in 2001 to 19% in 2010...

...additionally the number aged over 50 has almost doubled

in the same period.

Technology Insights 2011: UK

e-skills UK

Creating the skills for the digital economy

www.e-skills.com/technologyinsights2011

Microsoft IT Academy

Stephen UdenHead of Skills & Economic Affairs

Microsoft Ltd

UK unemployment

The number of unemployed people is 2.57 millionThere were 991,000 unemployed 18 to 24 year olds in the three months to October 2011, up 74,000.

Youth unemployment

BizSpark Apprenticeships

Help 500,000 people into work (over 3 years)

Digital Literacy Curriculum

Foster technologyinnovation

Support employment focussed NGOs

Create pathways into IT industry

Enhance basicemployability skills

UK Skills Portal

Wise Group

UK Online

Leonard Cheshire

Princes TrustShape the Future

Britain Works Challenge

InternshipsEntrepreneur First

IT Academy

Digital Skills 4 Citizens

Industry Alliance for Jobs

Britain Works Overview

Get Online @Home

Technical Britain Works

193,000 77,00012,000 2,000

Breadth NGO Programme

Startup Britain

Help 500,000 people into work (over 3 years)

Social Engagement Pre-apprenticeship Training

Work experience Placements

Microsoft tackles youth unemployment timebomb

YOUNG

Entrepreneurship(Bright Ideas Trust, PSYBT)

MicrosoftApprenticeships

Britain Works Year 2

Princes Trust Microsoft workexperience programme

Campaign to other employers

Employment

Integration with Work Programme

(BIS/DWP)

Charities ApprenticeshipsBritain Works Challenge Bizspark

Local programmes to engage MPs and city councils

Remploy

Digital Engagement through Facebook site & LinkedIn Group

500 apprentices in training with Microsoft Partners

Work Experience30% of participants now with jobs

Employment & Skills Charities 360 charities helping over 8,000 people per month

286,000

Britain Works

500,000

IT Academy Programme Benefit Updates

Greg PearsonUK Lead, Microsoft Learning

NEW – Lesson Plans

1. Lesson Goals2. Lesson Objectives3. Class/Lab Setup4. Lecture Outline5. Highlighted Cautions6. Discussion Questions7. Tech Tips8. Alternative Methods9. Hot Keys10. Quick Quiz11. Lesson Projects12. Multimedia Resources

Office 2010 Windows Windows Server Expression Web

Introducing Office 2010, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Access, Publisher

MCTS 70-680: Windows 7 Configuration

Active Directory, (MCTS 70-640), Network Infrastructure (MCTS 70-642)

Expression Web 4

NEW – Additional E-Reference Subscriptions

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NEW – Free Certifications

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• 20 x FREE Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)

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NEW – MTA Exams

• Mobile Development Fundamentals (98-373)• Release 30th November 2011

• ERK and SSG Content January 2012

• Gaming Development Fundamentals (98-374)• Release 17th November 2011

• ERK and SSG Content January 2012

• Objective Domains Available NOW• Office 365 Coming Soon - ~June 2012