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              #FutureDotNow is accelerating the UK’s digital skills, at scale. Drop us a line at [email protected] to get the conversation started.
              
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           🚨Today, we're launching and update to the #DigitalSkills Roadmap and a national plan for action in 2024. Take a look to find out how you could get involved in this critical mission to close the UK’s workplace #DigitalSkillsGap.  https://t.co/bvexO8cMk7 
          
          
            
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              This report provides an update on progress against the Digital Skills Roadmap including the plan for action in 2024 and details on the progress made in 2023.
            
                
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             Great to discuss digital skills at the @futuredotnowuk Council chaired by Sir Peter Estlin and @L12_W - @SciTechgovuk @educationgovuk @TLA_Ed @UKTechAdv @GlobalTechAdv @TechLondonAdv
          
          
                
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             Just 1 in 10 #UK workers feel they have #AI skills – highlighting a digital #SkillsGap facing the country. @Salesforce is proud to support @futuredotnowuk in urgently calling on the government to help close the gap. Explore the Digital Skills Charter: 
          
            
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              Press release: Industry calls for change. Leading voices across banking, business, retail and industry unite to pledge action on crucial workforce digital skills.
            
                
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             With nearly 22 million UK adults lacking the digital essentials for work, we're determined to do our part to support the 'Great Digital Catch Up', starting with signing the Workforce Digital Skills Charter. @futuredotnowuk
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             We're delighted to announce that we've signed the Workforce Digital Skills Charter 💻🎉 By working together, we can create a future-fit and digitally confident workforce, ensuring no one is left offline. @futuredotnowuk #DigitalSkills #NoOneLeftOffline
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             "Upskilling the current workforce remains vital. Workers of all backgrounds and skill sets need to be able to react and thrive in the ever-developing tech-based job environment." Lots to agree with in @RussShaw1's latest post from @LDNTechWeek for @CityAM
          
          
            
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              With London Tech Week in full swing, Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates, gives us the inside scoop with his daily diary.
            
                
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             ❓What are the #digitalskills most missing in your industry? We've worked with @LloydsBank and data found in their Nov 2023 Consumer Digital Index to provide a sector-specific analysis, supporingt targeted action to close the workforce #digitalskillsgap.  https://t.co/WzdbpVEAq3 
          
          
            
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              The essential digital tasks most lacking in the workforce of more than a dozen key industry sectors
            
                
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             🗣️Final call! In 1 hour, @simeonyates and @Emma_Stone2020 join us to explore the latest Minimum Digital Living Standard research and how it can help businesses close the workforce #digitalskills gap. 📆 Tue 4 June 🕙 10-11am 🖊️ Sign up below:  https://t.co/RLZmgKK32B 
          
          
            
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              Join FutureDotNow and expert guests; Professor Simeon Yates and Dr Emma Stone, June 4 10:00 – 11:00 for a FutureDotNow exclusive event that unpicks what industry needs to know about their new...
            
                
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             How businesses can close the workforce digital skills gap, when 45% of households fall below the Minimum Digital Living Standard? Join @futuredotnowuk @simeonyates and @Emma_Stone2020 to find out more! 📆 Tues 4 June 🕙 10 - 11am ▶️ Register below:  https://t.co/ccCxh3K5SU 
          
          
            
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              Join FutureDotNow and expert guests; Professor Simeon Yates and Dr Emma Stone, June 4 10:00 – 11:00 for a FutureDotNow exclusive event that unpicks what industry needs to know about their new...
            
                
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             ❓What is the Minimum Digital Living Standard and how can understanding it help us close the workforce #digitalskills gap? Join next week's webinar with Prof. Simeon Yates of @LivUni and @GoodThingsFdn's @Emma_Stone2020 to find out!  https://t.co/RLZmgKJvd3 
          
          
                
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             How can we harness tech to drive skills, opportunity, and growth across the UK? 💭 We're proud to be supporting @techUK’s Future of Work and Jobs conference on 6 June that will bring together leading speakers to discuss this question. Get your tickets:  https://t.co/chtqISwZmd 
          
          
                
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             It's the day of the @FutureDotNowUK Workforce Digital Skills Summit We are excited to be part of this movement to close the workforce digital skills gap Sir Peter Estlin launched this summit this morning with his insightful welcome presentation #VocTech #DigitalSkills
          
          
                
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             What a phenomenal morning with the @futuredotnowuk community. Lack of digital skills and digital that is not usable are the two biggest problems in the NHS around this. Addressing the essential digital skills element may be worth £685m a year in lost productivity in the NHS. 
          
                
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             As part of our action plan to upskill adults with #DigitalSkills for Work, a group led by @AccentureUK's Tech Lead Emma Kendrew and @chintancsco, CTO of @Cisco is working to develop a shared national strategy. Read the delivery plan:  https://t.co/bvexO8cMk7 
          
          
                
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             🚨Still time to book! Join us online tomorrow, Thu 25 Jan, 10-11am, for a deep dive into the latest data on workplace #DigitalSkills. Come along and learn how you can use the data to assess and boost your organisation’s digital skills levels.  https://t.co/38JpJxtmIc 
          
          
                
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             Our mission is to close the workplace #DigitalSkillsGap. But what does this look like in practice? Find out about our 7 areas for action, inc. activity and outcomes for 2024 in our #DigitalSkills Roadmap Update  https://t.co/bvexO8cMk7 
          
          
                
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             We have been working with @futuredotnowuk to help embed digital skills in our apprenticeships Key collaborations: 🤝 Boosting digital confidence with training 📊 Advancing data entry 📚 Offering tailored resources Read our case study ➡️  https://t.co/TEXKDx6zm3 
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              Andy Rayner, Director of Apprenticeships at Travis Perkins plc told us how they're embedding Essential Digital Skills training into apprenticeship programmes.
            
                
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             Anna Collins, Senior Digital Eagles Leader tells us how @Barclays work to equip colleagues, customers and the public with Essential #DigitalSkills is establishing it as a leader in improving digital capability.  https://t.co/8wG7Mxx5rd 
          
          
            
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              Anna Collins, Senior Digital Eagles Leader tells us how Barclays’ work to equip colleagues, customers and the public with Essential Digital Skills is establishing it as a leader in this space.
            
                
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             Aaron Price, Digital Education Manager for @AskNationwide tells how the building society is working with its learning partner, @idea_award , to build the digital capability and confidence of its colleagues.  https://t.co/r2WINQoKBB 
          
          
            
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              Aaron Price, Digital Education Manager for Nationwide tells us how the building society is working with its learning partner, iDEA, to build the digital capability of its colleagues.
            
                
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             Sarah Brown, Project Manager at @DorsetCouncilUK tells us how their embedded digital champions programme is improving Essential Digital Skills in the council and beyond.  https://t.co/l0XyS6iryG 
          
          
            
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              Sarah Brown, Project Manager at Dorset Council tells us how their embedded digital champions programme is improving Essential Digital Skills in the council and beyond.
            
                
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