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Digital Skills Divided: Technical Provision for 16-19 Year Olds

Education Policy Institute

Research

Status

Previous

Partnership

Research

Region

UK

Launch year

2022

Age group

16-18,Adults

Target group

Other

The Hg Foundation has supported a new piece of analysis and research from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) considering the supply of, and demand for, technical and vocational qualifications in digital skills for 16–18-year-olds.   

The research, which considers the English system, is intended to inform the future work of the Foundation and others in this space, but also to make an impact on the wider policy landscape.   

The analysis explores issues such as the availability and take-up of qualifications in digital skills; the demand for qualifications amongst employers; and the capacity of further education colleges in particular to provide these qualifications. 

43%

fewer pupils are purusing IT or computing GCSEs since 2016

Only 17%

of 16-19-year-olds pursuing IT or computiing GCSEs are female

1/20

employers reported vacancies due to skills shortages, with 29% of these due to lack of digital skills

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