2nd Report - Digital skills crisis
- HC No.
- HC 270
- Published
- 13 Jun 2016
- Items
- 0
- Response
- Response document linked: 4th Special Report - Digital skills crisis: … Read government response ↗
Select Committee · Science and Technology Committee (Commons)
Digital skills inquiry
Status: Closed
Opened: 16 Sep 2015
Closed: 3 May 2017
1 report
Inquiry scope
12.6 million adults in the UK lack basic digital skills; 5.8 million people have never used the internet; only 35% of computer teachers in schools have a relevant degree and 30% of the required number of computer science teachers have not been recruited; and 13% of computer graduates are still unemployed 6 months after leaving university. This digital skills gap is costing the UK economy £63 billion a year in lost GDP. Report: Digital skills crisis Report: Digital skills crisis (PDF 718.00 KB) Government Response: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2016–17 Government Response: Government Response to the Committee's Second Report of Session 2016–17 (PDF 219 KB)Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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