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17/06/2015
New National Coalitions for Digital Skills and Jobs in Belgium, Cyprus, the Netherlands and the UK
Four new National Coalitions were announced today at the European Digital Assembly in Riga. National partnerships aim to overcome EU's digital skills gap and allow European citizens to benefit from the professional opportunities offered by new technologies and the Digital Single Market. Also in today's event, organisations such as BBC, CA Technologies and EMC Academic Alliance, among others, announced their commitment to the EU Grand Coalition.
12/06/2015
Next school year in Latvia with trainings on informatics
One of the objectives of the national eSkills for Jobs campaign in Latvia was to influence changes in the general education curriculum. LIKTA, the Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association, and a number of ICT companies, were the creators of the new Educational Standard, which foresees training on digital literacy and coding from the first grade. Intensive work has been taken from the very beginning of 2015 resulting in a pilot project on the informatics curriculum
11/06/2015
Why young people need to improve their digital skills
Young generations who grow up exposed to digital technology are often described as digital natives. However, this term mistakenly suggests that intuitively they know how to use digital technologies. Youngsters spend time text messaging, playing games online and consuming content in a passive way, but not developing real digital skills. Surveys show that in many European countries young users lack basic e-skills
04/06/2015
This is IT: 3 skills you need to have
IT skills learnt today will be extremely useful as 90% of all jobs need basic digital and ICT skills. New roles have appeared such as digital designer, application developer or data analyst. Meanwhile, traditional jobs also increasingly require digital skills. Reasoning skills such as problem-solving are now used in combination with ICT skills. These skills are essential for the process of job searching and to collect useful information about training, education and job vacancies
02/06/2015
Guide to ICT careers
More than any other industry today, ICT offers a diverse range of opportunities and challenges. You can work with a multinational corporation, operate as an independent contractor or be a consultant, but that's not all. There are many options, choose the one that fits you best