Skills & Training
The issues identified are:
1. Communication
• Between and within industry, key stakeholders and education providers-Communication is a priority both in itself and across all the other priorities.
1. Actions Suggested
• Looking at formal and informal networking events which include industry and students.
• Opportunities to cluster and partner to bid on international business opportunities.
• Functioning Industry led panel which includes digital industries.
2. Training
• Identification and delivery of training via a special interest group
2. Actions Suggested
• Education system is genuinely industry led and students coming out and having skills for and access to industry.
• Mentoring and apprenticeship model
• Providing continued professional development short courses which are in response to industries demand.
3. Export Skills
• Providing continued professional development short courses which are in response to industries demand.
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3 comments:
Education is training students functionally and academically. Industry wants employees who are ready to hit the ground running. Small businesses do not have the resources to devote time to enhancing the skills that emergent students from full time education have. A bridge between these two is therefore required where industry requirements are recognised and the skills of selected students specifically incubated to meet them, resulting in more opportunities for employability and entrepreneurship.
Gerard McBreen said:
The SMILE training project worked very well. Organised via the Belfast Digital Media Growth Initiative and delivered by BIFHE. BIFHE asked us what type of training we wanted the consensus was for intensive short courses over days not weeks in certain skills. The course I went on was very good - pitched at the right level.
Colin Williams, Inferno says:
I have met with Chris Murphy and Ian Fleming from the UU IMD course and we are seriously discussing the idea of sponsoring/mentoring the right people through a large part of their course. We would be involved in choosing them (and them choosing us) - and that way, working together, it helps them learn, and helps up mould a very employable member of staff.
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