Sector attractiveness
The challenges we identified:
e not supporting the gr
owth of the IT
The education and car
eer choices of young people wer
eers;
•
om technology car
workfor
ce, with misper
ceptions deterring many suitable people fr e developing
om a sever
e gender imbalance, and girls wer
•
The sector’
s workfor
ce suf
fers fr
negative per
ceptions of IT
-related work by their early teens.
We set out to impr
ove:
The appeal of technology car
eers to young people.
•
Our work has included:
•
Creating Computer Clubs for Girls (CC4G);
•
Providing up to date
Car
eers Advice
materials; and,
Establishing a new pr
oject,
Revitalise IT
.
•
Key achievements to date:
fective pr
ogramme acr
oss the UK;
•
CC4G has been established as a popular and ef
om CC4G so far;
•
124,000 girls in 3,700 schools have benefited fr eased their inter
est in a car
eer in IT
; and,
•
65 per cent of participants say that CC4G has incr
om industry
•
Mor
e than 500 partners ar
e actively supporting CC4G, including contributions fr
worth mor
e than £11M.
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