“We are delighted to contribute to the shaping
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of Revitalise IT… This initiative can make an
important contribution to the nation’s future.”
Nick Read, Chief Executive, Vodafone UK
Revitalise IT “The UK needs to attract more young
During 2007, e-skills UK brought together employers
people into technology, and help future IT
and universities to develop a major programme
professionals to develop the blend of skills
of work to revitalise students’ interest in IT-related
they will need for successful careers. Revitalise
education and careers.
IT represents a positive and important step
towards achieving this goal.”
Supported by the Higher Education Funding
Council for England (HEFCE), the new ‘Revitalise
Richard Pettinger, Department of Management
IT’ brings together partners concerned about the
Science and Innovation, UCL
50 per cent decline in applications to computing
degrees since 2001.
“We see this programme as coming at exactly
the right time to address a problem that we
have been monitoring as a growing issue – i.e.
Revitalise IT is focused on: the supply of graduates with the right skills set
• Changing attitudes and stimulating demand
to thrive in IT professional roles.”
amongst young people for technology-related Kevin Price, BBC
degrees and careers, with a particular emphasis
on widening participation and improving the “This initiative is timely and relevant to the
gender balance; and, future of computing in Higher Education in
• Promoting the capabilities graduates develop
the UK. It tackles a number of areas which
from different types of IT-related degree courses
City University also believes to be key:
and encouraging curriculum development in
creating a larger pool of talent to recruit from,
areas of industry growth.
improving careers advice, building on employer
relationships, and being able to showcase
Current work includes the ‘Back to School’ clearly to employers what graduates can do.”
campaign, which encourages recent graduates,
now working as IT professionals, to go back into
David Bolton, City University London
schools to inspire students, and the development
of an online virtual careers fair for students to meet
with employers.
Project partners include: Accenture, Amazon, Apple,
BBC, BT, Cisco, Capgemini, IBM, John Lewis,
Logica, Microsoft, Morse, RIM and Vodafone, and
universities, including: Birmingham, City University
London, Greenwich, Kent, Oxford Brookes, Reading,
Royal Holloway, and UCL.
More information is available at www.e-skills.com/
revitalise, www.e-skills.com/backtoschool and
www.bigambition.co.uk
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