How we work
All of e-skills UK’s work is based on collaboration – With partners
articulating the priority needs of employers, and
then bringing together employers with government,
We also work closely with partners, helping to support
education and other stakeholders to address
a larger number of employers than we would reach
those needs. This section describes the scale and
directly on our own. Key partners include the CBI,
importance of our work with partners.
the IoD, Unions, the Federation of Small Businesses,
and the sector organisations BCS, Intellect, NCC,
ScotlandIS and Momentum.
With employers
“e-skills UK provides a UK-wide view of the
Over our first five years, our direct employer contact market. This ensures we have a global view
has risen to over 20,000 companies a year. This ranges on the trends and issues affecting technology
from the membership of our powerful Boards, to industries.”
those accessing our products and services, to those
contributing to our programmes and research. Of
Ian Graham, Momentum Trade Association, Northern
particular note are our employer steering groups and
Ireland
fora, which provide invaluable guidance and support
for our activities in each nation.
“We congratulate e-skills UK on their progress
in bringing together all the stakeholders,
“e-skills UK does a fantastic job in bringing including employers, employees, educators
together business, government and education and government around a common agenda to
to ensure that the skills businesses need will make the UK world class in technology skills.”
be there.”
Adrian Askew, General Secretary, Connect UK
Linda Allison, Edinburgh City Council
“e-skills UK has done an excellent job of pulling
With governments and agencies
together a large representative body of people The effectiveness of our engagement with the
interested in IT skills across the UK. It has been government is key to our credibility with employers
very successful in holding that group together.” and partners, and we work hard to establish valued
Bill Thomas, EDS
relationships at all levels of government in each of
the four nations.
“The outstanding leadership of e-skills UK, These include the relevant departments in the Welsh
working on a range of fronts and forming Assembly and Scottish Governments, the Scottish
partnerships between business, education and Qualifications Authority (Awarding and Accreditation)
government is vital to create the skills base we and Scottish Funding Council, Invest Northern Ireland,
need to build a globally competitive economy the Department of Employment and Learning in
in Wales.” Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland agencies
Richard Sheppard, Draig Technology Ltd
OfQual NI and CCEA Regulatory, and in England
the central government departments of DIUS, DCSF,
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