Tag Archives: STEM

9 steps to overcoming the UK tech skills gap

In the UK, a skills crisis threatens the country’s long term productivity, economic growth and employment prospects. To overcome this, urgent action is needed. But what does this action involve – and what steps do government and industry need to take?

In this guest blog Neil Lathwood, CTO at UKFast, one of the companies involved in the Fast Forward for Digital Jobs initiative and one of the UK’s largest tech employers, sets out to answer these questions.

Women in senior technology roles

While efforts are being made to tackle the gender disparity in tech, it’s time we recognized as a sector that we need to do more than just get women through the door. We need to empower them to climb the ranks. Nabila Salem, President of cloud talent creation firm Revolent, discusses how to address the “missing middle” of female employees in tech.