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💻 No One Left Offline: Bridging the UK's Digital Skills Gap 💻 NCFE launches a groundbreaking campaign to assess and improve digital literacy across the nation. From 2-20 September 2024, access their digital assessment tool for free (https://lnkd.in/e_4gkugG.)! Key points: 🎯 Goal: Understand UK's digital skills landscape 🚀 Focus: Essential skills for professional and personal life 🧠 Misconception: Digital skills gaps affect all ages, not just older generations "We're living in an increasingly digital world... Those who don't have these skills are at risk of being left behind." - David Redden, Digital Skills Specialist at NCFE Why it matters: 💼 Job market competitiveness 💰 Access to better deals and services 🏥 Improved health awareness 🎓 Enhanced educational opportunities "Digital skills are on every Local Skills Improvement Plan as a high priority for each region." - David Redden Take action: Complete NCFE's free digital assessment Identify your strengths and areas for improvement Contribute to a national snapshot of digital skills #NoOneLeftOffline in our digital future! #DigitalSkills #UKTech #LifelongLearning #earnandlearn

Facts and Opinions! This read is worth it .. 💭 This week, the Australian Government Department of Education unveiled the #AustralianUniversitiesAccord, aiming for substantial and lasting reforms within the higher education sector. Highlighted in the Accord is a significant shift toward closer integration between Vocational Education and Training (VET) and higher education. 📖 Learning Vault finds that one of the significant challenges in aligning qualifications and information between #VocationalEducation and Training (VET) and #highereducation is the lack of mutual recognition and understanding. To bridge this divide, we require a system capable of translating and aligning the diverse sets of competencies and subjects from VET to higher education and vice versa. A sophisticated taxonomy framework may provide the means to equate the skills, knowledge, and proficiencies acquired in different learning settings. We are delighted to see this matter acknowledged in the Accord. The proposed initiative emphasises the creation of more streamlined pathways for skill acquisition, including the introduction of a #NationalSkillsPassport for quicker skill recognition and transferability. The Accord advocates for a highly adaptable education model, promoting modular, stackable, and transferable qualifications, including micro-credentials, to meet the dynamic needs of the workforce. It also proposes capitalising on new collaborative efforts, such as the TAFE Centers of Excellence and NSW Institutes of Applied Technology, to enhance vocational education's role in national economic growth. #Workforce planning supported by digital credentials to make skills a tradable currency is something Learning Vault has been preaching for years. Read the full report here and let us know your thoughts on this topics in the comment below. https://hubs.ly/Q02mtBtG0 #University #TertiaryEducation #VET #Education #Skills

🎥 Exciting News! The ESMTT Project Policy Recommendation videos are here! The first set of videos for the ESMTT project, focusing on Continuous Professional Development (CPD), are now live on YouTube! 🌟   CPD is essential for empowering educators to embrace the twin transition in education. These videos highlight how various levels, from local to EU, can work together to support CPD initiatives that foster adaptability, innovation, and a future-ready education system. 🇪🇺📢   📈🔔 The video below dives into general recommendations for establishing robust CPD frameworks, offering clear priorities and achievable objectives to truly support educators. Discover how CPD can drive growth and success in navigating the challenges of the twin transition.   ➡️ But that’s not all. The playlist includes various videos covering different levels of policy recommendations for CPD: general, European, national, and local. Take a look and stay tuned for the rest of the videos!   👉 Watch here: https://lnkd.in/g353in-z    GO! onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap; Education and Training Boards Ireland; AEEP | Associação de Estabelecimentos de Ensino Particular e Cooperativo; Hungarian Rectors' Conference; Doodt Media GmbH #EFEE #ESMTT #Education #PolicyRecommendations #CPD #TwinTransition #FutureOfLearning

Officially starting the EBL 2024 programme, i made it to the top 100 students that are selected in the Free state province for 2024 cohort in digital skills for digital jobs and businesses programme. #EBLInduction2024 #EBLprogramme #ds4djb #MTN # "crawl" # "keep on moving"

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Future Skills Organisation Thanks for saying this so clearly: “The most critical skills to focus on are digital literacy skills, such as the use of artificial intelligence.”    "Everyone's got to have those skills necessary to perform into the future," This is why I use Gen AI in my practice - so clients get exposure to this technology and become comfortable with it. They can then build on this experience at work. Are you doing this too? #vocationalrehabilitation #careerdevelopment #lifeinsurance

The main conclusions of Cedefop's 'Building the #European map of #qualifications' workshop ❗️ What needs to be done to further the positive impact of #NQFs and turn them into a driver of change in #education and #training. 📖 Click for more on the event and on the work of Cedefop in qualifications frameworks 👇 https://lnkd.in/dXaxySD3 #europeanyearofskills #skills #lifelonglearning #competences #learningoutcomes

Businesses - your digital skills knowledge is needed to shape the Manchester Digital Skills Framework (MDSF). Commissioned by The University of Manchester and Manchester City Council, the MDSF will link to the essential digital skills training that exists in Greater Manchester and will provide guidance for businesses to understand: -    The level of digital competency in their organisation -    What they can do to upskill their employees -    What training provision they can access to support and drive upskilling -    Which training providers they can work with to upskill staff Please take the quick 5-minute survey by Friday 1 November to share how you stay up to date with the digital skills you need for your business: https://lnkd.in/gE-2z54N #digitalskills #cpd #survey Lauren Birch Maura O'Brien Trevor Humphreys Steve Pettifer Simon Joos

Everyone needs digital skills to navigate an increasingly online world. 👉https://ow.ly/sGfZ50QEYv4 The Essential Digital Skills Qualifications covers a variety of skills needed for daily life, studying and work. #EDSQ #digitalskills