EBSA Kids Might Get a Headstart
If an young person is at home with Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) this can be an opportunity for them to get ahead with contemporary digital design and tech skills.
Whilst other teens are busy with traditional training on the UK curriculum and social activities, your child can be learning technical design skills and even land a job virtually - before their peers are through 6th form.
There are so many kinds of jobs for real-time creators in game development, film, animation, architecture, modeling, automotive, construction, medical, design and education industries. There might be fields that your young person would enjoy even more than game development.
See the recent UK press below for info on why now is a good time to be a game developer.
London is now the largest cluster for games studios in Europe
London is now the largest cluster for games studios in Europe, with over 500 businesses in the city making and supporting games across mobile, PC and console.
Also, the Mayor of London commits over £1m to Games London, which has helped support and expand city’s games sector since 2015.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: I am also delighted that London Games Festival will return in 2023, shining a spotlight on innovative start-ups and promoting opportunities for Black, Asian and minority ethnic talent.
UK Government Digital Skills Gap
Over eighty per cent of all jobs advertised in the UK now require digital skills, however employers say the lack of available talent is the single biggest factor holding back growth. Estimates suggest the digital skills gap costs the UK economy as much as £63 billion a year in potential GDP.
As part of the government’s ambition to tackle the gap at all levels, a new Digital Skills Council will bring together industry leaders and training experts from Starling, Amazon Web Services and Multiverse. Working directly with employers, the council will encourage investment in employer-led training to upskill workforces. The council - chaired by Digital Minister Chris Philp and Phil Smith CBE FREng, chairman of British semiconductor firm IQE Plc - will look at the issue of digital skills from schools through to lifelong learning. The group will also look at ways the industry can inspire the next generation of talent from a wide range of backgrounds to consider a digital career.
2,000 scholarships funded by the UK government
The Office for Students has also been announced today as the provider for up to 2,000 scholarships funded by the government to ensure the UK has the advanced digital skills it needs to maintain the country’s leading position in cutting-edge AI and data science. The Office for Students will allocate up to £23 million to universities to fund scholarships starting in 2023. Funding will be available for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds as well as black, women and disabled students to ensure the AI built and used in the UK reflects the make-up of our society. Organisations across the country can play their part in boosting the future AI talent pipeline by match-funding scholarships for the AI and Data Science conversion courses with further information on the Office for Students website.