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Microsoft IT Academy
2011 Summit
9.30 – 9.40 Welcome & Introduction – Greg Pearson (UK Lead, Microsoft Learning)9.40 – 10.10 Keynote – Karen Price OBE (CEO e-Skills) & Stephen Uden (Head of Skills and Economic Affairs, Microsoft)10.10 – 10.40 ITA Benefits Update & Inspired Learning for a Skills Driven Economy – Greg Pearson (UK Lead, Microsoft Learning)10.40 – 11.10 Product Development and Updates – Simon Garrartt (Qualifications Manager, OCR)11.10 – 11.40 Microsoft Lync Demonstration – Ewan Dalton (Partner Group Technology
Manager, Microsoft)
11.40 – 12.10 REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING
12.10 – 12.40 Product Development and Updates – Ken Gaines (ICT Portfolio Manager, City & Guilds)
12.40 – 13.40 Microsoft IT Academy in PracticeSawtry College, Alan Stevens (Headmaster)Walsall College, Julian Brunger (Microsoft Academy Trainer)Open University, Richard Seaton (Senior Lecturer in
Communications and Systems)
13.40 – 14.10 LUNCH & NETWORKING
14.10 – 15.30 Microsoft Technologies in Teaching and Learning - Lee Stott (Academic Developer Evangelist, Microsoft)15.30 – 15.40 Microsoft Academic Service Partners – Prodigy and IT Skills Management Company
15.40 – 16.00 REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING & GOODBYE
Thank You To Our Gold Sponsors
Thank You To All Our Sponsors
Our MASPs are here to help
Prodigy LearningAndrew Griggs
IT Skills Management CoMike Evans
#ITASUM11greg.pearson@microsoft.c
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What To Take Away Today?
1. Meet 3 New People/ITA’s Today
2. Decide on 3 New Certifications/Courses You Will Offer To Students
3. Tell 3 Others About IT Academy
Skills for the UK Digital Economy
Karen Price OBECEO, e-skills UK
Economic GrowthIT & Telecoms industry GVA contribution amounts to 9%
(£81 billion) of the UK’s economy.
The internet contributes an estimated £100 billion to the UK
economy (7.2% of GDP).
Optimisation of ICT could generate an additional £50 billion GVA across the UK economy over the next 5 – 7 years.
The total potential economic benefit from getting everyone in the UK online is in excess of £22billion.
EmploymentCurrent1 in 20 people (1.5 million) UK workers are employed in IT &
Telecoms40% of the 1,129,000 IT & Telecoms professionals in the UK
work in the IT & Telecoms industry
FutureEmployment in the IT industry over the next decade will grow
at 2.19% per annum – nearly five times faster than the UK
average.Over 550,000 new entrants over the next five years are
required to fill IT & Telecoms professional job roles in the UK
Technology is at the heart of every sector
Change in Schools and colleges is needed to support sector growthThe number of Computing A-levels taken across the UK
has fallen by 14% in the last year and 60% since 2003.
By comparison, other STEM subjects (Maths, Chemistry and
Physics) all experienced an increase in numbers between
2009 and 2010.
The number of ICT A-levels taken across the UK had
declined by 34% from 2003 to 2009 but has stabilised in
2010.
Change in Higher Education is needed support sector growth
The number of UK domiciled applicants to Computing related
Higher Education courses is 44% lower than in 2001.
Applicants to other STEM subjects have grown by 24%,
since 2002. Over the same time period applicants to
Computing degrees have declined by 33%.
Only 15% of acceptances onto Computing discipline courses
are female.
50% of graduates entering the IT & Telecoms professional
workforce come from a non IT & Telecoms related degree
discipline.
Change in the workforce is needed to support sector growthIT & Telecoms ProfessionalsJust over one in ten employers consider there to be gaps in
the skills of their IT & Telecoms professionals and IT Users
GenderJust 18% of IT & Telecoms professionals are female, for IT
occupations only the figure is 23%
AgeThe proportion IT & Telecoms professionals aged under 30
has dropped from 33% in 2001 to 19% in 2010...
...additionally the number aged over 50 has almost doubled
in the same period.
Technology Insights 2011: UK
e-skills UK
Creating the skills for the digital economy
www.e-skills.com/technologyinsights2011
Microsoft IT Academy
Stephen UdenHead of Skills & Economic Affairs
Microsoft Ltd
UK unemployment
The number of unemployed people is 2.57 millionThere were 991,000 unemployed 18 to 24 year olds in the three months to October 2011, up 74,000.
Youth unemployment
BizSpark Apprenticeships
Help 500,000 people into work (over 3 years)
Digital Literacy Curriculum
Foster technologyinnovation
Support employment focussed NGOs
Create pathways into IT industry
Enhance basicemployability skills
UK Skills Portal
Wise Group
UK Online
Leonard Cheshire
Princes TrustShape the Future
Britain Works Challenge
InternshipsEntrepreneur First
IT Academy
Digital Skills 4 Citizens
Industry Alliance for Jobs
Britain Works Overview
Get Online @Home
Technical Britain Works
193,000 77,00012,000 2,000
Breadth NGO Programme
Startup Britain
Help 500,000 people into work (over 3 years)
Social Engagement Pre-apprenticeship Training
Work experience Placements
Microsoft tackles youth unemployment timebomb
YOUNG
Entrepreneurship(Bright Ideas Trust, PSYBT)
MicrosoftApprenticeships
Britain Works Year 2
Princes Trust Microsoft workexperience programme
Campaign to other employers
Employment
Integration with Work Programme
(BIS/DWP)
Charities ApprenticeshipsBritain Works Challenge Bizspark
Local programmes to engage MPs and city councils
Remploy
Digital Engagement through Facebook site & LinkedIn Group
500 apprentices in training with Microsoft Partners
Work Experience30% of participants now with jobs
Employment & Skills Charities 360 charities helping over 8,000 people per month
286,000
Britain Works
500,000
IT Academy Programme Benefit Updates
Greg PearsonUK Lead, Microsoft Learning
NEW – Lesson Plans
1. Lesson Goals2. Lesson Objectives3. Class/Lab Setup4. Lecture Outline5. Highlighted Cautions6. Discussion Questions7. Tech Tips8. Alternative Methods9. Hot Keys10. Quick Quiz11. Lesson Projects12. Multimedia Resources
Office 2010 Windows Windows Server Expression Web
Introducing Office 2010, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Access, Publisher
MCTS 70-680: Windows 7 Configuration
Active Directory, (MCTS 70-640), Network Infrastructure (MCTS 70-642)
Expression Web 4
NEW – Additional E-Reference Subscriptions
E-Reference Safari platform
• 5 Subscriptions per membership• Online access to ~125 Professional Development titles• Search and bookmark capabilities• Page download and print for student reference and classroom
use• Additional subscriptions can be purchased at a 60% discount off
the retail price of $249.99 USD
NEW – Free Certifications
• 10 x FREE Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
• 20 x FREE Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)
• Worth ~£1,000 p.a.• Renewable every 12 months with
membership• Unused vouchers do not rollover• Contact your MASP to activate
NEW – MTA Exams
• Mobile Development Fundamentals (98-373)• Release 30th November 2011
• ERK and SSG Content January 2012
• Gaming Development Fundamentals (98-374)• Release 17th November 2011
• ERK and SSG Content January 2012
• Objective Domains Available NOW• Office 365 Coming Soon - ~June 2012
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