A study carried out by O2 (2013) found that “Britain will need 750,000 skilled digital workers by 2017 - and if we can’t support that growth, it could result in costing the UK as much as £2bn each year”. If this isn’t alarming enough, research conducted by Next Gen Skills (2011) showed that “there were just 56,025 UK computer science graduates in 2011, which was a drop of 23.3% over the past 10 years.” Reiterating the point that coding should be implemented into the school curriculum for children to learn. There are many reasons behind why schools should be teaching children how to code for instance the huge skills gap that is soon going to hit UK as well as the rest of Europe. Also the way that the modern day economy is going it is going to
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In an article by Blonde.net (2014) they explained how code could be seen as an international language. Which means it can therefore be taken all over the world and used in all different sectors and industries of the world. I believe the industry will gain from this immensely as it means that there are more people that will be learning code, meaning that they will have a better chance of finding the specific candidates they would ideally be looking for, problem solvers and logical thinkers. The learners will benefit from this as they will find it helpful in the future having an understanding of how certain systems process. People say it will help improve children’s literacy skills as well as giving them a broad understanding of how coding works and what it affects. A study from market researcher GFK (2014) stated, “The effects are being felt within the U.K.’s hottest technology hub. Last year, 45 per cent of business leaders at London’s Tech City said a shortage of skilled workers was their biggest challenge”. This again reiterates the fact that we need to have schools teach children not just IT but how to code and program things as these are the big skillsets that are missing in the current sector, so this would be a long term solution to solving those skill gaps that are currently happening. As computer weekly (2013) says “technology is the fastest growing sector of the UK economy with over a quarter of all new jobs in London coming from the technology sector”. A Tech City (2013) report also claimed that “The sector in London grew by 16.6% between 2009 and 2012, while the number of digital and tech companies grew
In an article by Blonde.net (2014) they explained how code could be seen as an international language. Which means it can therefore be taken all over the world and used in all different sectors and industries of the world. I believe the industry will gain from this immensely as it means that there are more people that will be learning code, meaning that they will have a better chance of finding the specific candidates they would ideally be looking for, problem solvers and logical thinkers. The learners will benefit from this as they will find it helpful in the future having an understanding of how certain systems process. People say it will help improve children’s literacy skills as well as giving them a broad understanding of how coding works and what it affects. A study from market researcher GFK (2014) stated, “The effects are being felt within the U.K.’s hottest technology hub. Last year, 45 per cent of business leaders at London’s Tech City said a shortage of skilled workers was their biggest challenge”. This again reiterates the fact that we need to have schools teach children not just IT but how to code and program things as these are the big skillsets that are missing in the current sector, so this would be a long term solution to solving those skill gaps that are currently happening. As computer weekly (2013) says “technology is the fastest growing sector of the UK economy with over a quarter of all new jobs in London coming from the technology sector”. A Tech City (2013) report also claimed that “The sector in London grew by 16.6% between 2009 and 2012, while the number of digital and tech companies grew