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The development of Digital 2010 was commissioned and managed by a Steering Group consisting of:


  • Learning and Skills Council
  • Business Link
  • Skills for Business Network (represented by e-Skills and Skillset)
  • Yorkshire Forward
An extensive consultation process also gathered input from stakeholders in private industry, the public sector, the voluntary and community sector, providers of learning and skills and other key government-funded agencies. The roll out of Digital 2010 is now driven by an Operational Steering Group, a partnership of key stakeholders in digital and ICT skills development across the region. The Lead Partners in Digital 2010 outlined below all have responsibility for one or more of the Actions:
  • Business Link

  • "Business Link is committed to assisting in the continual growth of businesses in our region, and ICT skills are a fundamental piece of the jigsaw. Ensuring businesses are able to make the best use of the resources available to them is essential to develop competitive advantage and help them compete in the global economy.

    Business Link continues to support the Digital and ICT Skills agenda by working together with partners to create opportunities for SME's to extend their skill set in this ever developing sector"
     
    Further information can be found at:
     
     
  • http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/
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  • e-skills UK

  • e-skills UK logoe-skills UK is the employer-led Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms, acting as the ‘voice’ of employers on technology-related skills issues. The mission of e-skills UK is to ensure the UK has the skills it needs to compete in the global economy. It unites employers with government and education to tackle the skills issues no one organisation can solve on its own.

    e-skills UK provides advice, services and programmes that have a measurable impact on IT related skills development in the UK. Examples of the work of e-skills UK include:

    • The new employer-backed Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) degrees, which focus on developing the blend of technology, business and personal skills employers need in future IT professionals. ITMB degrees will be available in 13 UK universities by 2008, including the University of Sheffield and the University of Hull.
    • The Business IT Guide - an online tool that helps managers and leaders of smaller firms understand how technology could benefit their business and supports them in taking the necessary action.

    Further information can be found at:

  • www.e-skills.com/yandhprofile
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  • Job Centre Plus
  • Provides help and advice on jobs and training for people who can work and financial help for those who cannot.
     
    Further information can be found at:
  • www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
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  • Learning and Skills Council
  • The Learning and Skills Council exists to make England better skilled and more competitive.
    Responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England.
     
    Further information can be found at:
  • http://www.lsc.gov.uk/
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  • Local Government Yorkshire and Humber
  • Local Government Yorkshire and Humber is the regional partnership of local authorities, which enables them to work together and collaborate on issues of common purpose.
     
    Further information can be found at:
  • www.lgyh.gov.uk
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  • NHS Yorkshire and Humber
  • The Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority was created on 1st July 2006 following the merger of North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic Health Authority, South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority and West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority.
     
    Further information can be found at:
  • www.yorksandhumber.nhs.uk
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  • The Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Ind
  • National training organisation for broadcast, film, video and multimedia. Details of training available, funding and research, and careers pack ordering.
     
    Further information can be found at:
  • www.skillset.org
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  • Ufi learndirect
  • Ufi, the organisation behind learndirect, has a mission to use technology to transform the skills and employability of the working population, in order to improve the UK’s productivity.
    Improving skills is key to enabling individuals, businesses and communities to fulfil their potential, and in improving economic prosperity and social mobility across the UK as a whole. Through learndirect, Ufi has a leading contribution to make in the drive to build skills, and in turn to build success on a personal, corporate and national level.
     
    Further information can be found at:
  • www.ufi.com
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  • Yorkshire Forward
  • Yorkshire Forward is the Regional Development Agency charged with improving the Yorkshire and Humber economy. 

    Yorkshire and Humber's 270,000 businesses contribute to an economy worth in excess of £75.2 billion, while over 5 million people mean this region ranks alongside countries including Ireland, Greece, Norway and Singapore.

    Yorkshire and Humber is a world-class location for companies who use digital technology at the core of their activity

    • 13,183 Creative & Digital Businesses in the Region (2004)
    • 123,025 work in the CDI sectors in Y&H including 18,006 self-employed or freelance
    • 4.6% of total regional employment is in Creative & Digital Industries companies.

    The continued development of digital and ICT skills is a fundamental building block to a competitive regional economy. Embracing new and emerging technologies in this rapidly evolving area of work is crucial to ‘regional advantage'.  For this reason, Yorkshire Forward is working with its partners from the public, private and voluntary/community sectors to develop and deliver a range of Digital and ICT skills programmes for the Region's employers, citizens and communities.  Further information can be found at:

  • www.yorkshire-forward.com
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  • Yorkshire Universities

  • Yorkshire Universities logoThe regional higher education association for Yorkshire and the Humber.

    Yorkshire Universities provides a forum for the 11 Universities and 3 Higher Education Colleges in the Yorkshire and Humber region to work together, and act as their collective voice in the region.  Yorkshire Universities' activity is focused on the provision of a central service for  members and on the delivery of a range of separately-funded projects.
     
    Further information can be found at:
  • www.yorkshireuniversities.ac.uk
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