BCS has developed a web resource in relation to the UK Government’s Plan for Jobs. It has been clear that at least part of the BCS’s response to the challenges posed by Covid-19 is in reskilling the UK workforce towards digital technologies. The BCS Virtual Festival of Digital Skills featured key political figures from across the UK, including Skills Minister Gillian Keegan who said this area was the ‘rocket fuel’ that would power the UK’s revival.
As illustrated in a recent article by BCS Council member Dave Donaghy, removing digital poverty and creating digital capital should be pillars of the UK’s economic and social recovery post Covid-19.
