Tag: Skills
28 articles tagged Skills
Reeves to launch City 'skills compact' for the AI era
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce a financial services skills compact committing City firms to retrain thousands of UK staff for AI, covering some 500,000 workers.
Clerical and high-tech jobs most exposed to AI, study finds
An Engineers Ireland study says clerical and high-tech workers are most at risk from AI, with about 110,000 Irish jobs vulnerable to automation.
AI use in English schools races ahead of strategy, study finds
A Teach First and Accenture study finds AI already embedded in English schools, yet only 2% have a full strategy and 63% cite weak staff confidence.
UK workplace AI use doubles, but the gains cluster at the top
Google-backed research says UK workplace AI adoption has reached 73%, yet the career rewards concentrate among a 15% 'trailblazer' minority, exposing a widening skills gap.
Most UK firms use AI while calling it irrelevant — report
An HCR Law and CyNam study finds most businesses use AI daily despite 80% deeming it irrelevant, with only 11% of workers trained to use it safely.
Half of London firms report an AI-era skills gap
A survey of 2,043 London business leaders finds just 50% believe their workforce has the skills needed for the AI era, down from 63% a year earlier.
UK firms embrace AI but managers lack skills, CMI warns
A Chartered Management Institute study of 1,000 UK managers finds only 5% report transformational AI gains, with most firms stuck in the pilot phase.
London leads UK AI adoption as the regional gap widens
DSIT data shows London firms adopt AI at 20% versus a 16% UK average, raising fears the productivity gains will concentrate in a capital already pulling ahead.
Labour unveils AI bootcamps to protect young workers
Liz Kendall has launched AI bootcamps, a £20m jobs alliance and tech training for 400,000 pupils, pledging to make AI 'work for workers' at London Tech Week.
Employers step in as schools lag on AI skills
With curricula struggling to keep pace, employers like IBM are moving to fill the AI skills gap - but experts question how much it helps job-seekers.
Most UK workers feel overwhelmed by the pace of AI
Henley Business School research finds 61% of UK workers feel overwhelmed by AI's pace, even as adoption spreads and shadow AI use grows.
AI is reshaping graduate roles, not eliminating them, ISE survey finds
An Institute of Student Employers survey finds 87% of UK employers expect AI to change entry-level roles, but four in ten expect no jobs to be replaced.
EY says 74% of UK consumers use AI but trust still lags
An EY survey finds 74% of UK consumers used AI in the past six months, but only 14% are comfortable with fully autonomous agent-led AI systems.
