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Professional Development Programme
e-skills UK is launching a revolutionary development programme to fast-track the careers of new IT professionals. This unique Masters’ level programme has been designed with employers and will be delivered through universities and participating employers. It is supported by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
The challenge
The programme addresses a real and important challenge for the UK - ie the fact that, due to the impact of globalisation, new IT professionals must progress rapidly to higher level roles without access to the traditional 'entry level' jobs that would help them to build their skills and experience.
The solution
The IT Professional Development Programme will enable new IT professionals to rapidly build a strong foundation of competence in the early years of their career. The programme will be modular, with modules covering technical, business, project management and communication skills, among others.
Strong support
The programme has strong employer and university support. Employers representing a quarter of all IT and Telecoms professionals in the UK are already backing the programme. e-skills UK is uniquely placed to make this happen - building on its successful track record in uniting employers with education in programmes that make a real difference to skills development.
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Last modified: 17 Sep 2008
Strong employer and university support
Leading organisations are backing the programme, including:
- Accenture . Aviva . BA . BBC . BT . Carphone Warehouse . Cable and Wireless . Cisco . EDS . Fujitsu . Government . HP . IBM . LogicaCMG . Microsoft . Oracle . Reuters . Royal Mail . Sainsburys . UBS . Unilever . Vodafone . Whitbread
Universities already involved in the programme include:
- Cranfield University . Lancaster University Management School . Manchester Business School . the Open University . UCL .

