Elizabeth Truss: ...in association with experts from a wide range of organisations led by the British Computer Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering. This includes commercial companies such as Microsoft and Metaswitch; and bodies representing IT sector employers—e-Skills UK and Intellect. The curriculum development process also involved representatives from non-commercial organisations including...
Simon Hamilton: ...Northern Ireland's skill offering is one of the things that differentiates us and sets us apart from other regions that we are competing with. Interestingly, in the conversation that I had with Metaswitch last week, I found that the differentiator for it locating here rather than somewhere else was the Assured Skills programme that we have in place, which has been incredibly successful in...
Simon Hamilton: ..., Assured Skills support continues to be instrumental in securing new jobs for Northern Ireland, such as the 94 support engineering jobs and research and development jobs recently announced by Metaswitch. The Assured Skills offer has many benefits for companies. They can find employees in what is commonly a new labour market, and any training developed is bespoke, helping to find people...