Presentation from Code Academy: "Digital skills for the Northern Powerhouse".
It examines the context, i.e. the North East digital skills marketplace and the issues and requirements from Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and Corporate levels. It looks at how Code Academy can be the solution to bridge the graduate to industry skills gap in software engineering and development. The presentation then covers Corporate & SME partner opportunities and finally strategic regional partners.
2. Stephen Purvis Peter Chalder-Wood
Chief Executive Managing Director
SGP Technology Group Code Academy
3. Scope
• Context: North East digital skills
• SME and Enterprise requirements
• Keynote: Paul Sutherland – Innovation, skills and training
• Code Academy: the solution
• Corporate & SME partner opportunities
• Strategic regional partners
• Questions
12. Supply and demand imbalance
Lag
• Undergraduate output
lags industry demand by
>= 6 years
• This is inherent in all
undergraduate courses
Capacity
• North East does not
train its per capita share
of software engineers
• Durham has an intake of
59 in 2015 vs UK total of
11,806
Quality
• The undergraduate
output standard is not
“industry ready”
• Significant investment is
required to create a
client ready developer
13. Supply and demand imbalance
Lag
• Undergraduate output
lags industry demand by
>= 6 years
• This is inherent in all
undergraduate courses
Capacity
• North East does not
train its per capita share
of software engineers
• Durham has an intake of
59 in 2015 vs UK total of
11,806
Quality
• The undergraduate
output standard is not
“industry ready”
• Significant investment is
required to create a
client ready developer
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Course
design
QA &
Ratify
Deliver
Year 1
Deliver
Year 2
Deliver
Year 3
Enter job
market
14. Enterprise and SME Demand
• High quality software engineers
• Skills that are relevant to current demand
• Agile software development by default
• Digital by Default project management
• Commercial project management awareness
• Professional memberships and a career focus
• Industry specific product accreditation
• Multi-discipline technical skillset
16. Industry View – Dave Sharp
• Problem -> Crisis
• Networking … not working
• Workplace Requirements
- Mathematics
- Systematic methodology
- Systems approach
- Problem solving
• Action. Now. No more talking
19. Who, What, When and Where?
• 25 computing graduates per cohort
- Undergraduates, Underemployed Graduates, Career Shift, Corporate employees
• 2 cohorts per year
- Spring intake corporate led, Autumn intake academic cycle led
• Delivered at Newburn Riverside (Old ONE offices) NE15
- Plans to roll out in 10 cities over the next 24 months
• Led by industry experts
- Management team from industry and academia
- Code mentors with 15+ years experience as software engineers
20. How – Phase 1
Project
Management
Industry
Accreditation
Industry
Accreditation
Professional
MembershipMentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
Guest Speakers
3 Industry CEOs
Head of Microsoft UK ACM
ATOS Commercial Director
Members of Parliament
Major project managers
Future employers
Supporting Events
Hackathon events
Corporate visits
Industry seminar attendance
21. How – Phase 1
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
22. How – Phase 2
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
• 2-3 Real-world industry projects
- Led by fully qualified project managers
- Specified and paid for by industry and partners
• Agile software development
- Making the transition from PRINCE2 to AGILE
• Full lifecycle development
- Systems analysis
- Solutions architecture
- Alpha, Beta, Live
- Testing and accreditation
- Deployment
23. Graduate benefits
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
• Industry led solution to the known skills gap
• Enter employment “day 1 ready” to join a high paced
development team
• Head and shoulders above a direct undergraduate or graduate
competitor
• Set off on a professional career with ongoing CPD and focus on
progression
• Boosted earnings
24. Graduate enhanced earnings
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
• North East average graduate salary ~£18,000
• Independent survey of employers, shown only the skills matrix
of a Code Academy graduate gave an average starting salary
band of £25,800
• £7,800 increase in first year earnings
• ~£200,000 increase in first decade earnings
• A genuine career accelerator
25. Company Benefits
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
• Excellent quality highly skilled (SFIA5+) technical talent
• Reduced dependence on contractors
• Ability to hit manning targets
• “Sticky” dedicated employees who are long term career
focussed and reward the investment in their training with long
service
• Ability to shape course content
• Ability to run a 6 month recruitment exercise by commissioning
low cost project work in Phase 2
26. Corporate and SME Partners
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
• Corporate Partners
- Foundation partner status and significant media coverage
- Ability to shape core Phase 1 content (3 modules)
- Place your own graduate employees or upskill candidates into the course
- Control of a high quality talent pool
- Commission low cost (20% of avg contractor rates) projects to derisk
• SME Partners
- Recruit a fixed number of graduates
- Utilise Phase 2 project capacity
27. The Acid Test …
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
John Smith MSc CV
Education
MSc Advanced Networking Systems
BSc(Hons) Computer Science
Qualifications and Accreditations
First Aid
Project Experience
Masters project
Industry Experience
Nil
John Smith BSc(Hons) MBCS CV
Education
BSc(Hons) Computer Science
Code Academy
Qualifications and Accreditations
Prince2 Project Management
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
RedHat Linux Certified Engineer
Project Experience
Project 1 - £150,000 2 month SCALA financial POC
Project 2 - £200,000 2 month JBOSS middleware
Project 3 - £200,000 2 month Dynamics AX integration
Industry Experience
12 months post graduation
28. The Acid Test …
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
John Smith MSc CV
Education
MSc Advanced Networking Systems
BSc(Hons) Computer Science
Qualifications and Accreditations
First Aid
Project Experience
Masters project
Industry Experience
Nil
John Smith BSc(Hons) MBCS CV
Education
BSc(Hons) Computer Science
Code Academy
Qualifications and Accreditations
Prince2 Project Management
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
RedHat Linux Certified Engineer
Project Experience
Project 1 - £150,000 2 month SCALA financial POC
Project 2 - £200,000 2 month JBOSS middleware
Project 3 - £200,000 2 month Dynamics AX integration
Industry Experience
12 months post graduation
30. Summary
Mentor led,
Industry
focussed
training delivery
Academic led
Postgraduate
content delivery
• North East has the potential to be a UK leading software
engineering hub
• Our talent pipeline does not support that desire
• Universities are key partners in delivering the input standard
• Industry is best placed to polish and refine to real-world
requirements
• Code Academy is a genuine career accelerator for graduates
• Code Academy is a clear and strong fiscal and CSR success for
Corporates and SMEs