Crossing The Digital Skills Gap

The lack of computing skills has been a topic I've covered a number of times, with the skills shortage holding back developments in both data science and AI. The issue was nicely encapsulated in recent news that there were more vacancies for IT-related jobs than people looking for them in the United States. A number of attempts have been made to close this gap, including projects by both Google and NVIDIA that I've covered before. Putting their hat into the ring are open source giant Red Hat, who have recently teamed up with independent school Lord Wandsworth College and the University of Surrey to produce the Open Schools Coding Competition, which the consortium hope will inspire the next generation of coders. The competition is in its second year and has 10 schools competing.