Filtered launches foundation to tackle UK skills gap
Online learning provider Filtered.com has launched the Filtered Foundation to tackle the ever-present skills gaps in young people, particularly those from the state sector. The Foundation will leverage premium business training from Filtered.com to individuals who wish to become more confident in and develop their business skills.
Filtered uses adaptive learning technologies to deliver courses tailored to each individual’s needs and existing knowledge. Courses cover essential business disciplines from leadership and management to strategy, spreadsheeting, project management and compliance. Clients include ING, Asda, New Look, EE and Regus.
The Filtered Foundation will also take on the work of Access Professions which was launched in 2011 to provide students from less privileged backgrounds with a wide variety of Higher Education and career opportunities based on their interests, aspirations and education. Over 45% of Access Professions' student users are from an ethnic minority background and over 67% are female. Popular career choices include law, finance and business. Main sponsor ICAEW and partners the Law Society, PwC and BLP are amongst those firms benefitting from the charity's work.
Victoria Smith, Filtered Foundation's manager, said about this new partnership: "There are many fantastic activities and events to encourage and inspire students from less privileged backgrounds to apply to large firms – but these can only prepare students to a certain point. To excel in the modern workplace, new starters must also be familiar with the necessary software, hold their own in an interview and show they are well prepared for work. The Foundation offers students access to Filtered’s online courses from an earlier age to make this happen."
Marc Zao-Sanders, co-founder and MD of Filtered, also commented: "Filtered is proud to be launching its foundation to develop the skills of the young. The Filtered Foundation will utilise Access Professions' expertise in helping talented, non-privileged young people with Filtered's outstanding workforce training to close the UK skills gap. We'll measure impact, report back and share best practice. And we invite all firms interested in supporting social mobility through skills development to be in touch with the Foundation today."
To find out more call +44 (0)20 7729 9043, email foundation@filtered.com or visit learn.filtered.com/foundation.