Event summary of our digital skills roundtable with Nicola Blackwood MP to feed into the Science and Technology Committee’s inquiry into digital skills.
The event took place on Wednesday 2 March 2016 and was kindly hosted by Google. The meeting was chaired by Nicola Blackwood, Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon and Chair of the Science and Technology Committee, and involved representatives from universities, sector bodies and business.
The discussion was divided into three thematic sections – schools, higher education and employers – and this summary of the discussion was submitted to the Committee as part of their inquiry on digital skills.
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