IT training 'should encompass business skills'

12:54 10th June 2008

Anyone learning IT skills should also be given a grounding in relevant issues for businesses in order to make them more valuable to employers, it has been claimed.

According to Andrew Tuson, head of City University London's computing department, there needs to be a greater focus on producing "work ready IT graduates" that meet the criteria businesses are increasingly demanding from prospective employees.

Smaller firms do not have the resources to train technically proficient but commercially unskilled workers and unless this fact is fully appreciated by universities the IT industry as a while will suffer, Mr Tuson maintains.

"Computer science departments must act now," he wrote recently in an article published by Computer Weekly.

"They must build on their success liaising with industry technologists and engage in depth with business-facing professionals."

Earlier this month, research by Women In Technology found that more than two in five female IT professionals do not feel confident about their long-term prospects within the industry.

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