As part of our No One Left Offline campaign, we're inviting you to take our free digital assessment to measure your skill level!
This simple assessment takes roughly 15 minutes to complete and will provide you with your overall digital skills level, as well as highlight your strengths and any areas in which you could improve.
Our digital assessment is free for anyone in the UK to access for a limited period – so, we recommend taking the test ahead of Friday 20 September to discover your digital skills working level today.
Looking for help with completing our digital assessment? Click here to view our Digital Assessment User Guide.
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Is having digital skills essential in today's world? Which digital skills are the most important? And crucially, how might people without these skills be impacted in their day-to-day lives?
We took to the streets of Newcastle to ask the public these very questions – as well as asking them to rate their own digital skills on a scale from 1-10.
Hear their responses in this video!
As NCFE launches a new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of digital skills for navigating today's world, David Redden, Digital Skills Specialist, explains why employers must think about their workforce’s skills.
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David Redden, Digital Skills Expert at NCFE, delves into the importance of digital literacy in today’s world and explores why digital skills are becoming the third essential core skill alongside English and maths.
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Brian Queen, our Head of Customer Service, details his journey in completing our Essential Digital Skills qualification, explaining how it has impacted his role and why supporting digital learning is crucial in today's age.
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Did you know over half of UK adults lack essential digital skills? Here, Liz Williams of FutureDotNow outlines how their Workforce Digital Skills Roadmap is uniting industry, government, and civil society to tackle this issue.
Read the articleWe launched our No One Left Offline campaign to highlight the importance of digital skills needed to navigate the modern world. This includes professionally, such as applying for jobs and using digital tools in the workplace, as well as in everyday life, including staying safe online, understanding your digital footprint, and carrying out tasks such as banking or booking a GP appointment.
Data from FutureDotNow's The Essential Digital Skills Gap report tells us that:
Furthermore – and possibly, contrary to belief – the digital skills gap affects every industry (27% of people working in the tech sector don't have all 20 tasks), every region (at least 50% of the UK workforce cannot complete all 20 essential digital tasks for work) and every age group (even across 18-24 year-olds, almost half can’t do all 20 tasks.)
Working together, we hope that our campaign raises awareness and encourages individuals to learn and develop their essential digital skills.
Today, over half of working age adults can’t perform all 20 digital tasks industry and government agree are essential for today’s workplace.
