How can you build a career in tech when you’re facing multiple barriers to employment? And how do participate in online training programmes when you lack access to a laptop or internet connectivity?  Andy Kemp is the Director of Partnerships at Generation UK & Ireland – an organisation that bridges the gap between education and employment and helps people who are experiencing disadvantage to access opportunities that would otherwise be unavailable to them. In our conversation, Andy shares:  • The truth about the narrow distribution of opportunities in the UK & Ireland • How Generation's fully-funded bootcamps bridge the digital poverty gap • Why classic education pathways are not serving current job opportunities • The value of putting data at the centre of social impact programmes • Why retrofitting is an enormous area of opportunity  To find out more about the work that Generation UK & Ireland do, head to: https://uk.generation.org/ To read the Social Impact Report that Andy mentions in this episode, visit: https://uk.generation.org/news/social... To read the Social Mobility Commission's State of the Nation report that Toni references, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publica... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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