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IT application recruitment could suffer without government support
The IT application recruitment sector could suffer if the government does not support the gaming industry, it has been claimed.
According to trade organisation TIGA, there are a distinct lack of computing courses on the A-level curriculum which is resulting in a dwindling recruitment pool for the gaming industry.
TIGA's chief executive officer Dr Richard Wilson said the government should be encouraging students to take on courses that prepare them for working in the software development and games programming sector.
"The government needs to encourage greater numbers to study these subjects through measures such as lower tuition fees for computer science and mathematics degree courses," Dr Wilson said.
He also highlighted the disparity between the number of men and women in the IT application recruitment pool.
"Males are more than ten times more likely than females to take A-Level computing," he added.
TIGA recently scooped two accolades at the Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards.
Posted by Jonathan Thorpe
According to trade organisation TIGA, there are a distinct lack of computing courses on the A-level curriculum which is resulting in a dwindling recruitment pool for the gaming industry.
TIGA's chief executive officer Dr Richard Wilson said the government should be encouraging students to take on courses that prepare them for working in the software development and games programming sector.
"The government needs to encourage greater numbers to study these subjects through measures such as lower tuition fees for computer science and mathematics degree courses," Dr Wilson said.
He also highlighted the disparity between the number of men and women in the IT application recruitment pool.
"Males are more than ten times more likely than females to take A-Level computing," he added.
TIGA recently scooped two accolades at the Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards.
Posted by Jonathan Thorpe
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