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<p>The Industrial Strategy One Year On Progress Report (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306854/bis-14-707-industrial-strategy-progress-report.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306854/bis-14-707-industrial-strategy-progress-report.pdf</a>)
published on 23<sup>rd</sup> April provides an update on progress on the Information
Economy Strategy. The Information Economy Council is driving forward action in several
areas including addressing skills issues, barriers to growth, and the analysis and
use of data sets.</p><p>As a part of our work on skills we have created Higher Apprenticeships
as an alternative to traditional graduate recruitment. In IT Higher Apprenticeships
there have been 420 starts in 2012/13 compared with 60 starts in 2010/11. We have
also created cyber security schools programmes, apprenticeships, internships, Centres
for Doctoral Training and will shortly be launching a Cyber Security Massive Open
Online Course.</p>
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