#ai-upskilling

#ai-upskilling

The government will create a new cross-department Future of Work Unit, expand its ambition to upskill 10 million workers in AI by 2030, and invest £27 million in a new TechLocal programme aimed at entry-level tech roles, the Science and Technology Secretary has announced. Delivering her first major speech on artificial intelligence at Bloomberg on Wednesday, Liz Kendall set out how the government intends to position Britain to "win for Britain on AI", while supporting workers through the disruption the technology will bring.

Naturally, you might be inclined to perceive content creation as social media savviness and posting influencer-style content online, but that's not exactly what these professionals are after. By "content creation," it means turning leadership and industry-standard thinking into creative output that is structured in a way to grab attention and generate leads. It involves the ability to communicate and express ideas clearly online through multimodal formats and across texts and visuals.

With the UK facing significant AI skills shortages, new research suggests a sharper focus on boosting workforce diversity will be required to meet government AI training plans. A new study from BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT found the proportion of women working in tech has risen to 22%. While the marks a welcomed - albeit small - increase of 1%, the institute noted there's still a lot of work to be done.

"There are few solutions available on the market that are dedicated to non-technical people," Aureliusz Gorski, founder and CEO of Warsaw-based CampusAI, told TechCrunch. CampusAI's solution? An educational platform focused on making learning accessible to everyday people who want to bring AI into their everyday workflows - whether that's to help improve sales, HR, legal, or just give your personal branding a boost with AI. The platform aims to help people understand and work with AI, rather than be intimidated by it.

Staying up with AI's changing landscape is getting workers down. Forty-one percent of professionals report AI's current pace is impacting their well-being, and more than half of professionals say learning about AI feels like another job in and of itself, according to the latest . LinkedIn monitored conversations on the platform that included the words "overwhelm" or "overwhelmed," "burn out," and "navigating change" from July 2024 through June 2025, while also keeping an eye on AI topics and keywords around that same time.