Supporting Partners
The Digital Futures at Work Research Centre (Digit) studies the way that digital technologies are reshaping work and the impact on employers, workers and their representatives, job seekers and governments. Their research aims to generate new knowledge about the benefits, opportunities, risks and challenges of these changes that is theoretically informed, empirically evidenced and policy relevant. The Centre is co-led by the University of Sussex Business School and Leeds University Business School with partners from Aberdeen, Cambridge, Manchester and Monash Universities. They are funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
FutureDotNow is a business coalition focussed on driving action on essential workplace digital skills. They coordinate industry action to equip people across the UK with the Essential Digital Skills they need to thrive in work and prepare for our digital future. They are helping businesses understand that a significant proportion of the workforce do not have the digital basics they need for the workplace, and empowering industry business leaders to take action. Established in 2019, FutureDotNow's action-centered community cuts across all industry sectors and is more than 230 members strong. They convene the reach and influence of industry leaders including our Strategic Partners: Accenture, Amey, Barclays, City and Guilds, City of London, Deloitte, the Department for Science, innovation and Technology, Johnson Matthey, Marks and Spencer, NHS England, Nominet, Oliver Wyman, PwC and UFI VocTech Trust.
The Institute for the Future of Work is an independent research and development institute exploring how new technologies are transforming work and working lives. Co-founded by former employment barrister Anna Thomas, Nobel prize-winning economist Sir Christopher Pissarides and technologist Naomi Climer CBE, they work at the intersections of governance, civil society and industry to build, through good work, a good society in which everyone can flourish through this new technological revolution.
The AI in Work and Skills Forum was set up to bring together the best leaders, practitioners, thinkers and policy makers in and around AI to discuss its impact on aspects of work and the skills we need. The Forum was founded by Isa Mutlib, the Director of Careers Camp.