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Nottingham defies dotcom crash and powers up on study
City & Guilds reveals city’s rising number of IT learners

Skills experts today named Nottingham the UK’s dotcom capital in recognition of its ever-growing appetite for PC learning. 

City & Guilds released a new study tracking the uptake of its most popular vocational qualifications in the UK over the last 10 years, Nottingham was singled out for its PC prowess: almost one in five (19 per cent) of the qualifications were awarded in the city are in IT skills. 

The city has also been praised for a strong commitment to vocational education in general, with approximately 17,000 City & Guilds qualifications awarded in 2006-07. 

Plugging the right skills gaps

• City & Guilds’ research also shows that Brits are anticipating and responding to the nation’s skills needs:
• Basic plumbing studies made its debut in the top 10 most popular City & Guilds qualifications two years ago and continues riding high in the list
• Construction awards first entered the top 20 five years ago and has subsequently continued to rise towards the top of the rankings
  

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