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5 Solutions to the Space Skills Gap
by 
Joseph Dudley and 
Heidi Thiemann
5 actions the space sector can take right now that will expand the space sector’s talent pool, increase the number of experienced people, and make it easier to adapt to changing skills needs
Women in space deserve better
We have published a new and even gloomier report today. There are somewhere in the region of 10,000 women working in the UK space sector today, and more than 4000 of them have experienced discrimination, most of it because of their gender.
It's pay day for the UK space sector
Salary data is vital to ensuring that the space sector stays competitive and is not constrained by a lack of access to talent. We’re very pleased to today be sharing the first ever report on pay in the UK space sector.
The first demographics of the UK space sector
More than 1500 completed in the Census, almost 5% of the space workforce. They covered every region, role, and subsector, from Goonhilly to Glasgow, industry to academia, finance to flight dynamics.
What you need to know about the Space Sector Skills Survey report
The results of the UK Space Agency’s Space Sector Skills Survey have been published today, and besides being a contender for the most alliterative publication of the year, this hotly-awaited report finally provides some figures for the space sector’s recruitment and training needs.
Launching the 2020 Space Census
Today I am delighted to say that we are launching the 2020 Space Census, which will, for the first time, establish the demographic make-up of UK space sector employees across industry, universities and government organisations.
Just 8% of space job adverts are any good
The average space job advert is pretty bad. Rated against 10 best practice criteria, it gets a score of just 54 out of 100. Only 8% of ads get a score of 75 or more.
Half of early career space jobs require programming skills
When we talk about skills for the space sector, we tend to think immediately of space-specific skills: knowledge of orbital mechanics, of spacecraft design, of satellite data analysis. But though these are certainly important and necessary skills, the technical skill that is asked for most of all is the ability to design, develop, and deploy software.
Heidi wins award
We’re delighted that our co-founder and director, Heidi Thiemann, has won a Sir Arthur Clarke Award for her services to the UK’s space sector.
We have liftoff!
We’re excited to be launching the Space Skills Alliance today at the UK Space Conference. It’s an initiative Heidi and I have increasingly seen the need for, and we’re delighted to share it with the world today.