By Emb Hashmi
M15 with the British government is recruiting youth apprentice detectives and code breakers, they do not have to have a university degree or nay formal training. It said they are trialing this new scheme in a bid to expand the talent pool of its intelligence services as they believe they are in the era of cyberterorrism and cyberwarfare.
Foreign secretary William Hague announced the program in a speech at Bletchley Park, known as Britain’s World War II code-breaking headquarters. “Young people are the key to our country’s future success, just as they were during the war,” Hague said. “It will be the young innovators of this generation who will help keep our country safe in years to come against threats which are every bit as serious as some of those confronted in the World War II.”
The foreign office have said the apprenticeship program goal is to find up to 100 new recruits for GCHQ UK’s electronic surveillance agency – and the MI5 and MI6 and intelligence services.
The program will be open to bright young 18-year-olds with solid backgrounds and passion in science, technology, engineering and computer gaming. The Apprentice’s will undergo a two-year course which includes university classes, technical training and work placements before starting full-time jobs.
The foreign office said the goal was to “harness the expertise of its young people, who have grown up with a world of social media, global connectivity and interactive gaming, to make sure we can tackle the threats and challenges of the 21st century”.
