Mr Fleming said hiring neurodiverse employees was integral for the intelligence agency ( Stefan Rousseau/PA )
The Independent: GCHQ targeting dyslexic and neurodiverse people in recruitment drive, spy chief says
'With the right mix of minds anything is possible, and dyslexics are definitely part of that mix.'
The nation’s intelligence services are directly looking to recruit people with dyslexia and other neurological differences, the head of GCHQ has confirmed.
Jeremy Fleming, the director of the wing of the intelligence service responsible for signals and digital intelligence, said neurodiverse employees were integral to the workings of the nation’s security services – adding that the agency has three times the national average of dyslexic people in its apprenticeship programmes.
Speaking at a conference put on by charity Made By Dyslexia, which also featured comments from Sir Richard Branson and health secretary Matt Hancock, Mr Fleming said: “With the right mix of minds anything is possible, and dyslexics are definitely part of that mix.
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Update #1: GCHQ director says cyber agency is targeting dyslexic people to work as analysts (The Telegraph)
Update #2: UK spy chiefs are searching for dyslexic codecrackers to work at GCHQ base (Mirror)
WNU Editor: The GCHQ must have done a lot of interesting research before making such a decision.
