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Colleges across Coventry and Warwickshire will receive funding totalling more than £5 million as part of a pilot scheme to reshape technical skills training in the region.
Ian is gaining new skills as part of a Digital Skills Academy bootcamp that will help him to change career direction after being made redundant from the engineering company where he worked for over 30 years. He is now on track to use his new IT skills and qualifications and is feeling positive about the future.
An opportunity to take the first steps within the video games sector will enable students to work on a live video game already in production as part of a new intensive training course developed against a backdrop of growing demand during the pandemic.
A qualified language teacher in her home country, Punam moved to the UK over ten years ago from India with her husband’s work and now lives in Coventry. Alongside looking after her young son, Punam has been working in logistics but was keen to gain new skills and make plans to re-energise her career.
A Warwickshire-based Digital Skills Academy has responded to predictions of a ‘catastrophic’ future skills shortage with news of its latest bootcamps designed to get people into coding and tech careers.
The Digital Skills Academy are exhibiting at The Midlands Business Network Expo virtual event alongside NWSLC on Thursday 25th March 2021 from 9am until 5pm. During this event, we will be showcasing all our training solutions which can increase workplace productivity, develop business opportunities, support succession planning and drive business growth.
The Digital Skills Academy brought together leaders from across the digital and IT sectors to discuss how digital skills will rejuvenate and re-energise the UK economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It showcased how the sector can benefit from access to free training as well as high-quality software development and coding candidates to fill critical vacancies.
