South Staffordshire College launches Digital Skills Academies | Press Release - FE News

@southstaffs is delighted to be launching two digital skills academies as part of its ‘digital first strategy’ and following an investment of over £550,000 from the @StokeStaffsLEP by South Staffordshire College.

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The digital skills academies will be based at Cannock and Tamworth Colleges and will help the local community to develop the practical skills of networking, programming, ethical hacking, artificial intelligence, 5G and cyber security.

The college recognises that within the next 20 years, 90% of all jobs will require an element of digital skills. This will mean a further 1.2 million more technically and digitally skilled people will be needed to fulfil the skills gaps by 2022. It is hoped that through the creation of the digital skills academies South Staffordshire College can increase access to digital skills education and provide lifelong learning opportunities for its community...

Kirk Hookham, Deputy CEO of South Staffordshire College said “South Staffordshire College is thrilled with the capital funding from Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP and will enable the college to be at the forefront of digital skills training. Whether individuals need basic IT user training or the most advanced coding, cyber security or internationally certificated professional qualifications they will be able to study in one of our new, state of the art Digital Skills Academies at either Cannock or Tamworth College.
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Source: FE News