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Coders complete first month of software bootcamp

The first cohort of soon-to-be coders have just completed their first month of a software development bootcamp. Headforwards Digital Academy’s new programme is taking a cohort of 24 coders from zero coding knowledge to junior developer over the next 16 weeks.

Delivered in partnership with Code Institute, the high-performance Full Stack Software Development Skills Bootcamp is part of...

LTR: Kelly Kingstone, Digital Skills Project Director; Toby Parkins, Co-Founder Headforwards; Rhonwe

Headforwards to launch Digital Academy

Cornwall-based software firm Headforwards is launching a Digital Academy to deliver tech training and digital upskilling to the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly workforce.

Headforwards Digital Academy will harness the expertise of software engineering and technology specialists to help individuals and organisations gain both the technical skills and mindset shift they need to make the...

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Devon County Council secures additional funding to extend free training for in-demand job roles

Around 400 more free training places are being offered through the Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps after Devon County Council secured an extra £900,000 for its programme.

The County Council scheme is responding to employers across Devon and Cornwall to help them bring the right skills into their business and to upskill existing staff.

Aimed at adults aged 19 and over, the...

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Marine tech company launches new training centre for the South West

Armada Engineering, a marine engineering company based in Falmouth in Cornwall, has launched the first training centre for hydraulics in the South West of England. The company has been approved as an accredited training centre by the British Fluid Power Association (BFPA), the UK trade association for the fluid power industry.

The Armada Engineering Skills Academy has been developed...

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iO Academy Launch Coding Quick Start Course with Free Tech Training for Beginners

Award-winning Bath-based coding bootcamp and tech training provider iO Academy has announced the launch of the Coding Quick Start, a new part-time introductory coding course aimed at providing essential programming skills to absolute beginners.

Delivered online every Wednesday evening over eight weeks, the Coding Quick Start offers a practical introduction to computer programming and...

The bootcamps will provide training in skills such as digital marketing, construction, welding, gree

Metro Mayor secures £3.3 million to expand Skills Bootcamps programme in West of England

£3.3 million in funding has been secured by Metro Mayor Dan Norris to expand a series of successful Skills Bootcamp programmes through the West of England Combined Authority (WECA).

The investment, announced on the WECA website , will allow another 1,200 West of England learners to take part in Skills Bootcamps at locations across the region.

The Skills Bootcamps will be...

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Local Skills Report sets priorities for the region

The Heart of the South West Skills Launchpad , part of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP), has launched a Local Skills Report, which sets out priorities for the region for 2022 to 2024.

The report recognises that the area's economy is shaped and led by the skills of its residents and businesses, but that the level of those holding a higher-level...

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Free agri-tech training courses to tackle farming and woodland management skills shortages launched in the South West

In January, Duchy College in Cornwall and Bicton College in Devon are running an 8-week Agri-Tech woodland management course to teach the technical skills needed in modern woodland management and farming.

The course is delivered through the Train4Tomorrow programme, a government-funded initiative supporting adults in the South West to develop the in-demand technology skills required...

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New maritime skills centre launches in Plymouth

After four years in the making and an investment of close to £2million, Plymouth City College’s flagship Centre of Higher Technical Innovation and Maritime Skills (TIMS) is now officially open.

Located at the heart of Plymouth’s marine industry, the new teaching site at the Marine Enterprise Zone at Oceansgate marks the start of a new chapter in the College’s ongoing support of the...

Plymouth's City College approved as part of government skills push

City College Plymouth has become one of a small number of institutions approved by the government for a technical qualification intended to plug Britain's skills gap.

The College’s Foundation Degree in Software Development is one of just 30 level 4 and level 5 courses in the country to be recognised as a Higher Technical Qualification. Approval is given to courses that meet a strict...