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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...

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UK Tech Training business teams up with Premier League football star to deliver funded tech training to Somerset and Dorset

BIT Training has today announced a new partnership with ex-Premier League football player Brian Deane to deliver free IT and Cyber Security training, as part of the government-funded Skills Bootcamps initiative.

The scheme is run by Somerset County Council and Dorset County Council, under the Skills for Life programme, and funded by the Department for Education’s National Skills Fund...

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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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Award-winning iO Academy launches new course in Data Science and Machine Learning

The award-winning South West-based coding training provider iO Academy is launching a new course in data science and machine learning . Taking place in May 2022, the online course has been designed for software developers of all levels, from bootcamp graduates to senior engineers.

A recent Tech South West talent survey revealed data science and machine learning to be among the most...

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Funding allocated for training EV technicians in Cornwall

Cornwall has been awarded £2.4m of government funding to deliver training of electric vehicle technicians, the BBC reports .

Truro and Penwith College and The Cornwall College Group (TCCG) will deliver training on their Truro, Penwith, Camborne and St Austell campuses.

It will provide new workshops, laboratory environments and virtual learning platforms, TCCG said.

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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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Heart of the South West LEP awarded further £750,000 for digital bootcamps

The Heart of the South West LEP has secured £750,000 of funding from the Department for Education’s National Skills Fund to extend its current programme of Skills Bootcamps across the region. The programme supports thousands of people across the region improve digital skills and obtain high quality jobs.

Comprising flexible courses lasting up to 16 weeks’ duration, the eight...

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Bootcamp launches for aspiring games developers in West of England

A new Bootcamp for games tech supported by the West of England Combined Authority is now open for applications. The boot camp has been developed by NextGen Skills Academy , Opposable Games and TechSPARK.

The condensed training course will be focussed on games programming, including Unity and Unreal Engines. These skills are highly in-demand across games, VR, AR, animation, VFX, and...

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