SaluteMyJob, a social enterprise helping members of the Armed Forces community into civilian employment, has been awarded a grant from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The grant is funding a pilot project to support three ex-military job seekers into jobs with small businesses in the South West.
In collaboration with Abertay University, IBM and the Click...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
