Tag Archives: Education

Glide Provides Birmingham Internship Opportunities in Partnership with Unite Foundation

Glide, in partnership with the Unite Foundation, following on from the success of placement schemes over the last three years is continuing to build momentum with the scheme. Unite Foundation students were employed with Glide at its Birmingham HQ during the summer, the business continues to support the charity and …

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ServiceNow Hitch Works Acquisition Will Address Talent Gaps

ServiceNow plans to acquire Hitch, a skills mapping and intelligence company. Hitch will bring AI-powered skills insights to the Now Platform to address employee talent gaps. Companies will be able to more effectively match people to projects – all from a single platform. With Hitch’s AI and ML capabilities, managers …

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Skillsoft and Workday Complete Cloud Connect for Learning Integration 

Skillsoft claims it has has achieved Workday Cloud Connect for Learning Integration status, connecting Workday Learning with Skillsoft Percipio. “We’re expanding our partnership with Skillsoft at a time when enterprises and their learners have an unprecedented need for accessing on-demand training and development resources,” said David Somers, Group General Manager, …

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Google Cloud removes barriers to entry to scout top tech talent

Richard Regan, Head of Partner Engineering, UK and Ireland, Google Cloud explains how the company is creating new career opportunities. A year ago, in a forum with chief technology officers from our Google Cloud Partner network, there was one topic on everybody’s mind: talent. Or more specifically, a lack of …

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PPDS Delivers New Eco-friendly Philips E-Line 4K Interactive Displays

PPDS’ latest range of advanced interactive touch displays for education, is the brand-new Android SoC Philips E-Line series. These devices are wall mountable and available in 65”, 75” and 86” size variants across two model categories – entry level BDL3052E and mainstream BDL4052E – the Philips E-Line. Martijn van der …

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Apogee invests over a quarter of a million pounds in employee training

Apogee Corporation, has announced a further £250,000 investment in employee training. The investment will go towards education and upskilling initiatives across the organisation, including apprenticeships, professional qualifications, leadership and management and sales training programmes. The training combines coaching and mentoring particularly in IT and compliance. The company is using an …

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Addressing the tech skills gaps starts at school: improve accessibility and awareness of coding, says STX Next

A recent report by the UK government suggested that strengthening and supporting digital ecosystems could add another £41.5bn to the economy by 2025 and support 678,000 new jobs. According to Cezary Dynak, Head of Node.js at software development company STX Next, supporting data skills and coding throughout education should be …

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New CompTIA A+ Certification: Up Skilling for IT Professionals in Today’s Hybrid Workforce

CompTIA A+ has been updated to align with the hybrid workforce.  The new version of CompTIA A+ (220-1101 and 220-1102) is available worldwide. The new exam also recognises the changing nature of the tech support job role, where many tasks are sent to specialised providers. CompTIA A+ certified personnel are …

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Earth Day 2022: New Data Finds Enterprise Learners Leaning into “Greening” 

By Mark Onisk, Chief Content Officer at Skillsoft Sustainability is no longer a nice-to-have, but rather a strategic necessity and business imperative. Pressure is mounting for all organisations to be more socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable, with the ultimate goal of reaching a place of net-zero emissions. Many organisations are …

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Keeping EdTech tools connected in an evolving learning environment

Will Liu, Managing Director of TP-Link UK explores how to simplify tech integration into the classroom. As one of the first sectors to be called back, Education has been hit by continuous disruption and uncertainty. There isn’t a teacher in the land who hasn’t experienced some form of ‘hybrid’ learning …

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