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What Exactly Do You Do?

February 21, 2020

by Robert Wiltshire – Software Cornwall Education Outreach Selling a Career in Software to Students Over the last two and a half years I have been building up the connections with schools around the county. Most secondary schools have received assemblies for most year groups and we have been in…

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TECgirls Live – 22nd of August

February 12, 2020

A free event dedicated to igniting a passion for technology, engineering and creativity for young girls in Cornwall.  TECgirls was set up by a group of women and men in Cornwall who want to change the status quo. Across the UK there is a lack of women in technology, engineering…

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Career boosting options for young people in Cornwall

January 31, 2020

There are currently 4.3 million young people aged 16-24 in the UK, but according to research around 12% of them are struggling to get work because of a lack of relevant work experience. In Cornwall the work of the Careers Hub has been praised for helping young people to increase…

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Leading the tech revolution

January 29, 2020

New courses in digital and information technologies are being offered with ten bursaries worth £1k each available to Cornish students. I Am Digital has launched a new scheme designed to provide a digital and information technology education to students, while giving them the opportunity to work with some of the…

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Pool Academy Student given a Christmas gift

January 9, 2020

An inspiring computer whizz from Pool Academy was given an extra Christmas present to help boost his future career in technology. Members of Digital Academy in Cornwall College, Headforwards and Software Cornwall have been so impressed with Riley Mugford’s computer skills they wanted to boost his learning by getting together…

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