Digital Skills Partnership and Digital Skills Training
Cornwall is home to the fastest growing tech sector within the South-West. Developing our current and future workforce in advanced digital skills is essential, not just for our digital sector, but it also supports economic prosperity and productivity for all sectors.
Digital Skills Partnership
The Digital Skills Partnership’s mission is to connect private, public and third sector organisations to create the digital skills ecosystem that Cornwall’s future needs. The partnership harnesses the innovation in Cornwall to inspire our communities, transform education and training, and create a sustainable digital economy where everyone thrives.
Check out their selection of digital skills resources
Digital Futures
Building and transforming digital workforce skills for today and tomorrow across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Cornwall has the fastest growing tech sector in the south-west. This is creating an increasing demand for digital skills which cannot currently be met locally. Digital Futures is receiving £2 million of funding through the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.
Skills Bootcamps in digital skills
To date over 1,000 learners across Cornwall have started careers in the growing tech and digital sectors after benefiting from a Skills Bootcamp. Funded by the Department for Education’s National Skills Fund employers and individuals can benefit from highly subsidised or fully funded digital and technical training courses that would normally cost between £1,500 and £3,000.
Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are available to both new and existing staff. There is a wide range of Apprenticeship standards available to develop digital skills including software, business and systems analysis, cybersecurity, data analysis and network infrastructures. Apprenticeship training is either fully funded or 95% subsidised by the Government, so they can be a fantastic way to help your business to develop the digital skills it needs for the future. The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education have published a series of occupational pathways, including one for digital, showing the qualifications that are available.
Cornwall Council Digital Inclusion Team and Adult Education Service
Supporting people to get online and use online services with confidence. Support for beginners and information on free resources and courses to help people start to develop their digital skills.
Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub
If digital skills are hindering your business growth, then speak to the Growth Hub. Their skills experts will help your business to drive improvements through new skills and training. Working with businesses on a one-to-one basis, the Growth Hub team will get beneath the skin of the business to uncover the skills you need – now and in the future – and introduce you to training.
Digital Skills for the Care Sector
Digital technology can play an important role in supporting better outcomes for people who use care services and in improving work processes, but only 54% of the care sector are using digital ways of working.
Skills for Care invites you to find out more about the learning and development opportunities that build digital skills and confidence and increase your understanding of how digital solutions can improve the quality of social care. Visit the Skills for Care website for their Digital Skills Framework, Leadership Programme and details of their Workforce Development Fund that can be accessed for digital skills learning. Improving digital confidence (skillsforcare.org.uk)
Digital Courses
Digital Skills Partnership
Cornwall is home to the fastest growing tech sector within the South-West. Developing our current and future workforce in advanced digital skills is essential, not just for our digital sector, but it also supports economic prosperity and productivity for all sectors.