by Chad Doyle and Nick Hill | Dec 14, 2020 | Collaboration, Digital skills, Digital Stockport, Jobs
‘Shift Click’ is a new free training programme for young people in Stockport and Greater Manchester to learn the skills to secure a role working in digital. There will be support and guidance throughout the programme from industry coaches and experts, with guaranteed...
by Emily Wilson | Oct 13, 2020 | Collaboration, Digital skills
As the dark nights draw in and we spend more time indoors adjusting to the new way of working in this weird new world, digital skills, or a lack of them, feels more significant than ever. We’ve gone from meeting our friends in the pub, to meeting them online and...
by Lee Emery | Feb 7, 2020 | Collaboration, DigiKnow, Digital skills
GMCA launched their Digital Blueprint last night and they were pitching their sights high, aiming to be a top five European digital city region, recognised globally for its digital innovation. The ambition is impressive and you can read about it in full on GMCA’s...
by Sarah Burke | Jul 1, 2019 | DigiKnow, Digital skills
Eighteen months ago, we learned about The Duke of York’s Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award (known as iDEA) through the workshops leading up to the 2nd GM Digital and Tech summit. Recognising its value for our digital inclusion programme, we offered to partner with...
by Lee Emery | Mar 15, 2018 | Communities, DigiKnow, Digital skills
Visiting dignitaries. Life-saving service men and women. These are the type of people I’d expect to get invitations to Buckingham Palace; not someone who works in IT. So when HRH The Duke of York’s office offered a meeting at “your place or mine?” the response...
by Sarah Burke | Mar 9, 2018 | Digital skills
Stockport Council is committed to providing apprenticeship opportunities and has put 144 new apprentices into position during 2017/18. During National Apprenticeship Week we are giving one of the apprentices in our digital team a chance to describe their experience....
