AID: Scholarships will promote diversity NEW digital scholarships are being handed out to budding coders - and Bolton and Bury candidates are being sought. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Lancashire Digital Skills Partnership has 24 such bursaries on offer as part of the Northcoders initiative. Supporters say the scholarships are for people who are disadvantaged or underrepresented in the digital industry, as part of the Fast Track Digital Workforce Fund. A 14-week bootcamp will start on Tuesday, May 4. Lou Cordwell, who chairs the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “Addressing the inequalities the pandemic has amplified is a central part of our Economic Vision for Greater Manchester.
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Digital innovation
DCF will set out to look at the key challenges as well as the key trends in digital innovation. There will be a focus on how new ideas can solve pressing current issues - including the vital one of the climate crisis. There are also more necessary conversations than ever surrounding cybersecurity, AI, VR/AR, machine learning, and automation which are consistently at the top of digital professionals’ minds.
Entrepreneurs and experts will unite at the festival to investigate these solutions and their impacts, and share their expertise.
They’ll be looking at digital transformation, which in 2020 has been fast-tracked for many businesses. Speaking at the Advisory Board meeting, Martin SFP Bryant, Founder of Big Revolution said, “If there aren’t enough digital solutions to support [recovering] sectors, we should be asking why.”