Cyber security degree at Gloucestershire College is accredited with Tech Industry Gold
Gloucestershire College has announced that its flagship degree apprenticeship in cyber security has been recognised with Tech Industry Gold, the industry accreditation for digital and technical degree courses.
The Tech Industry Gold-accredited cyber security course at Gloucestershire College is designed to address the skills shortage in the growing cyber industry.
Gloucestershire College’s degree-level apprenticeship in cyber security has been awarded Tech Industry Gold, the official industry accreditation for digital and technical degrees and degree apprenticeships.
A panel of experts found that the course, which is delivered by Gloucestershire College and UWE Bristol, meets all industry standards for quality, relevance and employer focus.
Katie Price has revealed she has hired an expert nutritionist in a bid to help her eldest child, who weighs almost 29-stone, lose weight.
The television personality, 42, admitted earlier this week that she has made the heartbreaking decision to put her son Harvey into full-time care.
Harvey, 18, is on the autistic spectrum and was born with disabilities including partial blindness, ADHD and Prader-Willi syndrome, which causes an excessive appetite.
Getting help: Katie Price has revealed that she is hiring an expert nutritionist in a bid to help her eldest child, who weighs almost 29-stone, lose weight
Harvey, whose father is retired footballer Dwight Yorke, 49, was born with septo-optic dysplasia - a condition that means the development of his optic nerve was unpredictable.
Gloucestershire construction skills centre will build ‘rewarding long term careers’
The new AccXel construction skills training centre in the Forest of Dean ‘has the capacity to open doors to very rewarding long-term careers’, according to the new team chosen to bring the ambitious project to life.
From left to right, from the top: Natalie Bell, Ben Ramsay, Andy Bates, Peter White, Lindsey Young, Nicola Bird and Rob Jenkins.
Gloucestershire’s new near £2 million AccXel construction skills centre is being championed for its potential to create new jobs in the county by the steering committee appointed to drive it forward.
Lindsey Young, who has helped shape electrical contractor Clarkson Evans, one of the county’s biggest construction firms and training success stories, is one of those named as part of the new team.
Gloucestershire will deliver cyber jobs for all thanks to the Golden Valley Development
Cheltenham is ‘booming’ and the Golden Valley Development will open the doors to job opportunities for all ‘regardless of background or gender’ a new video aims to promote – as Gloucestershire vies to become the UK’s new cyber capital.
Jay Dare, a technical consultant at Cheltenham-based computer networking firm Infrastar
Reid Derby, innovation lead at Golden Valley Development
Sarah Kingham, of Security Queens
The Golden Valley Development, one of the biggest developments in Gloucestershire’s history, will create opportunities for long and successful careers in cyber for people from diverse backgrounds, according to those behind it.
Gloucestershire College trainees secure local work placements for 2021
Gloucestershire College has graduated the first cohort of its traineeship programme, with its learners, aged 16 to 24, moving on to undertake employment placements with local businesses in January 2021.
Gloucestershire College’s first cohort of trainees will start their work placements with local employers in January 2021.
Gloucestershire College is celebrating the success of its traineeship programme, as its first cohort of trainees secure their six-week employment placements, starting in January 2021.
Supported by the government, the eight-week ‘Skills Accelerator’ programme is designed to provide 16 to 24-year olds with important employability skills, giving them the opportunity to gain valuable qualifications and local work experience too.