Operated by IN4 Group, Skills City helps employers build a diverse, ambitious, and highly skilled workforce for their businesses. It focuses on an employer-led approach, working closely with partners to offer up-to-date digital skills through its bootcamps. By understanding the needs of employers, Skills City can satisfy demand and ensure that individuals from all backgrounds have a clear path to tech career opportunities.
Backed by the Department of Education (DfE), Skills City has delivered digital bootcamps in the North West on behalf of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) in Cloud Engineering and Software Engineering, and with the Lancashire LEP, it provides local talent with Data Analytics and Cyber Security Skills Bootcamps.
in partnership with Coventry University, funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). The bootcamps upskill digital talent from the most diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds in sustainability to future-proof jobs and support the region’s drive to become a net-zero carbon economy by 2041.
In the West Midlands, it has developed the first-of-its- kind Greentech bootcamps
Skills City
Skills City’s DNA
Skills Bootcamps are developed in partnership with local employers, providers, and authorities to help fill skills gaps and vacancies in local areas. Designed to be flexible, to fit learning around family or other commitments. Learners will also have a guaranteed job interview at the end of the course.
As one of the country’s largest digital Skills Bootcamps operations, Skills City delivers a unique technology talent acquisition solution. By unlocking the potential of highly skilled local talent from within diverse and disadvantaged communities, it drives prosperity for businesses and communities.
Humanising
Belonging
Culture
Accessing the talent Widening the talent search and building a pipeline of diverse talent to benefit the UK’s future digital technology workforce
Showcasing the talent Focusing on capability not qualification by showcasing talent that would often be overlooked due to lack of experience
Understanding the talent Unlocking hidden potential in our communities, enabling employers to work directly with individuals and nurture their growing talent
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