Keep your eyes peeled throughout October, as Give a Grad a Go is coordinating several initiatives for ‘Tech Skills Month’. Our aim is to help you understand the importance of technical skills today.
During this tech month we are raising awareness of:
Here’s what we’ve got planned…
Cybersecurity awareness is about understanding how to protect yourself online, recognising cyber threats and taking action to avoid being a cyber-attack victim.
Part of being cyber aware, is understanding the meaning of ‘your digital footprint’.
To kick things off with cyber awareness month, we have created a short video to demonstrate the importance of your digital footprint. In the video we look at:
If you’re a business looking to educate yourself on cyber security best practices, we’ve collated information on the importance of cyber security for businesses, and how to protect your business from cyber attacks.
Read it here!
Want to know more about digital footprint? Find out how businesses can manage their online identity.
For Computer Learning Month, our Digital Analyst at Give A Grad A Go held computer lessons for employees.
This involved sharing computer learning tips on internet extensions or plugins and other computer tools that employees could be using daily to help refine and develop our existing internal processes.
Are you a tech grad looking to start your career?
Or simply have a keen interest in technology and the digital world?
There are so many different tech job roles out there and the number continues to rise as society becomes more and more digitalised.
Many of these new technology jobs have been nick-named by adding ‘Tech’ to the end of each shortened word/ job role, for example:
Check out some of our latest graduate jobs for techies!
We have an exciting announcement for Women In Tech Week, but first, to get you inspired, here’s a list of inspirational ladies in tech.
From the Forbes list of the World’s Top 50 Women in tech – here’s a shortlist of UK women who have all worked incredibly hard to get themselves to the top!
1. Chantelle Bell, BioTech Engineer from Cambridge University co-founded ‘Syrona Women’, winning awards for creating a testing device enabling women to check for cervical cancer themselves at home.
2. Sue Black, Computer Scientist who founded UK charity #techmums and launched #techmumsTV, alongside Facebook, an online series encouraging mums to learn tech skills through classes as well as online programmes.
3. Eileen Burbidge, Venture Capitalist – she has made over 70 tech investments and is a founding partner at Passion Capital. She’s also HM Treasury Special Envoy for FinTech, Mayor of London’s office Tech Ambassador and Chair of Tech City UK.
4. Karen Dolva, Consumer Technology Innovator founded No Isolation, a device that improves the lives of the vulnerable, such as sick children, by connecting them with peers at school whilst they recover at home.
5. Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, digital advocacy founder – Founded Stemettes, helping over 40,000 girls realise their STEM potential. Now she is working alongside large media brands, including 20th Century Fox and the BBC, to put more tech role models on TV.
*This competition has now expired. Please check back to our Student Competitions hub, to find out more ways you can win prizes online.*
Feeling inspired now? Good! Because Give A Grad a Go have partnered up with CodeFirst and are offering the opportunity to win a FREE 8 week tech scholarship worth £685!
We are running this competition across:
Facebook , Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram
… And the best bit is, you can enter through all our social channels for a higher chance of winning!
To enter the competition, users must follow the instructions on Give A Grad A Go’s respective Social Media channel (competition rules vary depending on the social networking site)… Here is a preview of what it’s all about!
The first course starts in January 2020, which includes 8 classes at a location in Central London. There will be 8-10 courses next year so if you can’t attend the next course in January, you can choose a course time that suits you (i.e. over Easter break, summer break if you’re not located in London).
There are 3 types of tech courses available and the winner is free to choose their own:
More details to be revealed about this very soon…
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