DIGITAL DEPARTMENT AT:
2024 2025
A look back at what our students were up to last academic year...
Each year we work closely with Manchester Digital who run the fantastic ‘Digital Her’ initiative, with the aim to end gender inequality in the tech sector. This year they organised a great day with Atkins Realis in their Manchester offices, where our digital students got an insight and overview of who Atkins Realis are and the work they do. We heard career stories from staff and apprenticeship journeys from those apprentices starting out on the ladder. Already planning for 25/26 with Manchester Digital we will be at Booking.com in October to give those students another wonderful insight into industry.
‘If she can see it, she can be it’
Our Software students had the opportunity to be a part of an UX research group, supporting Accenture and the GMCA with their development of the Our Pass App and Website. With the Our Pass being the travel pass for GM 16-18 year olds, it was fantastic for our students to give their ideas and experiences. One session was delivered virtually 1-2-1 on Teams and the second was in-person at college where Accenture brought in prototype designs.
For the third year running now we have taken a group of our BAME digital students down to Computacenter offices in Media City where they get a lovely warm welcome, a brief tour and presentations from people of colour in the organisation talking about their journeys to where they are now. The second half of the session was an employability workshop on CV and Cover Letter skills before students got into small groups to work on a sustainable IT challenge, presenting their ideas to all with winning prizes for best idea and best presentation!
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