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Class with class: 2 hours £150: free if you’re out of work: Michael Ruocco, your junction to a career in App Design if you want it

Featured Image Wire Frame App Flow thanks Michael Ruocco You know how Charlie in the Chocolate Factory is given a golden ticket? Roald Dahl grew up in Wales and after private school was offered a golden ticket to Oxford but refused it, saying: “No thank you. I want to go straight from school to work for a […]

Read More Class with class: 2 hours £150: free if you’re out of work: Michael Ruocco, your junction to a career in App Design if you want it

12.6 million adults in the UK lack basic digital skills: 5.8 million people have never used the internet: 35% of computer teachers in schools have a relevant degree: 30% of the required number of computer science teachers have not been recruited: 13% of computer graduates are still unemployed 6 months after leaving university. This digital skills gap is costing the UK economy £63 billion a year in lost GDP.

Featured image from the wonderful Martyn Williams on Alamy Image: Discussion of the appointment of the Science and Technology Committee in Parliament 2015 Source: Science and Technology Committee UK Parliament 2016-2017 Remember, or have you googled the very first mobile phone? Left the first mobile phone Dyna Tac 8000x and Burroughs Mainframe Computers After my daughter […]

Read More 12.6 million adults in the UK lack basic digital skills: 5.8 million people have never used the internet: 35% of computer teachers in schools have a relevant degree: 30% of the required number of computer science teachers have not been recruited: 13% of computer graduates are still unemployed 6 months after leaving university. This digital skills gap is costing the UK economy £63 billion a year in lost GDP.