What we do
Digital Futures Cornwall offers a wide range of digital skills courses from basic to specialist. Online and in person. From half day workshops to full programmes. Covering everything from Microsoft Office to coding, and AI to projection mapping, and lots more in between. Part and fully funded training opportunities are open to anyone aged 16+, who is eligible to work in the UK, and lives in Cornwall.
Cornwall has the fastest growing tech sector in the south-west but there is also a skills gap in the region. The CIoS Digital Skills Assessment 2022 report, confirmed there is a ‘shortage of software engineers, developers, and programmers’.
Digital Futures Cornwall offers a wide range of digital skills courses from basic to specialist. Online and in person. From half day workshops to full programmes. Covering everything from Microsoft Office to coding, and AI to projection mapping, and lots more in between. Part and fully funded training opportunities are open to anyone aged 16+, who is eligible to work in the UK, and lives in Cornwall.
Cornwall has the fastest growing tech sector in the south-west but there is also a skills gap in the region. The CIoS Digital Skills Assessment 2022 report, confirmed there is a ‘shortage of software engineers, developers, and programmers’.
The project involves a collaboration of nine training providers across Cornwall led by Truro and Penwith College. Together we are building and transforming digital workforce skills and creating a pipeline of talent to meet the needs of Cornwall’s vibrant, growing tech sector. Digital Futures Cornwall is receiving funding through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to support individuals and organisations with digital upskilling.
The project involves a collaboration of 10 training providers across Cornwall led by Truro and Penwith College. Together we are building and transforming digital workforce skills and creating a pipeline of talent to meet the needs of Cornwall’s vibrant, growing tech sector. Digital Futures Cornwall Cornwall is receiving funding through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to support individuals and organisations with digital upskilling.
Our partnership includes local universities and tech companies, enabling us to offer a diverse range of training opportunities from beginners to advanced, and mainstream to specialist. Through this provision, we support individuals to enter and progress in Cornwall’s flourishing tech sector. We also work with employers locally (including those who aren’t part of the tech sector) who wish to digitally upskill their teams. Discover more about our vision and what we do below and check out courses currently on offer here.
Our partnership includes local universities and tech companies, enabling us to offer a diverse range of training opportunities from beginners to advanced, and mainstream to specialist. Through this provision, we support individuals to enter and progress in Cornwall’s flourishing tech sector. We also work with employers locally (including those who aren’t part of the tech sector) who wish to digitally upskill their teams. Discover more about our vision and what we do below and check out courses currently on offer here.
Our Vision
Digital Futures Cornwall is shouting a little louder about these successes, and about the exciting opportunities being created to train and work in well-paid roles, all without leaving our beautiful county.
We are particularly keen to support those currently underrepresented in digital roles. TECwomen is running a fully funded digital UPLIFT programme to encourage and support the transition of women in Cornwall into the tech industry. Both TECwomen and Tech Cornwall, alongside other partners, are seeking to inspire the next generation to seize the opportunities in this growing field.
Digital Futures Cornwall also hopes to encourage people who are unemployed, considering a career change, or working in roles that do not fully utilise their abilities, to explore whether the tech sector might be the perfect fit for them. We also want to work with local employers to co-create bespoke training to digitally upskill their teams.
Want more inspiration? Discover why some of those working in tech feel so passionate about their roles and living in Cornwall.
Funding Statement
This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Cornwall Council is responsible for managing projects funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund through the Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Good Growth Programme.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund proactively supports delivery of the UK Government’s five national missions: pushing power out to communities everywhere, with a specific focus to help kickstart economic growth and promoting opportunities in all parts of the UK. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
Delivery Partners
Truro & Penwith College
Provides a range of skills activities, including Digital Skills Modules, Programming, and User-Centered Design for upskilling and retraining. Business Skills Seminars focus on creating a more skilled, diverse, and inclusive workforce.
Cornwall Marine Network
Offers Sector-Specific Digital Skills for Business, catering to employees, leaders, and teachers/trainers. Digital Life Skills engage disadvantaged groups on a pathway to specialist digital courses, including FLOW awareness.
Digital Peninsula Network
Focuses on Digital Skills for Business, providing specialist topics for digital roles across all sectors. The Data AI Prompt Engineer offers an intensive course in prompt engineering, targeting underemployed individuals seeking career progression.
Falmouth University
Offers digital short courses in UX/UI Design, Creative Video Content, Consumer Market Behavior, and Digital Marketing. Targeted at underemployed individuals, career changers, and business leaders, these courses aim to enhance skills and facilitate career progression.
Real Ideas
Concentrates on immersive tech with activities like Createch for business, CPD, an immersive tech skills program, and Digital Natives focusing on workforce digital skills. Aimed at the Createch sector, non-tech business employees, and people moving into digital roles.
Step Into Learning
Offer Excel basic, intermediate and advanced courses catering especially to the unemployed, underemployed, career changers, and those seeking career progression. Also running tailored Excel courses developed in conjunction with Proud to Care Cornwall specifically for care sector staff.
Tech Cornwall
Implements a career switch program, Gateway into Tech, for those entering the tech sector. Educational outreach, Tech Jam, Build with AI, and Workshops & Masterclasses cater to various skill levels and roles within the tech industry.
TECwomen
Facilitates Digital Uplift, offering foundational knowledge, mentoring, and connections for women entering or upskilling in the tech sector. Digital Uplift Teachers upskills primary school teachers to deliver engaging computing curriculum, inspiring tech jobs.
University of Exeter
Conducts Executive Education in Digital Leadership to help leaders understand digital developments and navigate future activities, facilitating smoother digital transformations for their organisations.
Strategic Partners
Courses
Our digital skills courses can get you ready to kickstart or take the next step in your career. From foundational courses to advanced training programmes, you can find the best course to suit you. Discover our current courses and get started now!
Your Digital Future
Grow your skills and define your future; See how our courses shaped the careers of other young professionals within Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Get started on Your Digital Future journey now!
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Digital Futures Cornwall is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and led by Truro and Penwith College.
