Participants in the course will:

• Receive careers advice from digital professionals. We’ll help you sharpen your CV with a free 1:1 review, and give you career advice and support. Looking for a job? We can help with that too.
• Build industry-relevant experience with common workplace tools such as Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Slack for team communications, and Miro for online presentations.
• Sharpen your real-world developer skills – problem-solving, debugging, and pair programming. You’ll also enhance your personal-professional skillset – organisation, communication, and collaboration.
• Discover what it’s like to work in the digital industry.What the different roles involve, and the different pathways into securing your first position.
• Receive a Certificate of Completion and a Training Reference.

Want to know more? You can check out the full week-by-week course schedule here.

Who this course is for

People who live in Stockport, aged between 18 and 30 and not currently in full-time education. We are especially looking to support those who are either unemployed or underemployed (e.g. on a zero-hours contract, or in a fast-food restaurant with unpredictable hours). We welcome people from elsewhere in Greater Manchester, as long as you can make it to central Stockport every Wednesday and Thursday.

Complete beginners. Absolutely no coding experience is necessary, but we would encourage you to see if coding appeals to you (see ‘How to Apply’ for more info). You will also need to be familiar with using a computer – for example to browse the internet, or to save and find files on your hard drive.

Someone who can make the commitment to attend the whole course. We strongly encourage you to attend every session but we will be available to help you catch up if you are unable to make 1-2 sessions due to prior commitments.

Those with access to a laptop or computer on which you have permission to install the software required for the course (i.e. not a mobile phone or tablet). If you only have a desktop computer at home, we can provide a laptop for in-person sessions.

Anything else?

We don’t want cost to be a barrier to taking your first steps in coding, which is why this course is free. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

We’ll provide you with notebooks and stationery, an online course handbook, and other excellent pieces of merch (e.g. stickers).

If you need assistance with travel costs, childcare support, access to a computer, or anything else that might present a barrier to your taking part then please let us know and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs. If you have any questions about your particular situation, and how/whether we might be able to support you then please get in touch.

The venue for our in-person learning is fully accessible and we adopt a disability-first approach to our teaching. If you have specific access needs then please mention these during application.

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