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A Guide to Free Digital Marketing Certificates and Courses

Whether you’re learning digital marketing as part of ongoing professional development, looking for a career switch or running a business, there are luckily many free courses and certificates out there to choose from. As well as learning new marketing skills, with some of these you’ll get a shiny certificate to add to your CV or...CONTINUE READING

Category:Digital Skills, Resources

29 October 2019

Digital Skills & Inclusion Round-Up: October 2019

A handy monthly round-up of digital skills & digital inclusion programmes, happenings & funding in the UK from October, plus some recommended reading. Digital skills programmes & campaigns The Future.now digital skills project launched in London, aiming to tackle the UK digital skills gap. The initiative is made up of a coalition of partners across...CONTINUE READING

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3 September 2019

What I’ve Learned as a Digital Skills Coach

On my first day as a digital skills coach, I was thrown in at the deep end. Working at the Business 2012 show at the O2 Arena, our team spent 3 intense days speed-coaching hundreds of businesses as part of Google’s “Juice Bar” digital skills programme. I was a 22-year-old who had just started working...CONTINUE READING

Category:Digital Skills, Freelance Life

Digital Skills blog monthly round up February 2018

3 March 2018

The Month in Digital: February 2018

The monthly round up of all things digital skills and interesting happenings in the digital/marketing world… Manchester Digital Skills Festival February brought together people working in and interested in digital skills in Manchester for the Digital Skills Festival. The first day also coincided with their Digital Skills Audit report, with some interesting insights into the...CONTINUE READING

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15 February 2018

5 Thoughts From Manchester Digital Skills Festival

On Tuesday I spent my day off not eating pancakes*, but at the first day of Manchester Digital’s “Digital Skills Festival”. As well as a first look at the results of the annual Skills Audit, the day featured speakers and panels from industry leaders discussing digital talent, the skills shortage and practical solutions for adapting...CONTINUE READING

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10 November 2017

Google Digital Garage brings free digital skills training to Manchester

Google have announced their latest “Digital Garage”, opening here in Manchester city centre on 20th November. The Digital Garage scheme offers free digital skills coaching to businesses and individuals, through courses and one-to-one mentoring sessions. These cover all things digital, from social media strategy to building a CV to learning to code. I’m delighted to...CONTINUE READING

Category:Digital Skills