PARTNERSHIP TAKES CODING SKILLS AROUND THE WORLD
In the third year running sponsor JT and National Coding Week organisers confirm their renewed partnership.
JT is a Channel Island based telecommunications company with operations in 11 countries globally, it has supported the campaign since inception and is pleased to encourage digital skills among new audiences as National Coding Week 2016 kicks off.
National Coding Week is an annual week-long event, held in September, and was launched by Jersey based business Codex, to create opportunities for school leavers, job seekers and retirees around the UK to develop skills and to engage employers to offer employment opportunities to newly trained individuals.
Co-Founder of National Coding Week, Richard Rolfe explained that plans are in place to extend the reach of the campaign this year drawing on the success of the last two years, he said: “National Coding Week has generated wider awareness and interest in learning coding skills among people of all ages and from all walks of life, which is what we set out to do and we are really proud of how it has been embraced. This year we plan to build upon that success and we are grateful to JT for their ongoing support to help us make this happen. We’re delighted to have access to the expertise and global reach of JT as we look to take National Coding Week to other towns and indeed new continents to encourage coding skills among wider audiences.”
Tamara O’Brien, JT said: “We’re very pleased to continue our commitment to support National Coding Week which has had a very positive impact on communities up and down the country as well as in the Channel Islands. It has attracted social endorsement from some very significant figures including the Duke of York and the Mayor of London.
“Learning digital skills can be life-changing and we applaud Richard, Jordan and new team member Michael Neves, for everything they are doing to educate people in coding and in highlighting the benefits that it can bring. JT’s wide global reach means we are able to support the organisers in taking the message to other countries and we’re really pleased to be involved in this important project.”
Co-Founder of National Coding Week, Jordan Love is currently in Australia where he will be introducing the concept of National Coding Week to spread further the message behind the initiative.
New for 2016 – National Coding Week Awards
In addition to planning National Coding Week 2016, the organisers are also gearing up to present the first National Coding Week Awards. These will be presented on 29 February via video link from the Digital Jersey hub to 39 individuals and organisations from across the UK in recognition for their contribution to developing digital skills.
JT’s Head of Corporate Sales, Katie Corbett, will present the Women Who Code award. She said: “These awards build upon the success of National Coding Week and I am very proud to be representing JT at the event. The Women Who Code award is a very important one that recognises women who are succeeding in technology based roles; within our own business we have a good ratio of females working across our global locations and we can only see this number increasing as digital skills become more widely accessible and encouraged.”
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Issued by Pauline Ramskill, Direct Input, telephone 44 1534 735253 or email pauline@directinput.je
JT is a full-service Tier-1 global consumer and business enterprise provider with a 120-year heritage based in the Channel Islands. JT offers a domestic and global customer base a range of world-class services including; voice and data; consultancy; co-location; leading-edge data hosting; internet; security; cloud back-up; fixed and mobile technologies; e-Gaming; M2M; Cloud Services (IaaS); fully managed IT services; and wholesale solutions. Across 11 global locations, JT employs over 600 staff providing products and services to over 1 million global consumer subscribers and 2,177 active business customers. JT has an international presence across Europe, Asia and the United States that has aided its evolution in becoming a leading supplier in roamed services.
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