IN4 Group has been awarded multiple government contracts worth £3.5m to help over 1000 people from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds start careers in technology.
The training will run through IN4’s Skills City operation based at HOST in Salford.
“We designed a unique blueprint to give employers and learners choice and our ambition was always to operate across the UK with Skills City, so we could help fast-track even more people who previously wouldn’t have had access to these opportunities into world-class technology careers,” said Mo Isap, CEO of IN4 Group.
“We focus on supporting the ‘broken arrows’ – people who have had life challenges, difficulties and been disadvantaged in some way. It’s their resilience and fortitude with life experience that employers seek. We add the knowledge of technology and they become world beaters!
“We’re excited to have reached this significant landmark and grown our Skills City offering to operate nationally and support over 1000 people, giving employers the most diverse, qualified and employment-ready talent, and boosting jobs and prosperity in the UK regions.”
The contracts include the Department for Education’s Skills Bootcamps Wave 3 bid to deliver its ‘accelerated apprenticeships’ model that fast-tracks people from Skills Bootcamps into technology apprenticeships.
Skills City has 7 digital Skills Bootcamps across cyber security, software engineering, games development and immersive technologies, with training and development support over 12-16 weeks.
Over 32% of learners were female and more than 56% were from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, with 51% unemployed at the start of their course.
