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<p>(a) degree conversion course programmes in data science and artificial intelligence</p><p>No
individuals have completed courses in the degree conversion course programme in data
science and artificial intelligence announced on 10 June 2020. The first students
in the programme will start in Autumn this year.</p><p>(b) Fast Track Digital Workforce
Fund covering the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Lancashire Local Enterprise
Partnership areas</p><p>The Fast Track Digital Workforce Fund is a £3 million fund
aiming to boost digital skills training through short, responsive courses that will
help employers recruit to hard to fill digital roles. The fund is estimated to train
741 individuals, with 158 courses completed to date, including:</p><ul><li><p>50 course
completions within cloud engineering</p></li><li><p>48 course completions in software
development</p></li><li><p>24 courses completions in digital marketing</p></li><li><p>19
course competitions in DevOps</p></li><li><p>16 course completion in Linux engineering</p></li></ul><p>(c)
Digital Skills Innovation Fund and The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund</p><p>The
Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund was a £400,000 fund supporting older and disabled
people, particularly those in rural areas. The 3 pilot projects impacted a total of
1672 individuals, including:</p><ul><li><p>1094 digital learners in the Living Smart
Homes project in West Essex</p></li><li><p>55 patients in end of life care, their
carers and patient care volunteers in the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust</p></li><li><p>523
users of the Down’s Syndrome Association’s HealthSwap app</p></li></ul><p>The Digital
Skills Innovation Fund is a £1.1m fund supporting underrepresented groups or people
from disadvantaged backgrounds get into digital roles or further training. 733 individuals
have completed or nearly completed training from four pilot projects, including:</p><ul><li><p>The
Heart of South West pilot helped 194 individuals over 12 months retrain and prepare
for or advance a career in digital, primarily supporting women in small businesses.
It focused on the 20% most deprived wards in the region.</p></li><li><p>Lancashire’s
programme has 105 participants, who have completed or near completed women in business
workshops, digital marketing, and IT Ready training. The programme is supporting unemployed
residents from disadvantaged wards.</p></li><li><p>Sheffield City Region and Derby,
Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire’s pilot supported women and autistic people
gain demand-led digital skills. The pilot had 246 participants.</p></li><li><p>West
of England’s programme supported women, particularly those living in deprived neighbourhoods,
acquire skills for digital roles. The programme had 188 participants, with 28 completing
a formal, recognised training course, 24 receiving advice and guidance on accessing
digital jobs, and 166 completing ‘taster’ or other introductory sessions.</p></li></ul><p>(d)
Six Local Digital Skills Partnerships</p><p>DCMS provides £75,000 per year to fund
a Regional Coordinator, rather than training provision, in each Local Digital Skills
Partnership. Regional Coordinators play an important role within the Local Enterprise
Partnership/ Combined Authority to bring together cross-sector partners to co-design
and deliver provision aligned to local needs, tackling local digital skills gaps,
advancing digital inclusion, while contributing to regional economic growth.</p><p>(e)
The Grenfell Digital Skills programme</p><p>The Grenfell Digital Skills Programme
went live in November 2019. So far 292 sessions from 10 courses have been attended
by 75 individuals.</p><p>(f) Code4000’s Coding in Prisons programme</p><p>DCMS provided
a £100,000 grant to Code4000 to support their coding workshops in prisons. The funding
supported 90 learners as follows:</p><ul><li><p>65 prisoners in the workshop at HMP
Humber</p></li><li><p>25 prisoners in the workshop at HMP Holme House</p></li><li><p>5
of these prisoners were also supported on release at the pilot support hub in Sheffield</p></li></ul><p>
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