Wednesday 12th.October 2005 ‘IT and Computing - skills needs and training opportunities in South Yorkshire’

• Hillsborough Barracks was completed in 1854

• area of 22½ acres - the largest war depot in the country

• cost £124,000

photo ~1900

• established 1998• second floor 2004 • dedicated teaching rooms for the

Foundation Degree in Applied Computing • provision for vendor training: Adobe,

Cisco, Macromedia and Microsoft • on-line testing facilities• Open Source Software

Health & safety

Restrooms:• Female – this floor and ground floor• Male – ground and first floor

• Fire escape – through the double doors and down either flight of stairs into the yard at the back of the building – fire practice not expected!

‘IT and Computing - skills needs and training opportunities in South Yorkshire’

• 0900: registration• 0930: introduction – Dave Pickersgill• 0935: formal welcome and overview – Judy Smith• 0940: IT skills needs - a national and local perspective - David

Kay, Chair of digital South Yorkshire • 1010: what's available at 16+ - The 6th.form/College offering -

Martin Fell (RCAT) & Joe Clarke (Sheffield College)• 1055: Break• 1110: what's available in HE - Kevin Bowman (Sheffield Hallam

University) & Wendy Fisher (Open University)• 1150: JIGSAW - progression to employment • 1200: Opportunities for those in work - Dave Pickersgill• 1215: plenary/questions/evaluation• 1230: Buffet