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New Study Reveals in 5 years 90 per cent of jobs will require ICT skills Research from 13 European countries indicates ICT skills requirements is driven by technology trends – not the recession. Read more >>
Get on the Bus – what happened next? We recently wrote about the Get on the Bus tour of 12 European cities by the Microsoft Born to Learn team.  Read more >>
Get on the Bus – what happened next? Get on the Bus – what happened next? We recently wrote about the Get on the Bus tour of 12 European cities by the Microsoft Born to Learn team.  Read more >>
Britain Works Britain Works We are glad to see that we at Microsoft are taking on challenge and the leadership to boost skills and employability in Europe especially in today's... Read more >>
Microsoft Get on the Bus Tour Microsoft Get on the Bus Tour Microsoft Learning drives around Europe with the Get on the Bus Tour. Video contains interview the participants as they stopped by Belgium.  Read more >>
Get on the Bus (and take your career to the next step...) As of last week the Microsoft Born to Learn team has been touring Europe on a bus and creating a lot of buzz...  Read more >>
Developing Skills in Britain We are glad to see that we at Microsoft are taking on challenge and the leadership to boost skills and employability in Europe especially in today's... Read more >>
Boosting ‘IT fitness’ through skills and qualifications in Germany Boosting ‘IT fitness’ through skills and qualifications in Germany In Germany’s knowledge-rich economy, it is estimated that 75 percent of productivity growth is generated through the use of information and... Read more >>
Nation-wide IT skills training aims to boost growth and jobs in Hungary Nation-wide IT skills training aims to boost growth and jobs in Hungary In Hungary, the ICT industry is leading an innovative national partnership with government, academic and non-profit organizations to deliver ICT... Read more >>
International University Uses Microsoft Certifications to Drive Employability and Job Opportunities International University Uses Microsoft Certifications to Drive Employability and Job Opportunities The field of computing was still young in 1965 when SUPINFO was founded as the first French private higher-education school dedicated to information... Read more >>
Giving talented developers a head start on their careers Giving talented developers a head start on their careers Through the Students to Business (S2B) program, Microsoft collaborates with universities and businesses to provide students with specialized IT... Read more >>
Helping people gain skills for a changing economy Helping people gain skills for a changing economy Sylvie Laffarge, Microsoft's Director Community Affairs Europe, tells FUTURES that in challenging economic times, collaboration and investment in... Read more >>
NGO capacity building for social innovation NGO capacity building for social innovation “Technology can play a crucial role in enabling nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) to achieve their goals, share best practices, raise funds and... Read more >>
Innovation in IT training: the fit approach in Ireland Innovation in IT training: the fit approach in Ireland Working with Ireland's most disadvantaged communities, the Fastrack to IT (FIT) is a successful example of an industry initiative which brings... Read more >>
Supporting Latvia’s innovation economy through technology training for SMEs Supporting Latvia’s innovation economy through technology training for SMEs Through its Digital Skills for SMEs program, the Latvia@World project is providing special training for small and medium sized enterprises and... Read more >>
Flying high: a technology volunteer’s story Flying high: a technology volunteer’s story Ali Tarabit has been a volunteer with the charity organization Aviation Sans Frontières (ASF) for almost three years. With his help, ASF has... Read more >>
Training THE next generation Training THE next generation If Europe is to prosper in the global economy, it needs a lot more people like Fabian Suchanek. The 27-year-old German student is full of enthusiasm... Read more >>