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Skills & Education
An Italian school reaches for excellence with innovative education

An Italian school reaches for excellence with innovative education

The School Istituto Laporta in Galatina is a school of excellence. The Partners in Learning (PIL) school programme marked an important step for the... More
School leaders in Portugal show the way to new Learning best practices

School leaders in Portugal show the way to new Learning best practices

The Partners in Learning for School Leaders programme is a result of a partnership between Microsoft Portugal and the Ministry of Education in... More
Video interview: Jobs of the future, your access pass?  Training and certifying for the cloud

Video interview: Jobs of the future, your access pass? Training and certifying for the cloud

Paving the way for new digital technologies such as the transition to the cloud requires a parallel investment in human capital. More
“Getting the elephant out of the room!" European Employability Alliance calls for a more inclusive workforce

“Getting the elephant out of the room!" European Employability Alliance calls for a more inclusive workforce

“This is not a niche group!”, “ Let’s not still be having the same discussion in 20 years!”, “Let’s get the... More
Enhancing the academic experience at Middlesex University with cloud

Enhancing the academic experience at Middlesex University with cloud

Middlesex University serves 33,000 students, with campuses in London and Dubai.  The university was using an on-premises e-mail system based... More
Webinar: management skills for the cloud

Webinar: management skills for the cloud

If you missed the chance to read Professor Jonathan Liebenau’s great post of skills and cloud computing, I strongly recommend you finding 10... More
Putting new skills and new innovation on the horizon. 1,2 Million Hungarians embrace digital skills in the workplace

Putting new skills and new innovation on the horizon. 1,2 Million Hungarians embrace digital skills in the workplace

Against the backdrop of the biggest eSkills campaign in Europe, an exciting national eSkills roadshow to help stimulate economic growth in Hungary was... More
Video: hear IT students and young entrepreneurs talk about why IT matters

Video: hear IT students and young entrepreneurs talk about why IT matters

We were at the Go digITal event during eSkills week earlier March and spoke to a number of ICT students present. More
New Skills for New Europeans – Immigrant Women Realizing Potential

New Skills for New Europeans – Immigrant Women Realizing Potential

Women now account for over half of Europe’s immigrants. They face many challenges including higher unemployment and are often clustered in... More
Video blog: e-skills and the future of Europe

Video blog: e-skills and the future of Europe

The competitiveness challenge is one which will decide the future of Europe, and given the nature of globalisation, we as a continent need to get... More
Video: Extracts from debate on ‘Investing in the skills Europe needs for an Innovation Society?’

Video: Extracts from debate on ‘Investing in the skills Europe needs for an Innovation Society?’

This video captures snapshots of the thoughts, recommendations and commentary that were sparked during the November 30th dinner debate around 'Skills... 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.  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... More
Microsoft and the eSkills Impact

Microsoft and the eSkills Impact

Lutz Ziob, General Manager of Microsoft Learning, speaks of the importance of ICT skills for the European economy and workforce. Filmed in Brussels in... 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.  More

e-skills in Europe: expert opinions

Interviews with stakeholders on e-skills in Europe. Filmed at the launch of the report - Post Crisis: e-skills are needed to drive Europe’s... More
CITEVE for unemployed people

CITEVE for unemployed people

CITEVE and Microsoft join hands to support Portugals textile industry workers by providing them with IT training to update their skills and re-enter... More
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