Do you know someone who would love to have some training in basic digital skills? Then this new Essential Digital Skills Qualification from Skills and Learning might be just what they are looking for! And it is free for anyone who needs it. This training is an opportunity to improve digital skills in a supportive… Read more Free training in essential digital skills
It’s been a jam-packed few months for Digital Dorset since the beginning of April when we last told you what we’d been doing. ‘Digital Dorset’ reflects what we do in the county to help make people’s lives easier through the use of technology and information or data. It’s about delivering great services that are designed… Read more Digital Dorset update – April to June 2021
Here at Digital Dorset we are always working hard to show why moving to a digital way of living and working can actually make things easier, and sometimes cheaper, for our residents. In this blog, Lisa Trickey, service manager for digital strategy and design, talks about the services people can access online and how we… Read more How digital is making life easier for Dorset residents
It had been years since Martin Pipe was last in a job centre and when he stepped through those doors again, little did he know that his life was about to change forever. Martin’s life was just starting to turn a corner after years of living with addiction. One of his first steps to recovery… Read more How Martin was Bourne again thanks to digital
Data, data, data. Everyone is always talking about how we collect, consume and display data. But what does any of that actually mean? Data is everywhere. Social media influencers, football teams, farmers all use data in a variety of different ways and the list doesn’t stop there. Join us on Wednesday 21 July at our… Read more Data, Data everywhere… Join us for our 9th network event
Nestled in the far western corner of Dorset is the stunning Marshwood Vale – made up of rolling hills and villages and hamlets scattered among the valleys. To the outside world it looks like the place where time had stood still. But beneath the idyllic rural scenes are residents and businesses very much of the… Read more Connecting the Vale – when state subsidy brought fast broadband to Dorset’s most rural corner
The government is calling on all of us – local authorities, businesses and residents – to tell them about the problems faced by people living in the most poorly served areas for broadband. These are areas that are on very poor broadband speeds of under 10 Mbps and are very unlikely to be covered by commercial fibre… Read more Getting broadband to our hardest to reach areas – we need you to share your experience with the government
Digital Leaders week is the UK’s biggest single gathering of people focused on digital transformation. It takes place this year from 14 to 18 June and there is a huge selection of presentations you can choose to watch on a wide range of topics. We are really pleased that employees from Dorset Council will be… Read more Hear from Digital Leaders at Dorset Council!
Mention the word ‘robot’ and many of us will think of the stereotypical creature that featured in the cartoons of our childhood or in science fiction films. But robotic technology is very much part of our world now and is being considered in social care. Dorset Council has been part of the Robotics in Care Community of Interest (RICCOI), a forum for… Read more Robotics in Care
Train4Tomorrow is inviting local employers to host a table at their virtual jobs fair where they’ll have the chance to meet learners who have invested in their skills and successfully completed a government funded 12 week intensive digital bootcamp. Students have trained in one of the following areas: • DIGITAL INSIGHTS with Exeter College •… Read more Calling employers who want to recruit digital skills!
