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NEWS

PREPARING FOR A

NEW DIGITAL NORMAL

olls-Royce is publishing, for free,
Rits world-class digital skills training
programme to help people and businesses

around the world prepare for a potentially
digital-centric recovery from COVID-19.
Bringing together its training partners

and platforms, the first suite of courses

includes introductions to data science, arti-

ficial intelligence, machine learning, coding
and digital culture. Courses range from

‘bite size’ 20-minute sessions to extend learn more digital skills in anticipation of • Learning Tree - Delivered by an

fully certified training programmes. the future.” award-winning industry leader, im-

This release by Rolls-Royce follows its Supporting partners for this open learn- merse in a suite of e-learning modules,
founding role in establishing the global ing programme, and the tools they are white papers, skills assessments, live

Emergent Alliance, a voluntary group of offering are: and recorded webinars on topics from
technology companies and data science • Data Camp - an opportunity to expe- agile to data analytics.

specialists working together to find new rience the top data science, artificial • TeenTech - For students 11-19 years,

ways to accelerate and smooth the path to intelligence and machine learning there are weekly insights into world-
economic recovery as the pandemic passes. courses used by Rolls-Royce employees class organisations and the oppor-

The Rolls-Royce digital academy has • edX - Rolls-Royce’s own CPD-ac- tunities that lie within them. Each
trained 20,000 of our employees in the last credited digital skills fundamentals session will be themed and hosted by

two years as it assists our transformation programme containing six key courses sponsors and industry experts. Stu-
into one of the world’s leading industrial including data awareness, the power dents can ask questions, develop their

technology companies - and these are the of data and agile mindset. own solutions to global challenges and

training courses that are helping make that • Google for Education - Google Applied learn more about different careers.

change happen. Digital Skills helps teachers and stu- • TechWeCan – a free, easy to use and
Head of the digital academy at Rolls- dents learn practical digital skills using fun lesson plans for home schooling

Royce, Manisha Mistry said, “Many people the free project-based video curricu- children (aged 10-13 years); children

and businesses are experiencing incredibly lum. The ready-to-use video lessons can learn about the opportunities

tough circumstances and these free train- teach digital skills that have immedi- a career in technology can offer; or
ing packages are a tangible way for us to ate, real-life applications that provide join weekly Tech We Can Tuesday live

offer some help. Many have been tried and students with the skills needed to suc- lessons at 10.30am; taking part in the
tested by Rolls-Royce employees. They can ceed in the classroom and on the job, City of Tomorrow challenge, where
help people prepare for work and business- from researching to analysing data. students apply their knowledge of sci-
es transform ready for a digital future, just • IBM - Machine Learning for Kids: it will ence, technology, and engineering to
like we’ve been doing at Rolls-Royce for the soon be normal for machine learning create their City of Tomorrow where
last couple of years. systems to drive our cars and help our no ideas are too big and everything is
“Whether you’re 8, 18 or 80 years-old, doctors to diagnose and treat illnesses. smarter, kinder, and safer than before.
these training packages will help you during This course provides hands-on experi- People keen to learn will be able to ac-

this disruptive period of isolation: whether ence in an easy-to-use guided learning cess the courses through this link:

you need to keep your kids occupied, need environment to the people who will be https://www.rolls-royce.com/products-
new skills for a future job or just want to programming the machines of the future. and-services/digital-academy.aspx Q
A GREAT BEAUTY
This Dassault Falcon 900 is a 31 year old
example that has been kept busy with

repatriation and medevac flights from

the African continent. Refurbished in

2016 and capable of accommodating
14 passengers, the aircraft has been

chartered by Maltese brokers to fly out of

critical places in Eastern and Sub Saharan
Africa. Photo by Rowen Aquilina.
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