![]() Enter the Leeds Unleashed partnership!!!!!!! □ □ □ (Exclamation marks, again!) But, it's also the responsibility of organisations - across all sectors - to back up reporting and words with action!(Note: I don't normally use exclamation marks). We've all seen the reports doing the rounds that talk about the nature of the UK's 'digital skills gap'. Immensely proud to be a small part of the fantastic xDesign team which is delivering Leeds Unleashed on - along with some equally fantastic partners Burberry, Sky, Glean, Leeds City Council.īelow this blurb is an announcement of the partnership which was featured in this morning's Yorkshire Post - super excited that it's now out there in the wild (.go grab this evening's print copy if you're a local). On that note, I'll just shut up and let you watch the vid, ey? Megan Wilkie, Hassan Peymani, Kane Fulton, Maddie Haycock, Sophia Pilos Narron, Hannah K., Calum Crotch, Emma Harvey, Nektaria Bogris, Rachel Brown, Parul Singh, Imogen de Brunner, Ciji Duncan, Deborah Gillespie, Lorraine Rew, Jeff Watkins, Daisy Winskell (She/Her), Natalie Obank, Paul Alexander, James Bathgate (apols if I've missed you out, I'm sure you'll let me know in the comments! □) Huge shout out to the xDesign team that made this thing happen: I’m certainly proud to have played my own small part in what really was a series of events to behold. We couldn't have done it without you! □ □ ❤️ Huge thanks to our amazing partners Burberry, Glean and Sky for opening their doors too. Leeds Unleashed was such a simple idea and a great example of how easy it is to ignite action and change when you collaborate with other like-minded individuals and businesses. ![]() The video □ I’ve posted below captures the excitement, curiosity and pure energy that we were able to conjure when we put kids, technologists and other tech sector specialists together in a room to have a frank chat about the career opportunities open to them in Leeds’ already thriving tech scene. Well, a few weeks ago, myself and the legendary xDesign marketing team - along with everyone’s fave Villa fan, Matt Ward - set about making a small but substantial dent in the problem ourselves. □ □ □ ![]() But, how many of us working within the tech sector can truly say we’re playing our own small part in alleviating the problem? □ □ □ We all know that the so-called ‘digital skills gap’ exists. I’ve been on my soapbox quite a bit of late (apols!)…
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