Do you enjoy using technology to make and create? Have you already started programming at school or at home? Perhaps you’ve been taking a computer apart and rebuilding it, or programming robots, or making your own app.
Our Digital pathway has been designed with professional partners who want prospective recruits to have knowledge and skills in computing, including programming, problem solving, and critical thinking. These are skills that employers need in every employment sector, so you could be working for the health service, a car manufacturer or an environmental agency, not just a tech company. In fact, digital jobs are growing faster than any other part of the economy.
YOUR FUTURE CAREER PATH COULD BE:
- AI Researcher
- Animator
- Cyber Security Analyst
- Data Scientist
- Games Designer
- Network Architect
- Software Developer
- IT Infrastructure Technician
topics include:
- How Digital Technologies Impact Business and Market Environment
- The Ethical and Moral Implications of Digital Technology
- Using Data in Software Design
- Using Digital Technologies to Analyse and Solve Problems
- Digital Environments, Including Physical, Virtual and Cloud Environments
- Legal and Regulatory Obligations Relating to Digital Technologies
- The Privacy and Confidentiality of Personal Data
- The Technical, Physical and Human Aspects of Internet Security
- Planning Digital Projects
- Testing Software, Hardware and Data
- Digital Tools for Project Management and Collaboration
