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Open Source Qualification with Government funding: Download our funding guide

As you know, there is a massive skills shortage in Linux and Open Source qualified people in the UK, with a marketplace crying out for new recruits and yet still too few taking the relevant qualifications. Is this because students don’t want to take the qualifications, don’t know about them, or the qualifications are simply[…]

Women in IT: Is hero culture an issue?

Last month ‘Women in IT’ advocate and all round amazing techy lady Andrea Goulet, director of US firm Corgybites, penned a guest blog article for us about ways tech companies could encourage more women to the workplace. It was called The Surprising Strength of Vulnerability (you can read it here) and it provoked plenty of[…]

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Our vision for Linux training over the next 25 years

During October we have celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first Linux Kernel release, and to coincide with this, we are releasing our mission statement for the next 25 years. This anniversary year is a great time to reflect both on the huge growth and success of Linux, as well as the challenges ahead and[…]

National Coding Week: beginners guide to coding on the Raspberry Pi

Now we all know that Linux is an OS operating system, and therefore we don’t strictly fall into the category of coding. However, with a massive skills shortage in the tech sector it’s in all our interests to get behind National Coding Week, an event aimed at encouraging adults to get into coding. “Our aim[…]