# £2.3 million available to help address digital skills gap

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/09/03/2-3m-available-help-address-digital-skills-gap/
- Published: 2018-09-03T10:23:22+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**£2.3 million is now available for groups working to reduce the digital skills 
gap, the Institute of Coding has announced. **

 

The [Future Projects Fund](https://instituteofcoding.org/futureprojectsfund/) is
inviting proposals and is looking to allocate the funding to up to a maximum of 
ten successful bidding groups with clear plans to improve access to digital skills
education for learners at undergraduate and postgraduate level, enhance graduate
employability and employment outcomes, and address identified skills needs.

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Areas of focus include encouraging more women into the digital sector and addressing
the challenges experienced by students from ethnic minority groups and mature students,
and increasing work experience opportunities so that graduates can learn to apply
subject-specific skills to current industry challenges.

 

The Institute is funded by the [Office for Students](https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/)(
OfS) which regulates English higher education providers, which means that the funding
is only available for English Higher Education provision.

 

The funding is available to groups including at least one OfS-funded higher education
institution (HEI) with existing course provision in computer science or information
technology, and at least one industry partner. Bids may include multiple HEIs and
multiple industry partners, other higher education providers of all kinds, other
employers, outreach partners, professional bodies and/or other stakeholders.

 

Available from 31 January 2019 to 31 January 2020.50% of the awards will go to projects
that involve at least one new partner (that has not received funding in the initial
IoC Consortium). New funded partners must be approved by the OfS and must join the
IoC Consortium.

 

Proposals must also include matched funding, and the deadline is noon on Monday 
26 November.  

 

[Full information](https://instituteofcoding.org/futureprojectsfund/) is available
on the Institute of Coding site.

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