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Digital Skills

Enhance the digital skills of your workforce through our fully funded short courses and CPD. Our team provides dedicated support across Northumberland, North Tyneside, and Newcastle upon Tyne. Invest in your employees and improve your organisation.

The Digital Skills Innovation and Leadership Project

The Digital Skills Innovation and Leadership Project supports employers and employees to access fully funded courses to enhance the digital skills of their workforce.

Our team will provide the opportunity for individuals to access training, addressing specific skills gaps identified by employers in disciplines which could include:

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What we offer

  • Taster sessions for businesses and the community, delivered online and in outreach venues, to stimulate interest in digital skills
  • Accredited and non-accredited structured short courses enabling learners to work towards higher-level qualifications. Provision will be flexible, with an emphasis on blended learning approaches, to attract individuals who wouldn't traditionally access standard Higher Education courses.
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Where are the projects delivered?

Our team at will be offering courses on a blended basis with a mix of online and face to face learning in pop up venues.

Our courses are suitable for:

  • Employers interested in driving digital innovation in their business by investing in digital skills
  • Employees seeking to improve their digital skills.

Contact us

For more information on how we can help support your digital skills needs, please contact the team at digitalskills@sunderland.ac.uk.

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This is a legacy project from the North of Tyne Combined Authority and funded by the North East Combined Authority.