Advancing digital for your career

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Types of sessions available include:Cyber security awareness – Understand the growing threat of fraud and cybercrime as well as where to find further support to help protect you and your business Making your business digital – Understand HMRC’s digital tax and learn how to use cloud applications to help improve the efficiency of your business Growing your business with data – Explore the different types of data and how they can be used to gain useful insights for your business.

This free course, Introducing computing and IT, provides a general overview of how digital technologies have come to dominate virtually every aspect of the modern world and some guidance on how to prepare for this digital life. It raises awareness of the importance of data security and online safety. It also provides an explanation of the internal structure and workings of a typical computer and describes hard and solid state drives in some detail.

Our lives depend on online services. Gain essential cyber security knowledge and skills, to help protect your digital life. We shop online. We work online. We play online. We live online. As our lives increasingly depend on digital services, the need to protect our information from being maliciously disrupted or misused is really important.

This free online course, Introduction to cyber security: stay safe online, will help you to understand online security and start to protect your digital life, whether at home or work. You will learn how to recognise the threats that could harm you online and the steps you can take to reduce the chances that they will happen to you.

Learn the Basics Needed to Fight CybercrimeA single breach can have huge consequences for a company, hurting the bottom line and causing disruption in the daily lives of millions of people. That is why the demand for security professionals continues to grow. Get onboard—and develop an understanding of cybercrime, security principles, technologies, and procedures used to defend networks.

Learn Computer Forensics from top universities and institutions around the world to build your skills and advance your career with the free courses available on edX.

BBC News 24, Sky News, CNN. We live in an era where news has become almost instantaneous. This free course, IT: Information, will look at how news is gathered and the technology that's used for its dissemination. You will also be encouraged to examine how information might be manipulated by questioning its reliability.

As the volume of information grows in databases, libraries and on the internet, information literacy skills are key to being able to find and manage information effectively in a complex society. Information literacy is about recognising when information is needed, and locating, critically evaluating, using and presenting the information to suit a specific purpose. These skills are increasingly in demand by individuals and employers alike. In this free course, Key skill assessment unit: Information literacy, you will learn to use and adapt your skill confidently and effectively in different situations and contexts.

Learn Data Analysis from top universities and institutions around the world to build your skills and advance your career with the free courses available on edX.

Learn Data Warehouse from top universities and institutions around the world to build your skills and advance your career with the free courses available on edX.

Learn Data Engineering from top universities and institutions around the world to build your skills and advance your career with the free courses available on edX.

Learn Data Management from top universities and institutions around the world to build your skills and advance your career with the free courses available on edX.

Data Scientists try to make sense of the data that’s all around us. Learning Data Science can help you make informed decisions, create beautiful visualizations, and even try to predict future events through Machine Learning. If you're curious about what you can learn about the world using the data produced every day, then Data Science might be for you!

Learn Data Structures from top universities and institutions around the world to build your skills and advance your career with the free courses available on edX.