Another one bites the dust: How schools can improve the digital skills gender gap
Learning digital skills is a must for navigating modern life. But closing the gender gap starts at school, with the support of companies like Microsoft....
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Meet the #E2ChangeMakers
Learn about Team UK’s time at the E2 Global Education Exchange. Find out why being a Microsoft Innovative Educator unlocks student’s learning potential....
Students equipped to unlock their learning potential with the latest Windows devices
Find out how to unlock your students digital learning potential while on a tight budget with the The Parental Contribution Programme by Freedom Tech....
Creating social impact at Microsoft
Find out how Tech Pathways ensures no one is left as the world embarks on a digital journey, and how they encourage young adults to consider a tech career....
The benefits of hiring an apprentice
I work in the Customer Success Unit, where we support our customers to help them better harness and deliver a successful digital transformation. We also want to futureproof our co-workers and employees. With this in mind, we built our early in career programme with apprentices. I started my career as an apprentice so I know...
Building your talent pipeline with the Microsoft Apprenticeship Programme
Microsoft Apprenticeships are a great way for the UK to fill the digital skills gap and for businesses to build their talent pipeline and invest in their workforce of the future....
How to deliver a successful apprenticeship programme – learnings from our own journey
At Microsoft, our apprenticeship programme sits beautifully alongside our core vision of empowering every person on the planet to achieve more. Apprenticeships can empower people to grow and develop new skills. This gives them opportunity to start career paths that perhaps wouldn’t have been open to them before....
Inspiring young girls to pursue STEM careers
To close the digital skills gap, the tech sector needs to improve its talent diversity, inspiring more young girls to pursue STEM careers....
New year, New you: Make the most of study breaks with Xbox
As we’re now well into the new year, let’s take a look at how you can take a much needed study break for the upcoming exam period, and believe it or not, how a game of FIFA may actually help improve your performance....
New year, new you: How OneDrive keeps your files in order for the coming year
One of my biggest fears as university student is losing all of the work that I’ve completed over the last few years. Since working at Microsoft, I’ve really been able to see the value in keeping all of my files in order using OneDrive. It’s one of the products that I use on a daily...