Courses & Upskilling
The Digital Greenhouse has a number of programmes to develop a digitally skilled and empowered workforce. Through working with a number of partners and local companies the Digital Greenhouse is able to offer programmes to suit career changers, students or individual looking to develop their skills in their current field.
If you are interested in a career in digital and want to find out more about the different areas take a look at our pathways section to find out more.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn
Alvin Toffler
Further courses can be found on the Digital Greenhouse event calendar here.
Find out more about the initiatives and programmes available below.
HIVE Learning Platform Join Guernseys online learning network
The Innovation Network with Hive LearningDigital Leadership Bootcamp Virtual course for current and future leaders
Find out moreDigital Marketing Programme with Squared Online 6 month online digital marketing course
Find out moreDigital Apprenticeships Data Science apprenticeship
Digital ApprenticeshipsDigital Internship Six week placement for post 16 students
Find out moreLooking for a head start? Check out these online learning platforms below to help you develop a range of new skills.
FutureLearn
Tried and tested by the Digital Greenhouse team, this online learning platform has a variety of short courses to develop skills, such as agile and design thinking. Courses are provided by leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world and a lot of them are free. We recommend:
- Unleash Your Potential: Innovation and Enterprise - by the University of Bristol, this free course covers a variety of practical tools and interactive sessions in bite-sized sessions.
- Getting Started with Agile and Design Thinking - by Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, this course is a great introduction to these methods and working collaboratively as a team.
- Emotional Intelligence at Work - by Coventry University, this course will help you understand the effects of our emotional intelligence on ourselves and those around us in order to build better relationships.
iDEA- The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award
"The Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award, known as iDEA is an international programme that helps you develop digital, enterprise and employability skills for free."
Use iDEA Award for a head start on building your digital knowledge for free, available and applicable to all ages with fun challenges and badges to be earned. They offer easy and simple introductions to a variety of digital topics. We particularly like the following badges:
- Citizens: Teamwork badge
- Worker: Collaboration
- Maker: Virtual Reality
- Entrepreneur: Innovation + Problem Solving + Jargon Buster
Use our company code DIGITAL GREENHOUSE when you sign up!