DXC Technologies and Manchester United Foundation Launch Digital Futures Academy to Educate and Inspire Young Folks

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MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — DXC Technologies (NYSE: DXC) and Manchester United Foundation have launched the DXC Digital Futures Academy, a 4-year education plan for secondary-college students in the Higher Manchester location.

Building crucial social and technical abilities, the Academy strives to help and empower young individuals, connecting them to possibilities they may well otherwise not have access to, enhancing their profession prospects, and shaping the future of operate.

Students understanding coding with DXC professional (Credit: Manchester United Foundation)

In the initial wave, 50 students aged 12-13 years old will be chosen for the 4-year educational programme. They will be taught technologies abilities spanning a quantity of crucial places which includes automation, massive information, virtual reality, and safety, as effectively as qualified improvement abilities.

The curriculum of the Digital Futures Academy has been co-designed by DXC’s technologies authorities, Manchester United Foundation, and neighborhood teacher advisory groups. Collectively, they will use mentoring, individual improvement, and sensible sessions to construct the social leaders of the future. At the finish of the plan, students will be supported with pathways into additional education, colleges, apprenticeships, and employment.

“We are proud to companion with Manchester United Foundation to use our technologies abilities to drive good influence in neighborhood communities,” stated Mary Finch, Executive Vice President, and Chief Human Sources Officer of DXC Technologies. “With the Digital Futures Academy, our colleagues will use their power, passion and technical knowledge to educate and inspire young individuals in their academic and qualified journeys.”

“This project is a year in the producing and we are witnessing the begin of an initiative that will demonstrate a lengthy-term commitment to the 50 young individuals involved,” stated John Shiels MBE, Chief Executive of Manchester United Foundation. “It demonstrates actual collaboration in between ourselves, teachers and DXC and it is hoped that by the finish of the 4-year programme, all involved will be in a position of option as to what their adult pathway may well appear like.”

In addition to becoming Manchester United’s Digital Transformation Companion and Principal Shirt Sleeve Companion, DXC is the Presenting Companion of Manchester United Foundation. In this function, DXC is focussed on applying technologies to educate and inspire a new generation of STEM students. DXC and Manchester United Foundation will operate closely with neighborhood government authorities, which includes Manchester City Council, to help the city in its mission to turn into a technologies powerhouse. By introducing the students to crucial abilities needed in the technologies sector, the Academy will aid construct a future pipeline of neighborhood digital talent.

“Manchester has a single of the most considerable digital and inventive sectors in Europe. The possibilities for talented young individuals with tech abilities are developing all the time,” stated Cllr. Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council. “The Digital Futures Academy is completely aligned with our technique of supporting our young individuals, specifically these who may not previously have observed the rewards of such possibilities, to get equipped with the abilities they have to have to succeed in crucial development sectors in a thriving and inclusive economy.” 

The Digital Futures Academy is a single of a quantity of social influence initiatives that DXC is operating globally. In October 2023, DXC announced the expansion of its DXC Dandelion Programme assisting neurodivergent folks to construct careers in the IT market.

Schools taking component in the Digital Futures Academy contain:

1) Stretford Higher College, two) Wonderful Academy Ashton, three) Middleton Technologies College, four) Manchester Academy, five) Whalley Variety 11-18 Higher College, six) Levenshulme Higher College

About DXC Technologies

DXC Technologies (NYSE: DXC) assists worldwide providers run their mission-important systems and operations when modernizing IT, optimizing information architectures, and guaranteeing safety and scalability across public, private and hybrid clouds. The world’s biggest providers and public sector organizations trust DXC to deploy solutions to drive new levels of efficiency, competitiveness, and buyer knowledge across their IT estates. Find out a lot more about how we provide excellence for our clients and colleagues at DXC.com.

About Manchester United Foundation

Manchester United Foundation use football to engage and inspire young individuals to construct a improved life for themselves and unite the communities in which they reside. Devoted employees provide educational and neighborhood outreach programmes to aid young individuals make good possibilities in their lives.

Media Contacts: Jonathan Davies, DXC Technologies, [email protected] Rebecca Mee, Manchester United Foundation, [email protected]

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