Wednesday 12 th.October 2005 ‘IT and Computing - skills needs and training opportunities in South Yorkshire’ Hillsborough Barracks was completed in 1854 area of 22½ acres - the largest war depot in the country cost £124,000 photo ~1900

established 1998 second floor 2004 dedicated teaching rooms for the Foundation Degree in Applied Computing provision for vendor training: Adobe, Cisco, Macromedia and Microsoft on-line testing facilities Open Source Software

Health & safety Restrooms: Female – this floor and ground floor Male – ground and first floor Fire escape – through the double doors and down either flight of stairs into the yard at the back of the building – fire practice not expected!

‘IT and Computing - skills needs and training opportunities in South Yorkshire’ 0900: registration 0930: introduction – Dave Pickersgill 0935: formal welcome and overview – Judy Smith 0940: IT skills needs - a national and local perspective - David Kay, Chair of digital South Yorkshire 1010: what's available at The 6th.form/College offering - Martin Fell (RCAT) & Joe Clarke (Sheffield College) 1055: Break 1110: what's available in HE - Kevin Bowman (Sheffield Hallam University) & Wendy Fisher (Open University) 1150: JIGSAW - progression to employment 1200: Opportunities for those in work - Dave Pickersgill 1215: plenary/questions/evaluation 1230: Buffet