AWS has launched a «free training and job placement programme for the UK» to benefit around 1,000 «young adults as well as veterans, reservists and their spouses».
The scheme was launched today in London, with Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley citing the «the ability to connect in this way» being absolutely vital to a 12.6 per cent of adults who lack «basic digital skills to function in society».
«We need to make sure we»re ahead of the curve,» Bradley continued, echoing an AWS’ representative’s earlier sentiments that «if the Monopoly board was designed today, its utilities would include cloud computing».
«It’s fantastic [the scheme is] going to give young people the opportunity to get those skills, but also veterans. »
The Ministry of Defence, The Prince’s Trust and QA Consulting as well as other organisations — including ARM — who AWS counts as part of its «AWS Partner Network».
