Transforming the defence sector and supply chain talent through funded digital upskilling, reskilling and diverse hiring practices.

What’s the Digital Defence Academy?

QA, Plexal and The 5% Club have come together to launch the Digital Defence Academy.

The academy has been designed to combine advance digital apprenticeships, thought-leadership, and peer-to-peer support. The academy welcomes employees in England to become experts in the most in-demand tech skills – from data analytics and artificial intelligence, to cyber security, cloud computing and software engineering.

The Digital Defence Academy accepts people from all backgrounds, whether early in career or experienced professionals already working in the industry.

Who can participate?

Valued employees
who are an asset to your organisation, but need new skills to keep up with ever-evolving digital demands

Diverse hires
recruited through our free-to-use talent attraction services, attracting individuals from under-represented communities

Career changes
from within or outside of your organisation, seeking new challenges and further building on transferrable and invaluable skill sets

How is the Digital Defence Academy funded?

The academy is funded by the apprenticeship levy and industry investors. To find out about the apprenticeship levy, click here.

How does the Digital Defence Academy differ from a regular apprenticeship?

The academy benefits from content that has been specifically curated for the defence sector, at no additional cost.

Individuals will have the opportunity to study content that is aligned to Digital Defence objectives, hear from defence industry exports, and collaborate with industry peers.

Having longstanding partnerships with Microsoft, AWS, ServiceNow and Salesforce, QA allows learners to access leading-edge tech skills tailored to the defence sector.

Social Mobility and Philanthropy

Social Mobility and Inclusivity cannot be achieved in isolation, and collaboration, continuous learning and improvement is vital to making progress.

We are working closely with our founding partners to break down barriers to entry and to progression within the Defence sector.

We are interested in hearing from you if you would like to contribute to our levy share fund, thought leadership in the academy, networking events (venues and speakers), and any other initiatives that support our Academy to become as diverse as possible.

The 5% Club

The 5% Club is a dynamic movement of employers committed to earn & learn as part of building and developing the workforce they need as part of a socially mobile, prosperous and cohesive nation. The Club exists to help its members and all employers increase further the number, quality and range of earn & learn opportunities across the UK.

Plexal

Plexal is the innovation company solving society’s challenges through collaboration with government, startups and industry. The business is closing the gap between organisations – small and large, local and global, private and public – and working towards a common goal: using science and technology to deliver national security and prosperity.

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