Year 1 is made up of three key parts:
1. Core: Knowledge and understanding of contexts, concepts
and theories of the digital industry:
- Business Context, Culture, Data, Digital Analysis, Digital Environments,
Diversity and Inclusion, Learning, Legislation, Planning, Security, Testing,
Tools, English and Maths.
- Developing and projecting a positive digital identity and manage digital
reputation.
- Adopting professional approaches to using digital communications and
social media.
- Being aware of information security and the security controls that can be
used to mitigate security threats within solutions and services.
- Choosing devices, applications, software and systems relevant to different
tasks, having assessed their benefits and constraints.
- Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data in spreadsheets,
databases and other formats, and interpreting data by running queries, data
analyses and reports.
- Understanding digital media as a social, political and educational tool,
and of digital media production as a technical practice.
- Understanding digital research methods and data analysis tools and
techniques.
- Understanding innovation, enterprise and project management in digital
settings.
2. Employer Set Project: A project set by
digital leaders that requires you to apply your knowledge to a real-life problem
in the industry.
3. Industry Placement: Towards the end of the year, you will
get the opportunity to put the knowledge and skills you have learned in to
action as you start your industry placement. You will work with an external
digital industry employer to apply your knowledge and develop your technical
skills in a real-life digital workplace.
Year 2 is made up of two key parts:
1. You will specialise in key areas of Digital Production, Design and
Development; which will help you to develop deeper knowledge and skills
on the following key topic areas:
- Analysing a problem to define requirements and acceptance criteria aligned
to user needs.
- Designing, implementing and testing software.
- Changing, maintaining and supporting software.
- Creating solutions in a social and collaborative environment.
- Discovering, evaluating and applying reliable sources of knowledge.
- Applying ethical principles and managing risks in line with legal and
regulatory requirements when developing software.
2. Continuation of your Industry Placement; with an external
digital industry employer which will develop your technical skills and apply
your knowledge in a workplace environment.
Across year one and two, you will complete at least 45 days in total working
in the digital industry, giving you valuable experience in the workplace and
employers the chance to see the new talent in their industry.