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‘Really helpful’: the AI bootcamps aimed at addressing UK youth unemployment
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A government pilot project in Preston is running AI bootcamps for young people who are not in education, employment, or training. The three-week training program aims to tackle youth unemployment by equipping participants with artificial intelligence skills, concluding with an apprenticeship offer.
WHY IT MATTERS
This initiative tests a practical method for simultaneously addressing regional youth unemployment and the growing demand for artificial intelligence skills in the UK workforce.
Pilot project in Preston comes with apprenticeship offer for Neets at end of three-week courseIn a youth centre opposite Preston bus station, the UK government is trying to address two of the greatest challenges facing the national economy: AI and youth unemployment.The hope is that one will solve – rather than cause – the other. In a room at the recently opened Vault, a community hub in the Lancashire city, an “AI bootcamp” is under way – part of a trial in the north-west to give 16- to 24-year...
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