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Crazy Ideas College is bringing IBM SkillsBuild to 9000 young people across Australia
Nov 15, 2023

Meet Zoe Burrows, Co-Director of Crazy Ideas College. They are on a mission to equip young people to do crazy good in the world.

Zoe’s team is bringing @IBM SkillsBuild to 9000 students across Australia this year.

Watch below as they take their Future Ready workshop into one school. And hear directly from some of the passionate young people who participated!

Experts estimate 65% of kids starting primary school today will end up working in a specific job that doesn’t exist yet. (Future of Jobs Report, World Economic Forum)

IBM is committed to skilling 30 million people globally by 2030. Our work with Crazy Ideas College is one example of how we are helping to build skills and capabilities for the future workforce in Australia.

IBM SkillsBuild is a free education program focused on underrepresented communities in tech, that helps adult learners, and high school and university students and faculty, develop valuable new skills and access career opportunities.

The program includes an online platform that is complemented by customized practical learning experiences delivered in collaboration with a global network of partners.

There are IBM SkillsBuild courses for technical and workplace skills. Topics include artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science, emerging technologies, enterprise computing, Quantum computing, agile, design thinking and more.

Learn more at: https://skillsbuild.org

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