Digital and Creative

BFI Chief Executive and Coventry kid Ben Roberts has announced a  partnership with Create Central and StoryFutures Academy: Positive Realities: XR for Youth Wellbeing in Coventry UK City of Culture 2021.

A digital gallery of artwork, created by young people in Coventry during lockdown, is set to go live.

Spirit of 2012 – the London 2012 legacy fund – has awarded a major £1 million grant to Coventry City of Culture Trust to facilitate a programme of cultural activities, working with community organisations across the city.

Local people seeking a new career in technology are being invited to join a free Covid-19 response bootcamp to take them from scratch to professional developers.

A teenage entrepreneur in Coventry, who was turning over £12,000 when he was in Year 9 at school, has moved into his first office and is preparing to take on his first member of staff.

Cars which find their own parking spaces and trams which report their own faults are just some of the futuristic transport systems being developed under a new agreement.

The outbreak of coronavirus has hastened the use of technology to diagnose and treat healthcare issues remotely. Patients across the country are now becoming accustomed to relying on remote healthcare services such as NHS 111, virtual GP appointments, and online deliveries. 

Hundreds of local unemployed people are to benefit from a £500,000 training programme to help them gain new jobs and life skills ahead of Coventry City of Culture 2021.

School and college students are set to learn vital digital skills through the region’s first cyber security and hacking lab, thanks to funding from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

The second annual Coventry Welcomes festival will be broadcast online when it returns next week (June 15-20) to celebrate Refugee Week.