Mark Oliver — Mark Oliver from Motor Trade Finance is one of several professionals in the SIGNAL Xtend pilot programme. by MTF

Powering up the ICT workforce

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SIGNAL – the South Island ICT Grad School – is open for business.

SIGNAL is a collaboration of five South Island tertiary institutes, Otago Polytechnic, University of Otago, University of Canterbury, Ara Institute of Canterbury, and Lincoln University. Clients will be able to tap into the best that each has to offer in tertiary ICT education.

SIGNAL was developed in partnership with industry in order to meet the need for more skilled ICT professionals in the fast-growing sector. SIGNAL will support businesses by offering in-work training for ICT employees. As well as producing highly-skilled ICT graduates with work-relevant skills, SIGNAL will provide more effective pathways for graduates from ICT education into employment and will help grow New Zealand’s ICT talent and knowledge to support business growth, innovation and productivity.

SIGNAL is now open for enrolments across its four industry-aligned programmes - Educate, Xtend, Accelerate and Shift - to begin studies in February 2017 at two physical locations: The Granary in Dunedin’s burgeoning Warehouse Precinct and in the Innovation Precinct, Christchurch. For more information email SIGNAL, visit the SIGNAL website.