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GUEST OPINION: The country's ICT skills shortage has been a long time in the making and solving it will require a multi-pronged approach.

Australia’s tech industry peak body the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) says its support for the growth of Australia’s ICT workforce has seen more than 1,340 Queenslanders participate in the two pilot Queensland Government supported ICT micro-credentialing courses in the past 12 months. 

Accounting software provider MYOB and technology consultancy Thoughtworks are working together to foster the talent needed to design and deliver software.

The Federal Government has announced $745,920 in new funding for Western Sydney University to establish the Cybersecurity Aid Centre to train and support small business with Cyber Incident Response.

Optus is working to head off skills shortages by forming Optus U in conjunction with universities, TAFEs and other organisations.

Technology skills platform Pluralsight has announced a new Priorities tool for Pluralsight Skills, Cloud Labs to speed public cloud skills acquisition, and a new Delivery Module for Pluralsight Flow.

Keeping developers' skills current isn't an easy task. Here's how Frontier Software goes about it.

The Federal Government is investing $2 billion in a move it says will give hundreds of thousands of Australians access to new skills by retraining and upskilling them into sectors with job opportunities, as the economy recovers from COVID-19.

Singapore telco Singtel is investing S$45 million over three years in a professional development program designed to boost the digital skills of its 12,600 employees.

Technology services provider NTT is using Pluralsight as a major part of its efforts to reskill and upskill its technical staff.

Victoria University is partnering with cyber security vendor Cisco to open a cybersecurity training centre in Melbourne’s West to meet an increasing demand for workers in one of Australia’s fastest growing and under serviced industries.