Ada, the National College for Digital Skills

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Ada, the National College for Digital Skills
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Address
1 Sutherland Street

London
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SW1V 4LD
Coordinates 51.4893° N, 0.1473° W
Information
MottoThink. Create. Develop. With Ada.
Established2016
FounderMark Smith and Tom Fogden [1] [2] [3]
AuthorityCity Of Westminster
ChairTiffany Hall
PrincipalTina Götschi
Key peopleMark Campbell, Lazaros Vastazos, Ryan Manning, Neelu Vasishth [4]
Enrollment176 (2018) [5]
School feesfree [6]
Website www.ada.ac.uk
Last updated: 12/01/24

Ada, the National College for Digital Skills is a small college for further education in London, England, with a campus in London Victoria. It is named after Ada Lovelace and opened in September 2016. [7] Its curriculum is designed with input from founding industry partners such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Gamesys, IBM, Deloitte, and King. Their founding education partner is the Aldridge Foundation. [8] The Board is chaired by Tiffany Hall and Martha Lane Fox [9] is Ada's Patron. [10]

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History

The Prime Minister announced the formation of Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, in 2014 in a move to open five new National Colleges in crucial industries. [11] The National Colleges have a mission to work designing the curriculum with employers “to produce the skills needed now and into the future to ensure the UK remains innovative and at the forefront of pioneering industry.” [11]

Ada was founded by Mark Smith and Tom Fogden, both of the inaugural Teach First cohort which aims to get talented teachers into classrooms in low income areas. [8] Previously Smith assisted Lord Adonis writing his book Education, Education, Education. [10]

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Gamesys, Deloitte Digital, IBM, King and the Aldridge Foundation are the colleges founding partners. Capital Funding is supplied by BEIS, the GLA and Haringey Council. [12]

Ada opened to its first cohort of students in 2016 and became the first brand new further education college in England since 1993. [13] Ada opened its second campus in Whitechapel, London in March 2019.

By 2028 Ada will have educated 10,000 young people nationwide. [14] There will be an ongoing cohort of 1,500 per annum in London and plans in place for a campus outside London. [13]

Recognition

Ada, in partnership with Bank of America, won an award[ vague ] for "Promoting Opportunity" through social mobility in May 2023.

Ada were honoured with the first ever "King's Award for Enterprise for Promoting Opportunity" (through social mobility). Ada were one of 148 organisations nationally to be recognised with the award. The achievement follows a partnership with Bank of America to deliver outreach and additional services which recruit and support young people from underrepresented groups into Ada's sixth form and Digital Degree Apprenticeship education programmes and onto careers in technology.

Provision

The College opened its "Hub" campus in Tottenham Hale in September 2016. Ada's sixth form first took students in September 2016. Each Ada student studies computer science as well as a range of A-levels. Ada's higher and degree level apprenticeship programmes began in 2017. Ada currently offers courses in Software Development, Data Analytics and Tech Consultancy with over 30 employers such as Salesforce, Google, Sainsbury's, Deloitte, EY and many more. A degree programme, validated by the Open University, sits at the core of Ada's programmes.

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References

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  6. ↑ "Ada's aims of accessible education". Ofsted. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Hill, Dave (19 August 2016). "How Ada aims to fill Britain's digital skills gap from Tottenham Hale". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. 1 2 Hurst, Greg. "First college of coding aims to unlock Britain's silicon skills" . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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  11. 1 2 "Government confirms £80 million for National Colleges to deliver the workforce of tomorrow - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Ada College Partners".
  13. 1 2 "Ada National College for Digital Skills Official Opening - press release.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  14. ↑ Goddard, Sophie (19 September 2019). "Meet the Future Shapers of 2019 who are inspiring women worldwide". Marie Claire. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

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