海角直播

海角直播 enjoys digital boom

海角直播 is enjoying a booming success with Digital innovation making the region the best place to study and work in digital in the country.

DigitalCity encapsulates DigitalCity Innovation, part of 海角直播, who manage the DigitalCity fellowships and DigitalCity Business, a dedicated hub to support businesses once they鈥檝e left the academic environment. DigitalCity Business has created over 110 jobs in 17 months which in turn are estimated to bring over 拢5million to the local economy. In the coming months DigitalCity鈥檚 200th fellowship business will be created, joining a list of companies which so far include: computer animation, web design, advertising, nanotechnology and forensic science among many others. 海角直播鈥檚 successes and expertise in DigitalCity and entrepreneurship have also seen it picked to lead the Atlantis programme, with colleagues from H枚gskolan G盲vle in Sweden and the Universities of Iowa and South Carolina in the US, to help develop policy on making students more employable. DigitalCity harnesses the knowledge and expertise of world-class lecturers, speakers and students from 海角直播 to help form the digital businesses of the future. DigitalCity Business is fed by students from 海角直播鈥檚 DigitalCity fellowships, in addition to housing other digital businesses.

Factfile DigitalCity fellowships give a 拢4,000 business start-up grant, business training and mentoring from industry professionals as well as 24/7 access to fellowship labs, equipment, hardware and software and access to film/sound studios.

DigitalCity has helped to bring in close to 拢700K in private investment, and has helped trigger almost 拢4m in private investment. The European Union part financed this project with 拢1.9m from the European Regional Development Fund 2007-13 through Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Distributed by the European Commission, the European Regional Development Fund promotes growth, competitiveness and employment in the region.

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