{"id":3798,"date":"2021-06-22T10:57:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/?p=3798"},"modified":"2021-06-22T10:57:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T09:57:51","slug":"cyberfirst-advanced-virtual-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/cyberfirst-advanced-virtual-course\/","title":{"rendered":"CyberFirst Advanced Virtual Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have been contacted a representative from Scot Gov and have been asked to share the following post regarding one of CyberFirst\u2019s summer courses.<\/p>\n<p><em>Know a S6 girl with the potential to be a digital hero?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The last few places on the free CyberFirst Advanced Virtual Course are available for Scotland-based S6 girls. Students need an interest and aptitude for computers, but don\u2019t need to be studying computer science or have previously been on a CyberFirst course. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Inspired and led by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ, CyberFirst introduces young people with a passion for computing and our digital world to the intricacies and opportunities of cyber security. The courses use hackathons, team tasks and hands-on challenges to teach the problem-solving skills our digital society is looking for.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage your students to apply now at &gt; <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smallpeicetrust.org.uk%2Fcourse-page%2F26c5ae62-0a87-eb11-a812-0022481a46a3&amp;data=04%7C01%7CMegan.Sharkey%40sqa.org.uk%7C23ebad93075541e82d1a08d93190f8b9%7C2bc4b4d8b4154f6c8bb82c2985d7171f%7C0%7C0%7C637595320985117263%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2LnXYHUu2rvusTeH5Hbz8%2BolCA2iXsG%2FufmI2c58VRE%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><em>https:\/\/www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk\/course-page\/26c5ae62-0a87-eb11-a812-0022481a46a3<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further information about the course please contact <a href=\"mailto:daniel.sellers@gov.scot\">Daniel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also for any information regarding Cyber Security please contact <a href=\"mailto:megan.sharkey@sqa.org.uk\">myself<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been contacted a representative from Scot Gov and have been asked to share the following post regarding one of CyberFirst\u2019s summer courses. Know a S6 girl with the potential to be a digital hero? The last few places on the free CyberFirst Advanced Virtual Course are available for Scotland-based S6 girls. Students need an interest and aptitude for computers, but don\u2019t need to be studying computer science or have previously been on a CyberFirst course. Inspired and led&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3799,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3798\/revisions\/3799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}