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Europe’s cybersecurity teams face critical skills needs in AI, cloud security and risk management—challenges that hiring headcount alone can’t fix. Discover why a skills-first approach to hiring is essential to building a more resilient cybersecurity workforce.

In today’s rapidly evolving job market, master’s students are often encouraged to do more than just attend lectures and write a thesis. They’re expected to bridge classroom theory with industry practice - and that’s precisely where the real challenge...

Cybersecurity has become a critical area, shaping our lives - and demand for cybersecurity professionals continues to rise across Europe. See how the EU project CyberHubs strengthens skills in this area, promotes talent development, and supports a network of national hubs to connect the dots.

Up-skilling and re-skilling as the engine of Europe’s new manufacturing.

Katharina Lange, Project Manager at EIT Digital, talks about the path to better cybersecurity with personalised, customised, work-based training courses for enhanced cybersecurity skills. Discover how the CYRUS projects is reshaping the manufacturing and transport industries.

No one is an island and we do not exist in isolation. In every aspect of our lives - private, professional, and so forth, human-to-human interaction is a crucial societal driver. Nowhere does it also say we should have the same skills, do the same...

As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms Europe’s labour market, aligning policy with practice has become a strategic imperative. In the latest Digital Skills Talks Series hosted by the Digital Skills and Jobs Platform, the session “From Policy to Practice: AI Literacy and the Future Workforce” brought together two key voices: Giulia Carsaniga, Policy Officer at the European Commission’s EU AI Office, and Konstantinos Pouliakas, Skills and Work Expert at Cedefop.

Over the past decade, the RIPE NCC Academy has provided free self-paced e-learning courses to thousands of learners. Evelien Evelien Schilder, senior learning experience designer at the RIPE NCC, shares her best practices for creating effective e-learning content in this opinion piece.

Avanti Sharma defines herself as "just an ordinary schoolgirl", but behind her unassuming demeanour lies a passionate advocate for the next generation of digital innovators, with a knack for coding and a vision for reshaping the future of tech literacy. In this interview, she shares her journey, insights, and advice for young people eager to step into the world of tech.

As the world rushes towards an increasingly digital future, the disparity between the skills required by modern industries and those possessed by the workforce is widening. Philipp Ramin, CEO of the i40 Future Skills Company in Germany, looks at strategies to address this gap - now, and in a future that is increasingly digital.