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Skill Up is a Department for Economy programme, with funding from the Northern Ireland Office and the Department of Finance, which provides a range of free short training courses.

Skills development
There are opportunities for businesses to retrain and upskill their staff by taking advantage of the range of free training courses on offer. The courses will be delivered by the local further and higher education providers in Northern Ireland.

Opportunities are available from entry to postgraduate levels, focusing on skills identified by industry, linked to priority economic sectors, including:

digital skills
green technologies
healthcare and life sciences
advanced manufacturing
leadership and management

Most courses will be delivered online and will provide an opportunity to re-skill and upskill in areas where job growth is expected to be high as part of the economic vision to grow the Northern Ireland economy.

See link for details of providers and courses offered