The ISE (Institute of Student Employers) has stated that short-term student work experience like internships and insight schemes will be reduced by almost a third (31%) of businesses. And 68% of employers have cancelled work experience and short-term insight opportunities.



The extended flexible Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (commonly called the furlough scheme) ended on 30 September 2021 in the UK. The scheme was a lifeline for many businesses throughout the pandemic and as it is discontinued, it is anticipated that there will be increased redundancies across many sectors.



To combat these two situations, Cystel offers a number of relevant professional certificates in partnership with the British Computing Society (BCS) in conjunction with a work experience bootcamp. Such a bootcamp is not about how to make coffee and become a photocopy superstar. In contrast, such a bootcamp is about developing your practical problem-solving skills, which will make you more employable. The bootcamp is in alignment with the subjects of the BCS certificates Cystel offers. These are as follows:



BCS Essentials and Foundations Certificate in Artificial Intelligence



BCS Foundation Certificate in Information Security Management Principles



BCS Practitioner Certificate in Information Risk Management



BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice



BCS Practitioner Certificate in Modelling Business Processes



Each boot camp can be pursued individually or as a team exercise.



The essence of a bootcamp is about developing the capability to solve a practical business problem. These practical business problems are either based on anonymised client information or based on practice scenarios, which were developed by Cystel. For certain bootcamps, e.g., artificial intelligence, we will expose individuals to lab work. This will then involve working through several lab exercises or simulations or to develop an artificial intelligence solution.