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15:17 28th October 2009
Birmingham has played host to a meeting of computing experts aiming to help offenders gain IT qualifications.
The instructors are regularly trained at Birmingham City University's Cisco Academy Training Centre, where they learn how to pass on practical network skills to prisoners.
Established in response to a shortage of prison staff with computer training, the centre provides week-long courses in a range of subjects, including cabling and other wider IT issues.
The university's acting head of computing, telecommunications and networks Mak Sharma said the project had been widely successful, with many previous offenders now able to find work.
He pointed to the example of one persistent offender with more than 40 sentences who thrived during the training, becoming a mentor for other inmates before accepting a job upon release as a trainer for IT giant Cisco.
Earlier this week saw an IT expert praise the government's school building programme for bringing renewed life to the technology sector.
Jesse Westgate, a public sector business development sales manager for Misco, said the Building Schools for the Future initiative would bring much-needed revenue during the economic downturn.
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