June 2024 Coding Bootcamp News

Table of Contents

• $1M FUNDRAISE + 2 NEW PARTNERSHIPS
• 5 GRANTS + SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOOTCAMPS
• INTERNSHIPS & RESKILLING IN 2024
• UNIVERSITY-LED TECH SKILLS TRAINING
• THE LATEST DIVERSITY IN TECH NEWS
• 1 NEW SCHOOL + 1 NEW COURSE
• OUR FAVORITE PIECES ON THE BLOG

Happy Summer! This month at Course Report, we released our Best Cybersecurity Bootcamps list for 2024 — check it out if you are looking to launch an in-demand career this year! This June, five coding bootcamps announced cohorts that will be fully or partially funded through grants (read: FREE to you)! A Southern coding bootcamp landed a one-million dollar fundraise, and two interesting partnerships with coding bootcamps were announced. We’re rounding up the latest about diversity in tech initiatives, and how higher education is adapting to current demands with microcredentials and revised programs through OPMs. Plus, learn more about the 5 coding bootcamps we added to the Course Report listings this June.

Curious about what happened in May? Check out last month’s post to read our May coding bootcamp news roundup!

$1M FUNDRAISE + 2 NEW PARTNERSHIPS

• Code Crew received a $1M grant from the state of Tennessee to fund its digital skills training program. 
• Pluralsight announced $2M in cash grants to nonprofit organizations who offer tech skills training to historically underrepresented populations. Some of the nonprofit organizations that will be receiving cash grants include Codepath, LaunchCode, NPower, and Year Up.
• Flatiron School announced that it has partnered with Bletchley Institute so students and graduates will be able to broaden their networks, receive mentorship, and pick up new skills through Bletchey’s short training sessions. 
• App Academy has a new partnership with HTD Talent. HTD Talent will be scouting new recruits for its intensive training and deployment program in forthcoming App Academy cohorts. 
• Chegg announced it is restructuring by focusing on enterprise training and is sunsetting their bootcamps for individual career changers. 

5 GRANTS + SCHOLARSHIPS FOR BOOTCAMPS

• Through the nonprofit Tech Impact, Tech Elevator has a new grant opportunity that will cover full tuition for both its part-time and full-time bootcamps for eligible students in Delaware. 
• In addition to covering the tuition for Cyber Security Bootcamp at Lighthouse Labs, Upskill Canada is now offering paid internships through Riipen to eligible Canadian career changers. 
• Nashville Software School announced a series of new Access Scholarships (which amount to $2K off tuition) for students enrolling in their upcoming summer and fall cohorts. 
• South Carolina Public Radio reported on Create Opportunity, a tuition-free, local coding program offered through the South Carolina Technical College System Foundation that helps underserved students and nontraditional students launch tech careers.
• Claim Academy has partnered with Missouri job centers to offer free training through a grant program for Missouri residents. 

INTERNSHIPS & RESKILLING IN 2024

• In a report from Boston Consulting Group, which surveyed more than 150,000 workers across 188 countries, 57% of workers globally say they’re ready for reskilling in new roles to remain ahead in their career. 
• In a new study published in the journal, Oxford Economics Papers, and highlighted by HR Dive, employers are more likely to offer job interviews and higher salaries to candidates with AI experience. 
• Katherine Brindley from the Wall Street Journal explored how tech workers are bridging the gap and learning AI skills by turning to AI/machine learning bootcamps like Deep Atlas and Microverse.
• Refresh Miami reports that Miami Tech Works and the Miami Tech Coalition (which includes coding bootcamps like BrainStation, Ironhack, and 4Geeks Academy) came together to discuss increasing local internship and micro-internship opportunities.

UNIVERSITY-LED TECH SKILLS TRAINING

• Trace Urdan wrote an opinion piece for Inside Higher Ed that recognizes what investors got right about OPMs and ideas on how colleges could move forward with OPMs. 
• Inside Higher Ed covered an emerging trend in education: microcredentials for liberal arts majors. 

THE LATEST DIVERSITY IN TECH NEWS

• In celebration of Juneteenth, we updated our Diversity in Tech Scholarships Roundup with 13 scholarships for future bootcampers of color. 
• Code First Girls, a UK-based coding program for women, announced this month that it has provided free technical training for more than 200,000 women since 2012. 
• WLBT caught up with recent students from E.S.T.E.A.M., a coding program for young Black women. 
• Happy Pride Month! Check our list of exclusive scholarships and resources for LGTBQ+ folks to kick-start your career change into tech. 
• The GI Bill is now accepted at the Cybersecurity Bootcamp at the University of Chicago (which is powered by ThriveDX).

1 NEW SCHOOL + 1 NEW COURSE

• The Phonm Penh Post reports that Techpreneurs (powered by DACHI Academy) just opened its doors in Cambodia. 
• SkillReactor announced that it’s opening a new AI Academy which is aimed at helping people from different fields (but especially software development) learn AI skills. 

5 NEW SCHOOLS ADDED TO COURSE REPORT:

• Digital Skola
• Root
• Power Learn Academy
• Tech Joy Academy
• Headforwards Digital Academy

OUR FAVORITE PIECES ON THE BLOG

Jess appreciated doing a deep dive into the question, “Are employers hiring bootcamp grads in 2024?” with the TripleTen team. TripleTen recently surveyed over a 1,000 employers and found out that yes, they are definitely hiring bootcamp grads now and which industries are especially interested in new tech talent.

Liz loved hearing the career change journey of Ivan who went to the Cybersecurity Bootcamp at Lighthouse Labs. Ivan had a background in criminal justice and he was able to pivot into a cybersecurity career as a Digital Evidence Technician for the Calgary Police Service.