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A boost for the digital age – Programming school “42 Wolfsburg” starts operations

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Maj-Britt Peters
Maj-Britt Peters
Volkswagen Group Communications Corporate Communications | Spokesperson IT & Software
A boost for the digital age – Programming school “42 Wolfsburg” starts operations
Opening of 42 Wolfsburg, from left: Dr. Bernd Althusmann (Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor, Transport and Digitalization), Ralph Linde (Head of Volkswagen Group Academy & President of 42 Wolfsburg e.V.), Stephan Weil (Minister President of the State of Lower Saxony) and Gunnar Kilian (Member of the Volkswagen Board of Management for Human Resources).
  • Federal Minister of Labor Heil, Minister President of Lower Saxony Weil, Minister Althusmann and Volkswagen Board Member for Human Resources Kilian underline the importance of the new open education concept for a successful digital transformation
  • First year of “42” kicks off on May 11 with around 170 students from over 30 countries
  • Founding partner Volkswagen will donate EUR 3.7 million in the first year and a further two million euros annually in the following

Wolfsburg. Non-profit coding school “42 Wolfsburg” will start operations on May 11 with 170 students from over 30 countries. As early as next year, up to 600 students will be trained to be software developers at the Markthalle in Wolfsburg. “42 Wolfsburg” is the latest offshoot of the talent factory “42” founded in Paris in 2013. The innovative educational model of the worldwide “42” network relies on new, creative forms of IT training without admission restrictions, professors or lectures. Volkswagen is supporting “42 Wolfsburg” with EUR 3.7 million in the first year and a further two million euros annually in the following years. The goal is to “break new ground in IT education so that graduates have all the tools they need to creatively shape the future of zero-emission, digital mobility,” said Volkswagen Board Member for Human Resources Gunnar Kilian and Ralph Linde, Head of Volkswagen Group Academy & President of 42 Wolfsburg e.V., in Wolfsburg on Monday. Other partners of “42 Wolfsburg”, in addition to SMEs and civil society organizations such as the ReDi School for refugees, include Porsche, Microsoft, Google and Red Hat.

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