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Information Technology (IT) skills are an essential part of everyday life. With Microsoft, you can get the essential training and skills you need to constantly expand your education. Whether you want to learn new skills, improve and enhance your current abilities or get real-world experience through internship programmes we have a number of programmes to help you achieve your goals

The resources below will help you build your IT skills

• Are your Digital Literacy skills up to date? Our online courses can help you develop a fundamental understanding of computers and the essential skills you need to begin computing with confidence. Take the Microsoft Digital Literacy Certificate assessment.
• Take advantage of up to 22 hours of complimentary Microsoft training and work your way toward Microsoft Certification with our IT Academy Student Pass – complimentary e-learning courses designed to get you on the right track toward a career in technology.

• Get complimentary design and developer software with Microsoft DreamSpark and Microsoft Expression software. Microsoft DreamSpark offers you access to professional-level software that will help you accelerate your learning in design, development, engineering, math and science.
• Before you purchase, you can get complimentary trials of Microsoft products.
• Microsoft's It's Not Cheating offer for students, allows students to get a completely full, legal copy of Office Professional Academic 2010 at a discounted price. Have you gotten yours?

• Get real-world experience before graduation. The Microsoft Students to Business (S2B) programme aligns student internships and entry-level positions with local businesses – so you can get a head start on your career.
• Find tips, tutorials and templates guaranteed to help your career. From interview crash courses to internship insights, the Microsoft Student Experience Website will give you firsthand knowledge about landing your first job.
• Microsoft provides a range of tools, tips, templates and resources for students and school leavers to assist them in their job search, including resume templates, reference templates, career advice tests, student discounts on Office and digital literacy assessments.

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• Join Imagine Cup – the world's premier student technology competition and gain recognition and clout for your technology insights, skills and endeavours.

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