--- title: "News: ICT" url: "https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/tag/ict" school: "Birkenhead Sixth Form College" --- [![Birkenhead Sixth Form College](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/images/logo/BSFC_FC_RGB(1).png)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/) - [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/birkenheadsixthformcollege) - [X](http://www.twitter.com/BSFC) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0mV-sqmiu8V_19dpFY3Zw) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bsfc_/) - [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@bsfc_college) [Apply Now](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/application-form) ![OFSTED](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/theme/birkenhead/img/ofsted_new.png) # News: ICT [![Image of The Gadget Show Helps Computing Students Stay Ahead of the Curve](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Gadget_Show_Zoom_in.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-04-14-the-gadget-show-helps-computing-students-stay-ahead-of-the-curve) 14 April 2016 #### [The Gadget Show Helps Computing Students Stay Ahead of the Curve](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-04-14-the-gadget-show-helps-computing-students-stay-ahead-of-the-curve) Awareness of the latest cutting edge technology is part and parcel of ICT and Computer Science courses. [![Image of ICT Higher Apprenticeship Success for Sixth Form College Student](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/P1000009.JPG)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-08-10-ict-higher-apprenticeship-success-for-sixth-form-college-student) 10 August 2015 #### [ICT Higher Apprenticeship Success for Sixth Form College Student](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2015-08-10-ict-higher-apprenticeship-success-for-sixth-form-college-student) Student, Ashleigh Boden, has successfully gained a place on one of Unilever’s highly sought after ICT Higher Apprenticeships… [![Image of Student Achieves Specialist Status in New Microsoft IT Academy & Training Centre](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/IMG_9736.JPG)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-05-28-student-achieves-specialist-status-in-new-microsoft-it-academy-training-centre) 28 May 2014 #### [Student Achieves Specialist Status in New Microsoft IT Academy & Training Centre](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-05-28-student-achieves-specialist-status-in-new-microsoft-it-academy-training-centre) Student at The Sixth Form College, Jason Hannah, has become the first to achieve Microsoft Office Specialist status in the College’s brand new Microsoft IT Academy and Microsoft Training Centre [![Image of Microsoft IT Academy and Microsoft Training Centre officially open at Wirral's Sixth Form College](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/IMG_7237.JPG)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-02-10-microsoft-it-academy-and-microsoft-training-centre-officially-open-at-wirral-s-sixth-form) 10 February 2014 #### [Microsoft IT Academy and Microsoft Training Centre officially open at Wirral's Sixth Form College](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2014-02-10-microsoft-it-academy-and-microsoft-training-centre-officially-open-at-wirral-s-sixth-form) We have officially opened our Microsoft IT Academy and Microsoft Training Centre to students and the community. 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