Northampton College has teamed up with the BBC to give 50 digital savvy' young people the chance to secure the job of their dreams thanks to a pioneering traineeship programme.

make it digital logoThe Make It Digital' scheme, which launches next month, will see 25 young people in Northampton and another 25 in Kettering given the opportunity to complete an eight week course, split between college and an employer.

The students will learn the skills they need to carry out a series of workplace tasks, from coding web sites and shooting viral videos to dreaming up the latest must-have smartphone app and creating 3D graphics for games.