Liberty Global Supports Europe Code Week Through Strengthened CoderDojo Partnership
October 12 2015 - 06:00AM
Business Wire
Liberty Global plc (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB,
LBTYK, LILA and LILAK) is supporting Europe Code Week by
strengthening its partnership with CoderDojo, the global community
of free coding clubs for young people. The enhanced partnership
will enable CoderDojo to increase its presence in Europe and
leverage the expertise of Liberty Global employees to help more
young people develop computer programming and coding skills.
Since the launch of the partnership in 2014, Liberty Global has
helped CoderDojo increase its presence in Ireland and launch new
coding clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands and Austria. Alongside
helping CoderDojo scale its presence in Europe, Liberty Global is
launching a ‘train the trainer’ program for employees, equipping
them with the skills to lead coding sessions.
Additionally, Liberty Global has worked with the CoderDojo
Foundation to expand the range of ‘Dojo Sushi’ cards, a learning
resource specially designed to introduce young people to new
computer programming skills. The easy-to-use cards provide a
step-by-step guide to help young people learn computer languages,
such as Javascript and HTML.
Manuel Kohnstamm, Liberty Global’s Senior Vice President and
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, said, “Over the past year, our
partnership with CoderDojo has gone from strength to strength,
enabling CoderDojo to reach more young people and equip them with
essential coding and programming skills. We’re pleased to be
marking the start of Europe Code Week by further developing our
relationship with CoderDojo to help set up more coding clubs, make
it easier for our talented employees to share their digital
expertise and produce specially-designed learning resources.”
Mary Dunphy Moloney, CEO, CoderDojo Foundation, said, “Even more
young people are now able to develop new digital skills as a result
of Liberty Global’s support. Liberty Global’s scale and expertise
makes it an ideal partner for CoderDojo as we continue to grow our
presence in Europe and create even more opportunities for young
people to pick up important coding and programming skills that will
enhance their future lives and careers.”
About Liberty GlobalLiberty Global is the largest
international cable company with operations in 14 countries. We
connect people to the digital world and enable them to discover and
experience its endless possibilities. Our market-leading products
are provided through next-generation networks and innovative
technology platforms that connected 27 million customers
subscribing to 56 million television, broadband internet and
telephony services at June 30, 2015. In addition, we served five
million mobile subscribers and offered WiFi service across six
million access points.
Liberty Global’s businesses are currently attributed to two
tracking stock groups: the Liberty Global Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA,
LBTYB and LBTYK), which primarily comprises our European
operations, and the LiLAC Group (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link:
LILAB), which comprises our operations in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
Liberty Global's consumer brands are Virgin Media, Ziggo,
Unitymedia, Telenet, UPC, VTR and Liberty. Our operations also
include Liberty Global Business Services and Liberty Global
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