Open Drupal is a project to provide free and open source learning materials for people wanting to teach or learn Drupal skills, it is also the documentation on which we base the training for the candidates on the Drupal Apprenticeship Scheme. What we are aiming towards is a standard for what we (as an industry) can consider to be the basic level of skills and knowledge required as an entry level Drupal Developer.

It is imperative for both of these projects that the documentation is as current and relevant as possible so the course copy is maintained in a constant state of review and improvement. All the core files are held as markdown in our repo on GitHub, additional learning materials such as presentations and teaching aids are stored publicly on Google Drive and linked to as necessary from the core copy. …

There is an obvious and distinct lack of women in the technology industry — this is not news for anyone but it also does not appear to be changing.

Specifically in my sphere of web development from designers, developers and coders to analysts, strategists and managers — women are underrepresented at all levels which maintains a gender gap that affects us all. Women’s equality in technology is a critical issue that many prominent people are trying to tackle and we at the Drupal Apprenticeship scheme are also trying to deliver an impact.

To this end we would really like to recruit more women as mentors and trainers to the scheme as well as appealing more directly to young women who might take up web development as a career. …