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BiASC nearly 10 years old | New fee structure for 2022-2023

Before diving into the Summer, we would like to let you know that BiASC will be 10 years old next academic year. We intend to continue working on the human network by informing, inspiring and motivating IT instructors, who have one of the toughest jobs in education. 

 

Every five years BiASC looks closely at the annual fees. After careful consideration, it was decided that the ASC fee will increase by 5%, which is well below the current index rate. This is necessary to make ends meet. In order to provide ongoing online training and accreditation, BiASC is also introducing a new membership fee for instructors of 20 Euros per active instructor. Here is an overview of the new fee structure: hyperlink

 

Finally, we would like to highlight the following for the coming months:

 

[1] NetAcad Instructor Conference in Iceland from 24 till 26 August 2020

[2] NetAcad Student Talent Connect Event for internships at the Cisco BeLux Office on 27 October 2020

[3] Europe North Instructor Training and Accreditation starting in October 2022. More information will be given in due time.

 

RIPE NCC Open House: The IPv6 Skills Gap

Interesting RIPE-NCC event on 29 June
Speaker: Carlo PL Ciciriello

It’s been a decade since the World IPv6 Launch Day was held, and we’ve seen a slow but steady growth in the use of IPv6.

Our well-known Carlo P.L. Ciciriello, of Learning Connections, will speak about his endeavours to build IPv6 skills in collaboration with partners from the industry.

Registration: hyperlink

 

CiscoLive Announcing Meraki Dashboard for Catalyst Switches

Cisco Systems is combining the simplicity that its Meraki brand offers with the power of its flagship Catalyst portfolio of campus switches and wireless controllers and access points.

CiscoLive 2022

For Cisco Catalyst switches you can now  choose between either Cisco DNA Center or the Meraki dashboard for cloud-based network management.

The cloud management conversion capability was introduced at Cisco Live 2022 by Todd Nightingale, executive vice president and general manager of Cisco’s enterprise networking and cloud business: ”Catalyst technology is undeniably the most powerful campus networking equipment in the world and the fastest-ramping product Cisco has ever had. Meraki is undeniably the simplest cloud management platform, the highest adopted and deployed on the market. Bringing these two things together. Power and simplicity without compromise; I truly believe that can change how IT is managed … it can change the industry.”

Prior to launching this service, Cisco catalyst switches were managed either through the command-line interface (CLI) or DNA Center, which are both deployed on-premise. For customers who choose to keep key applications on-premises, they can use the DNA Center either on physical, on-premises appliances or use the newly-launched virtual appliance capability for virtual machine (VM) instances in private data centers or cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).

 

More IT Teachers Required ...

Every day we receive messages about the difficulty of findind experienced IT teachers in higher education or in competence centers for retraining/upskilling adults.

If you are an experienced IT Professional and are interested in teaching IT Infrastructure, networks and cybersecurity in higher education, let us know. There is a serious lack of IT teaching staff all around Belgium and Brussels. Linguistic and communication skills are paramount, as well as a relevant experience to share with students. Teaching helps the economy and is an important factor for social life. Instructor training facilities facilitated by BiASC will get you up to speed in no time.

 

 

 

Digitization & Education: NetAcad & SkillsForAll

Cisco Networking Academy: CyberSecurity Pathway

Everyone experiences the impact of digital technologies in our economy and society. Digitization has an impact on economic growth, reducing unemployment, improving quality of life, and boosting citizens' access to public services. The demand for IT professionals and employees with basic digital skills to support digitization is huge: currently there are over 750K open ICT jobs in Europe. This gap is expected to lead to 1.7 million unfilled ICT vacancies in 2025. 

Networking Academy Program
The Cisco Networking Academy Program has been around for 24 years to bridge this gap. Three million students globally last schoolyear were enrolled in Cisco NetAcad courses, more than 15 million students since inception. It is the mission of Cisco Networking Academy to enable the IT-workforce of the future to transition to the labor market, thereby bridging the gap experienced in our labor markets.

Skills For All
A new platform, SkillsforAll.com has been launched. This platform brings free, mobile friendly, and gamified courses for students on Cyber Security, Networking, Programmability, IoT, Digitization, Packet Tracer, and Python.

This includes for example a renewed and innovative Cybersecurity Pathway Evolution:

For students to achieve the following Cisco-recognized and Industrial grade certification for instance this Cybersecurity Pathway:

Information Sessions
It is possible to register for an international info session, or to have a dedicated session on special request
URL: Information Sessions Registration Form

Contacts
Yvan Rooseleer, BIASC ASC/ITC Manager, Belgium, yvan.rooseleer@biasc.be
Rik Bleeker, CSR Manager Europe North ribleeke@cisco.com | www.cisco.nl/dvn

 

Overview & Evaluation IT Roadshow Events - May 2022

BiASC is very happy to have gathered more than 100 instructors and education managers at the IT Education Roadshow on 6 and 13 May. Participants evaluated the events with an average score of more than 4 out of 5.

To get an overview of the conferences, presentations and evaluations, click on this hyperlink.