Digital Education

YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP invests in digital education, developing the skills necessary for a thriving digital economy, creating a large, diverse talent pool from which our industry and wider communities can prosper.

Our education programmes cover the whole lifecycle of learning: supporting the teaching of digital skills at primary and secondary schools; incubating tech talent in secondary school students and partnering with world-class universities in higher education.

YNAP is a member of the European Commission’s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition, set up to provide training for digital jobs to 1 million young people by 2020.

>5,400
students
young talents between 3-10 years
have been trained since 2016

In 2018 55%
of talents trained
were girls

3,400
young talents
were trained in 2018

+70%
in comparison
with 2017

The hours of training
in digital skills and coding
has doubled
in 2018

67% of the children
attending the Imperial Code Lab
Powered by YNAP classes were inspired to study computer science at GCSE level

66 different
schools have taken part
in Fondazione Golinelli & YNAP’s programmes in Bologna

Source: 2018 YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP

IMPERIAL CODE LAB

YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP has partnered with Imperial College London, one of the world’s leading universities, to launch the “Imperial CodeLab Powered by YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP”, which aims to boost digital skills, particularly among girls, and develop a diverse talent pool of future innovators.

Targeted at children between the ages of 8 and 14, with a particular focus on the West London community, CodeLab introduces children to computer science and looks to tackle the lack of diversity and gender equality within the technology industry.

FONDAZIONE GOLINELLI

As part of its commitment of promoting and supporting digital education, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP has partnered with Fondazione Golinelli, Italian foundation which focuses on spreading culture through innovative and creative projects, with the objective of introducing schools to the opportunities which coding can offer to young girls and boys today.

Primarily focused on primary and secondary school students, activities, workshops and events are regularly organized in Italy, to allow participants to explore the digital world, through robotics, visual coding, cryptography, coding, virtual reality and design, thanks to the unique and specific contribution and know-how of YNAP volunteers.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Imperial Codelab Hackathon organized in July 2018 at the YNAP Tech Hub in London, saw the participation of more than 60 children, and has been one of the main pillars of the Royal Visit of Prince Charles and Camilla.

In collaboration with Fondazione Golinelli, YNAP run a Summer Coding camp in July and September 2018 in Bologna, which provided free coding lessons to over 50 young girls and boys, from local secondary schools.

In July 2018 YNAP commissioned research on young women and parents perception of careers relating to technology studies. The results support YNAP’s commitment to proactively encourage young girls to pursue careers in technology.

Digital Week organized by Fondazione Golinelli and YNAP in October 2018, saw the participation of over 1500 children in 2 weeks of free workshops in Bologna, in occasion of the EU Code Week.

YNAP takes part every year in Italy and the UK in the Hour of Code initiative, the biggest technology learning event worldwide created by the non-profit association Code.org to raise awareness of computer science.