Episode 64

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9th Sep 2020

SDP 64: Festival news, policy debates and a great developer offer

In episode 64 of the Sheffield Digital Podcast, Mel and Chris share some updates from the city’s digital sector. It’s one of those shows for you to catch up on all the news and hear what’s coming in the community.

Topics and exciting information covered includes:

  • the Sheffield Digital Festival re-boot (Nov 16–22)
  • the Council is asking videos in a bit to help young people get into digital
  • lots of policy debates happening as things pick up again
  • the Sheffield City Region strategic economic plan consultation
  • the Sheffield Local Plan consultation
  • the recent Meta Meetup event for meetup organisers
  • a great off from the Developer Academy.

Go and get your muffs and listen up. Don’t forget, you can always join the Sheffield Digital Slack community or email info@sheffield.digital to get in touch and share your thoughts. 

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Notes and links

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Thank you for the music

Thanks to Alex Mclean – aka Yaxu – for the show’s intro music, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. 

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About the Podcast

Sheffield Digital Podcast
Welcome to the Sheffield Digital Podcast. This is the place to hear about the exciting digital industries in the Sheffield City Region. We cover engaging topics about the local tech sector with special guests from a thriving community of companies, accelerators, policy-makers, educators, freelancers, events organisers, and more!

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About your host

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Iain Broome

Author of A is for Angelica and Independent writer and content designer at Very Meta. Sender of an ace newsletter for readers and writers. Organises Sheffield Content Club.