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Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies Heng Swee Keat speaking with some Standard Chartered Bank employees who have benefitted from the Bank’s upskilling and reskilling programmes.

Standard Chartered upskills 8,000 Singapore employees through diSCover

The portal offers over 400 courses in specialist areas.

Standard Chartered shared that it has upskilled over 8,000 of its Singapore employees as part of its S$8m investment to futureproof talent, delivered under learning hub aXess academy and diSCover, its self-led learning portal.

The training and upskilling programmes offered aim to prepare employees for opportunities in key growth areas such as sustainable finance, cybersecurity and cloud engineering, the bank said in a press announcement.

The portal diSCover reportedly offers over 400 courses in specialist areas, such as cyber, sustainability and sustainable finance, data & analytics, leadership and new ways of working. diSCover Lab, its interactive learning hub in Singapore, provides employees access to multiple modes of learning and digital content, the bank said. To date, over 8,000 employees have been upskilled via diSCover Lab.

To further equip its people with technology and future skills, Standard Chartered launched aXess Academy in Singapore to develop tech talent through reskilling and upskilling programmes.

Together with diSCover Lab, the academy is housed in the Bank’s Changi Business Park 1 premises. Standard Chartered invested S$26m to refresh the space for learning and working.

The academy offers employees both virtual and in-person classroom-style training, with the objective of propelling and nurturing the upskilling of employees into fields such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, digital banking, cyber-information security and data solutions, according to the bank.

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