Flagship · Planned 6–12 months
Data-centre engineering
Get hands-on with racks, cabling, servers and networking. Build towards the skills infrastructure teams need.
Explore the pathway ↗OJ Solutions Academy · Salford
Build real skills.
Find your people.
Make your next move.
Practical training and a community workspace for people who want to build something — a career, a business, a different future.
Programmes are being developed. Be part of what comes next.
A place to startBig ideas.
Practical next steps.
Practical next steps.
01 Learn by doing
02 Build alongside others
03 Connect with industry
04 Rooted in the community
Find your starting point
Different ambitions.
Room for all of them.
From the hardware behind the internet to your first business idea, find a route worth exploring.
Flagship · Planned 12-week cohorts
Hacker House
A workspace, a community and time to build. Develop your own business alongside people doing the same.
Find your community ↗Intended curriculum · Adult CPD
Professional & digital skills
Business, projects, marketing and AI literacy. Practical short courses for a changing world of work.
See the intended subjects ↗Photography is illustrative. Programme dates, fees and partner approvals are not yet confirmed.
Your route, your next step
There’s more than one way in.
Where you are now shapes how you join us.
19 or over? Start a new chapter.
A practical 6–12 month data-centre pathway, shorter professional courses or a place to build your business. Register your interest and help us shape what comes next.
Explore adult routes →16–18? Build on your education.
Stay in education or training until 18. Our younger learner routes will run through college T-Level and apprenticeship partners, with parents, carers and tutors involved.
Explore college-linked routes →Want to create opportunities? Join us as an employer or talk to us as a college.
A community before an Academy
This started with
an open door.
OJ Solutions has given young people and founders space to work, learn and start companies. We’re building the Academy around that same spirit.
Get to know the Academy →5
businesses started here in 2025
With OJ Solutions’ support and resources.
Case studies coming soon. One of those founders? Tell us your story.
Why Salford?
Useful skills.
Close to opportunity.
Greater Manchester’s data-centre sector needs people who understand the physical infrastructure behind digital services. We’re developing practical training that connects foundations with experience.
The rack lab is being established at St James House, Salford — alongside a community that already comes together to build.
See the planned rack-engineer route →Your next step starts with a conversation.
No application fee. No commitment. Just tell us what you have in mind.