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After extending its digital innovation partnership with Tennis Australia last year, Infosys has now joined the sporting body to launch a new digital skills initiative.
Global IT consultancy Infosys has taken the next step in its partnership with Tennis Australia by launching a digital education initiative aimed at creating new educational pathways for underrepresented communities in Australia and New Zealand. Launched in September last year, Infosys will now provide its Springboard platform to support Tennis Australia’s leadership programs.
“We are incredibly proud to be working closely with Tennis Australia on a number of new initiatives around digital accessibility and learning,” said Andrew Groth, Senior Vice President and Head of Infosys at ANZ.
“When we renewed our digital innovation partnership at the end of last year, we agreed that the next phase of our relationship would be to jointly create programs that have a greater positive impact on our community.”
As part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program to empower 10 million people by 2025 through digital skills training, the Infosys Springboard platform offers free, geo-tailored online courses developed in collaboration with a network of leading educational institutions covering a wide range of subjects technical and professional development from beginners to advanced.
To kick off its five-year CSR collaboration with Tennis Australia, the platform will be used to strengthen the sports body’s leadership programs through the inclusion of development modules in areas such as time management, design thinking and leadership for success. Meanwhile, 5,500 local Infosys employees will have the opportunity to volunteer and mentor participants in key business and leadership skills.
The firm also said the platform is continually evaluated to improve usability and meet WCAG 2.1 AA digital accessibility standards, with Groth noting that only 3 per cent of Australian organizations consistently incorporate accessibility according to the firm’s survey. In addition to people with disabilities, the platform hopes to reach indigenous communities and students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.
“We are excited that our partnership will also include programs to enable a more equitable community,” said Korey Allchin, Director of Partnerships at Tennis Australia. “We are working to create more accessible digital experiences for everyone involved in our sport. Infosys Springboard will also provide our leaders of tomorrow with the opportunity to extend their learning through a state-of-the-art digital learning environment.”
Infosys has previously worked with Tennis Australia on CSR initiatives, including Aces for Bushfire Relief in 2020, which raised more than $6 million, as well as with other institutions on digital skills projects in Australia. Last year, Infosys signed an innovation and skills partnership agreement with Deakin University and is also participating in the Victorian government’s $64 million digital reskilling program.
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