PRINTING United Alliance has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to strengthening the industry’s workforce pipeline through expanded training, education, and student and educator support initiatives from carefully curated platforms such as printing.org and iLEARNING+. As part of this commitment, the Alliance continues to invest heavily in industry-relevant education, delivered by leading instructors and subject matter experts across today’s most in-demand topics, while also offering free membership to students and educators to ensure broad, barrier-free access to learning, credentials, and professional resources. Plus, students receive two years of membership for free after graduation to continue their transition into the workforce. All of this is made possible by the support received through the many paid memberships to the Alliance.
Through its iLEARNING+ platform and broader education strategy, the Alliance is helping schools, instructors, and students build real-world, job-ready skills aligned with the evolving needs of the printing and graphic arts industry. Popular and fast-growing courses that students and educators have free access to include foundational training such as Print 101: Introduction to the Printing Industry, core technical disciplines like colour management, and forward-looking topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies, ensuring learners are prepared for both today’s production environments and tomorrow’s opportunities. The Alliance currently provides membership to 63 educational institutions worldwide and over 2,200 students and educators, as well as has granted over 300 post-graduate memberships. Today, 44 of those educational institutions worldwide are actively using Alliance education resources, serving more than 600 students and educators and driving nearly 1,500 course and certification enrolments to date.