The Joomla Academy is an Open Source Matters (OSM) initiative.
The Joomla Academy "provides funding via sponsors to educate students to code through the generous help of mentors, focusing on projects that will enhance the Joomla core."
Source: Philip Walton, the man behind The Joomla! Academy, when interviewed by the Joomla! Community Magazine (October, 2024)
Who is the Joomla Academy for?
"Students who wish to work on core Joomla projects. We are not limiting age as long as over 18 at registration and from a non-US embargoed country."
"Ideally, they would be studying computer science but there is no restriction as long as they will have the time to do a few months of familiarisation and the 6 months of work."
What’s in it for the students?
Mentorship, help with funding and the chance to feature in many publications.
"Getting a Joomla core project into the next release after they start. That is a huge boost to anyone's CV and potentially worth much more than it costs."
If this sounds interesting to you then find out more at the link below.
Read more: An opportunity for students to contribute to Open Source Software
We need Mentors
When interviewed, Philip Walton said:
"We need mentors. They can be members of the community, people with coding skills but also people who have people skills. We learnt from GSoC that a good mix of mentors in each team is what we need."
"People who are great at code, people who can document and help with writing and people who can look in on the team and make sure that it's all going to plan and if it's not take action."
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