But how can an entrepreneur, without a background in computer programming or engineering develop an application?

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Udacity offers 11 STEM courses like "Introduction to Physics, " "Intro to Computer Science, " and "Web Application Engineering" -- all free.

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It plans to hire specifically for e-commerce, business analytics, application development, engineering and project management areas.

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The aim is for pupils to get an insight into the application of science and engineering in industry in the hope of making them more employable when they leave school.

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The aim of UTCs is for pupils to get an insight into the application of science and engineering in industry in the hope of making them more employable when they leave school.

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In addition to ARM and IBM, four of the world's leading application processor companies, Freescale, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments, will align open source engineering efforts within Linaro.

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