Diversity and Inclusion Archives

Burness Paull ensures diversity and employee wellbeing is centre stage

By updatesPosted on 7th April 20217th April 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News

Leading independent law firm Burness Paull has underlined its commitment to diversity and the health of its staff by appointing a dedicated Inclusion & Wellbeing Manager. In what is believed to be a first for a corporate law firm in

LEAD SCOTLAND MAKING ONLINE SECURITY ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL WITH NEW ALTERNATIVE FORMATS

By updatesPosted on 24th March 202124th March 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News, ScotlandISCyber

Lead Scotland is proud to be working with a range of partners commissioning and developing 16 new alternative formats of online safety and security messaging for people who might find current messaging inaccessible. The new formats will include text formats,

Deloitte Mark International Women’s Day by Partnering with “Empowering…” Programme

By updatesPosted on 9th March 20219th March 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Deloitte is the latest company to partner on the “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” leadership coaching programme, as the first cohort of participants are confirmed. The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day was “Choose to Challenge”, calling on

Nominations Close for Programme Supporting Gender Diversity in Tech Sector as PDMS Become Latest Supporter

By updatesPosted on 25th February 202125th February 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News, ScotlandIS News

Earlier this week, the Tech Talent Charter (TCC) released its latest annual “Diversity in Tech” report, which showed some progress being made in addressing the long standing issue of gender diversity in the sector but that this still only amounted

Head Resourcing team up with “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” initiative

By updatesPosted on 12th February 20213rd March 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News, ScotlandIS News

Head Resourcing have now joined ScotlandIS, The Scottish Government, Scottish Digital Academy and Sopra Steria in supporting the initiative. Since its launch in January, the new “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” Programme has been quickly gathering momentum and support

Sopra Steria Join ScotlandIS and ScotGov in Support for Women in Leadership Initiative

By updatesPosted on 4th February 20213rd March 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News, ScotlandIS News

Sopra Steria have become the latest partner to pledge their support to the “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” leadership coaching programme. Scheduled to run between April-June, the programme aims to build a collaborative and powerful community of emerging women leaders

Report Calls for Action to Tackle Discrimination Faced by Women in STEM

By updatesPosted on 14th May 202014th May 2020Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News, Skills

Equate Scotland has published the findings of a new report looking at the experiences of more than 400 women working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) professions. The report suggests that urgent action is required to address the issue of inequality

Research and policy update

By HeatherPosted on 17th December 2019Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Policy, ScotlandIS News

Svea Miesch, Research and Policy Manager, ScotlandIS As Research and Policy Manager at ScotlandIS, my job is to stay updated on the size, health and development of Scotland’s digital technologies sector and identify and research new business opportunities and potential

Coding for Women

By HeatherPosted on 21st August 20195th December 2019Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News, ScotlandISData, Skills

Another boost for women, this time an initiative designed to get more females into the digital technology sector. Code the City, a charity established in 2017 to promote the use of technology to solve civic problems, is partnering with The

Gender imbalance in tech industry starts at school

By HeatherPosted on 18th June 20195th December 2019Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News, Skills

Gender imbalance is a huge challenge for the digital technologies industry, with women making up just 23% of the Scottish tech workforce despite 51% of the population being female. Digital Xtra Fund, a charity set-up to encourage more young people