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Women Do Cyber: Seeking Industry Mentors

By updatesPosted on 22nd May 202422nd May 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion

Experienced mentors from industry are being sought in order to support Women Do Cyber upskilling participants. Scotland Women in Technology (SWiT), Cisco and Glasgow Caledonian University are looking for experienced mentors (men and women) to support their participants on the

auticon’s latest impact report highlights benefits of neuroinclusion at work

By updatesPosted on 24th April 202424th April 2024Posted in Member News, Diversity and Inclusion

auticon, the international social enterprise and IT Consultancy which has a base in Edinburgh, released its latest Impact Report in April to mark Autism Acceptance Month. The report details the company’s success in becoming the world’s largest autistic-majority employer, a

Napier University and Women’s Enterprise Scotland partner for women in business lab

By updatesPosted on 16th April 202416th April 2024Posted in Member News, Diversity and Inclusion

Edinburgh Napier University and Women’s Enterprise Scotland (WES) have unveiled a new collaboration to support more women into business. The SDG5 Living Lab will offer tailored training, resources and networking for women looking to start a business, or further their

European Women Tech Fund

By updatesPosted on 16th April 202416th April 2024Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News, Opportunity

The EU has launched the new funding programme European Women Tech Fund supporting women leading deep tech startups from Europe to grow into tomorrow’s tech leaders and putting women at the forefront of deep tech in Europe. Women TechEU is a 2-year

Women Do Cyber 2024: Bridging the Gap with New Scholarships

By updatesPosted on 21st March 202421st March 2024Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Diversity and Inclusion

‘Women Do Cyber’ forges ahead in its mission to reskill and upskill women with cyber security skills by announcing an additional 40 scholarships set to launch in May 2024. This initiative is in its third year and further empowers women

International Women’s Day 2024: Fiona Thomson, Skills Lead

By updatesPosted on 5th March 20246th March 2024Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

For International Women’s Day 2024, we’re featuring some of the hardworking and talented women behind the scenes at ScotlandIS. Read the below interview to find out more about our Skills Lead, Fiona Thomson. Describe your role at ScotlandIS. I work

International Women’s Day 2024: Karen Meechan, Chief Executive

By updatesPosted on 5th March 20245th March 2024Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

For International Women’s Day 2024, we’re featuring some of the hardworking and talented women behind the scenes at ScotlandIS. Read the below interview to find out more about our ScotlandIS CEO, Karen Meechan. Describe your role at ScotlandIS. Having held

International Women’s Day 2024: Nicola Taylor, Chief Operations Officer

By updatesPosted on 1st March 20245th March 2024Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

For International Women’s Day 2024, we’re featuring some of the hardworking and talented women behind the scenes at ScotlandIS. Read the below interview to find out more about Nicola Taylor, our Chief Operations Officer. Describe your role at ScotlandIS. I

International Women’s Day 2024: Beverly Bowles, Head of Cyber

By updatesPosted on 29th February 20245th March 2024Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

For International Women’s Day 2024, we’re featuring some of the hardworking and talented women behind the scenes at ScotlandIS. Read the below interview to find out more about Beverly Bowles, the Head of our Cyber and IT Managed Services Clusters.

Scottish University looks to give girls a boost into STEM

By updatesPosted on 25th January 202425th January 2024Posted in Member News, Diversity and Inclusion

Edinburgh Napier University is launching a new project geared towards opening pathways into engineering education for girls and other groups that are underrepresented in the industry. ENU is launching “Libraries of Inspiration” with support from a £99,700 grant from The Royal Academy of Engineering’s