ScotlandIS News Archives

Data Lab CEO Shares Leadership Journey with Digital Diversity Group

By updatesPosted on 21st September 202121st September 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News, ScotlandIS News, Skills

The latest participants of the “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” initiative have been gathered in person for the first time this week in Edinburgh. The cross-industry “Empowering…” programme, which launched earlier this year and is supported by industry body

New Cohort of “Empowering…” Initiative Meet in Edinburgh for Start of Autumn Programme

By updatesPosted on 16th September 202116th September 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News, Member News, ScotlandIS News, Skills

The “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” initiative officially launches its Autumn cohort next week, with the newest members of the programme, designed to tackle gender diversity in digital leadership, meeting in person for the first time in Edinburgh. The

Cyber meets sustainability – and all things cyber cluster

By updatesPosted on 16th September 202116th September 2021Posted in Industry News, ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

It’s our Cyber Cluster Manager Ciara’s latest blog, providing a summary of recent activity within the cluster and some of the new events and opportunities that are coming your way. This month we are really seeing the ramp-up of in-person

New Cyber Upskilling Fund

By updatesPosted on 15th September 202115th September 2021Posted in Opportunity, ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

Are you interested in upskilling your employees in Cyber Security at no cost to your business? Now is the time with support from the Cyber Upskilling Fund, financed through the Scottish Government’s National Transition Training Fund. This contributes towards the

Celebrate the next generation of Software Engineers

By updatesPosted on 13th September 202113th September 2021Posted in Industry News, Member News, ScotlandIS News, Skills

We are delighted that we’ll be able to bring the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards back in person this year. As always, the YSE Awards showcase some of the brightest minds our universities have to offer. Nominees are

Digital technology must be at the heart of our battle against climate change

By updatesPosted on 9th September 20219th September 2021Posted in Climate Tech, Industry News, ScotlandIS News

Read this article from BT’s Scotland Director, Jane Wood, as she outlines the importance of digital technology in combating climate change, and highlights the Climate Tech report produced by SCDI, BT, RSE and ScotlandIS. Scotland’s environmental aims are at the

Virtually no downsides – reasons to attend a virtual event

By updatesPosted on 8th September 20218th September 2021Posted in ScotlandIS News

The last year and a half has seen the boom of online events. You might already have been a veteran of the webinar, or you may have never joined an online event or conference in your life before March 2020.

UKC3 debuts at Birmingham’s National Cyber Security Show

By updatesPosted on 3rd September 20213rd September 2021Posted in ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISCyber

UKC3 has announced its participation at the brand new National Cyber Security Show, to be held 7th-9th September 2021, at the NEC, Birmingham. This follows from the DCMS-backed UKC3’s early summer launch as the UK’s first national cyber cluster organisation.

Data within Space

By updatesPosted on 3rd September 20213rd September 2021Posted in Climate Tech, ScotlandIS News, ScotlandISData

In this latest blog from our Head of Data, David looks at the advances of the space sector in Scotland, and how space-derived data can help on the journey to achieve net zero targets. The recent rocket launch from Benbecula

Scott Logic Joins Digital Diversity Initiative as New Report Highlights Scale of Gender Pay Gap in Scotland

By updatesPosted on 1st September 20211st September 2021Posted in Diversity and Inclusion, Member News, ScotlandIS News, Skills

Scott Logic, one of Scotland’s leading software engineering firms, has joined The Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate, ScotlandIS, Scottish Digital Academy and key organisations across Scotland’s technology ecosystem including The Data Lab, Sopra Steria and Head Resourcing, to become the latest