building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
It’s time for July’s blog from our Head of Cyber, Ciara, where she reflects on the significance of clusters in driving industry growth, and how the ScotlandIS Cyber cluster achieves this. Last February as part of Cyber Scotland Week, we
The former head of digital transformation at the Scottish Government has been appointed chairman of ScotlandIS. Alison McLaughlin has set out her vision for Scotland’s digital tech sector after being appointed to the role. A graduate from the University of
Do you work in the Tech Sector in Scotland? Do you want to help bridge the skills gap, form a valuable relationship with a local school, help and inspire young people to pursue a career in tech? Following a successful
Ciara Mitchell, cluster manager for Scotland’s cyber cluster at tech trade body ScotlandIS, has been appointed as a board member and ecosystem development lead in the UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration (UKC3). This comes at a time when Scotland is becoming
ScotlandIS Interim CEO, Karen Meechan has been recognised by FutureScot in their article featuring the ‘stand-out stars of Scotland’s digital technology education sector’. Named amongst 30 leading figures in Scotland’s edutech landscape – including Toni Scullion, founder of dressCode, and
On Tuesday 29th June, the ScotlandIS Policy Steering Group were joined by special guest Ben Combes, Director of Net Zero and Climate Tech at Deloitte. The session was kicked off with some statistics on the changing landscape of climate change
Industry ‘think-and-do tank’ calls for national innovation mission behind Climate Tech. A new report has been produced by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI), BT, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and ScotlandIS. It outlines Scotland’s potential to be
Read this blog from Sopra Steria’s Head of Public Sector Consulting Scotland, Jackie Smith, as she relives her part in the ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards last week, and the inspiration she found from it. It has been another strange and
PwC, Scottish Tech Army and Stephen Wilson of Edinburgh-based Netli also recognised at tech industry awards. A Glasgow charity has been named Digital Tech (For Good) Champion at this year’s Digital Technology Awards. SmartSTEMs helps young people explore and practice
Following on from the success of the recent “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” Programme, which culminates in a graduation event for its first cohort next week, ScotlandIS, The Scottish Government and the Scottish Digital Academy have joined forces again
