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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

Scotland’s First Climate Tech Report Highlights Global Opportunities

By updatesPosted on 8th March 20218th March 2021Posted in ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

Scotland is playing a leading role to develop new technology that can help meet the challenge of global climate change, according to Scotland’s first analysis of the sector. The report, which was commissioned by Scottish Enterprise, has been launched today

ScotlandIS – UK Budget Roundtable

By updatesPosted on 4th March 20214th March 2021Posted in Member Only, ScotlandIS News

Today, ScotlandIS Chief Executive, Karen Meechan, and Research and Policy Manager, Marc Strathie, were invited to attend a roundtable on behalf of the digital tech sector with Secretary of State, Alister Jack and Chief Secretary of Treasury, Steve Barclay. The

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Roundup of Cyber Scotland Week

By updatesPosted on 4th March 20215th March 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Take a look at the March blog from our Cyber Cluster Manager, Ciara, providing a summary of the highlights of Cyber Scotland Week 2021. CSW2021 is over for another year! It was great to see the wide range of events

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

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

Innovation clinic

By updatesPosted on 24th February 202124th February 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

The latest cyber innovation clinic which was part of Cyber Scotland Week saw 3 amazing cyber security companies pitch to our panel of friendly experts. Our experts this time were: Federico Charosky, Managing Director of Quorum Cyber (Host for session)

New CyberScotland Partnership to Support Cyber Resilience in Scotland

By updatesPosted on 23rd February 202123rd February 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS are pleased to announce that we are part of the new CyberScotland Partnership, to address the growing need for clarity on cybersecurity for citizens and businesses. A total of 10 strategic organisations across Scotland, also including the SBRC, Scottish

Applications Open for Digital Xtra Fund’s 2021 Grant Awards

By updatesPosted on 22nd February 202122nd February 2021Posted in Member News, Skills, ScotlandIS News

Schools, clubs and activity providers teaching young people digital skills are all encouraged to apply. Funding applications have opened for this year’s grants programme from Digital Xtra Fund, Scotland’s charity committed to increasing the number and diversity of young people

Digital Skills: Cyber and Data Graduates

By updatesPosted on 18th February 202129th March 2021Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

With 13,000 jobs in Scotland’s tech sector going unfilled each year, there continues to be a prevalent skills shortage in this industry. At ScotlandIS, we continue to strive for new ways to bridge that gap. In addition to our hugely

Scotland: A Flourishing Cyber Sector

By updatesPosted on 17th February 202118th February 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

Read this article below from InTech – the Swiss Tech Scene. Scotland has a thriving and innovative cyber security community which is flourishing year on year. What was once a niche area within the tech industry, is now integral to