ScotlandIS News Archives - Page 27 of 55

Prepare for Brexit

By updatesPosted on 16th December 202027th January 2021Posted in Brexit, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS has been working at both a Scottish and UK Government level to ensure that the voice of the industry is heard as Brexit negotiations take place and that appropriate guidance is available to the sector. We encourage all our

New geospatial partnership propels Scotland’s tech sector

By HeatherPosted on 16th December 202016th December 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

Scotland’s innovation and data sectors will have access to world-leading geospatial information thanks to a novel partnership announced today between ScotlandIS and The Association for Geographic Information (AGI), which represent the interests of the UK’s geospatial industry. The strategic alliance

Digital Ambition Strategy

By updatesPosted on 8th December 20208th December 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS will be responding to the Scottish Government’s call for evidence in relation to the Digital Ambition Strategy document. We would be grateful for your input to this consultation to help shape our response. The questions below are the key

December Data Download

By updatesPosted on 8th December 20208th December 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

Christmas is fast approaching so it’s inevitable that we start reflecting on the past year. Given how monumentally rubbish 2020 has been, it’s good to still be able to find some positives. The crisis has certainly demonstrated the importance of

Cyber Cluster: 2020 Wrap-up

By updatesPosted on 8th December 202016th December 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

What a year it has been! Can anyone actually remember what our New Year’s resolutions were for 2020 and how quickly they were forgotten as COVID-19 hijacked both our business and personal plans? However, despite what 2020 threw at us

Improving digital public services

By updatesPosted on 7th December 20207th December 2020Posted in Member News, ScotlandIS News

New report benchmarks Scotland’s progress against neighbours. Scotland is ahead of the UK and most of Europe when it comes to digital public services but needs to do more to compete with Nordic countries, according to a new report. Researchers

FinTech Scotland, ScotlandIS and LawscotTech to build strong digital economy through collaborative clusters initiative

By updatesPosted on 2nd December 20202nd December 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

Three of Scotland’s leading technology cluster voices are to work more closely to stimulate Scotland’s digital economy and develop cross-sector collaboration that will lead to growth and a prosperous economy. The collaborative cluster approach by FinTech Scotland, ScotlandIS and the Law

That’s a wrap on Cyber Security Awareness Month

By updatesPosted on 4th November 20204th November 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

It has now been over a year since I took on the role of Cluster Manager for Scotland’s cyber cluster, and what a year it has been – having a global pandemic and many months of home working was certainly

COVID19 update – Furlough scheme extended

By updatesPosted on 2nd November 20202nd November 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News, COVID19

As you may know, the Prime Minister has announced the extension of the furlough scheme until 2nd December in light of the decision to implement a further lockdown in England. Even though this lockdown is for England, furlough has been

Scottish schools must crack the code on digital learning

By updatesPosted on 21st October 202021st October 2020Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

Computing studies have long been a subject of intense debate within Scottish education. At a time when digital skills have never been more important, the number of secondary school teachers having this as their main subject has dropped by more than