building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ScotlandIS chief executive Jane Morrison-Ross has been announced as the 2020 Digital Leaders (DL) Local Champion for the UK, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the Scottish digital sector. Jane was awarded The DL Local Champion for Scotland award,
A few updates from myself and the wider team here at ScotlandIS on our latest Research and Policy activity in the last 6 weeks. In September, we listened to our members and responded on behalf of them with regards to
