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Shortlist revealed for 10th annual ScotlandIS Digital Technology Awards 2020

By updatesPosted on 9th September 20209th September 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS, the industry body and cluster management organisation championing Scotland’s digital technologies sector, has today unveiled the shortlist for its 10th annual 2020 Digital Technology Awards. The awards reflect the strength of the sector, celebrating the wealth of innovation and talent

Policy steering group

By updatesPosted on 8th September 20208th September 2020Posted in Member Only, ScotlandIS News

This morning, ScotlandIS convened our Policy Steering Group to meet with the UK Home Office Migration team. The Home Office detailed the latest legislation changes which will come into force on January 31st 2021. The team spoke at length about

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ScotlandIS response to the Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review

By updatesPosted on 25th August 202025th August 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS welcome the 34 recommendations made today in the Logan Report. The recommendations outlined in this report will help Scotland realise our ambitions of being a digitally leading and inclusive nation. ScotlandIS are strong advocates of partnership and collaboration, we

ScotlandIS Board Member Shortlisted for Award

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in ScotlandIS News

CEO of Fyne Labs and ScotlandIS board member, Andrew Williams, has been shortlisted in the first edition of the Open UK Awards. OpenUK advocates for Open Technology being open source software, open source hardware and open data, “Open” in and

Data Adequacy and Brexit Roundtable

By updatesPosted on 21st August 202021st August 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Brexit, ScotlandIS News

Yesterday, ScotlandIS Head of Data, Katy Guthrie, hosted a roundtable to focus on the impact of the end of the Brexit transition agreement on international data flows. We heard from Martin Sloan, Data & Tech Partner at Brodies LLP, on

UKTCG urges Government to prioritise grassroots expectations ahead of Digital Strategy

By JoannePosted on 6th August 202011th August 2020Posted in Policy, ScotlandIS News

As part of our role supporting the local tech community, we are a founding partner of a UK wide organisation, the Tech Cluster Group. This group has been lobbying government to provide the support we need to build back better

Member Reaction to Geospatial Strategy

By updatesPosted on 3rd August 20203rd August 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, ScotlandIS News

Following the recent publication of the UK Geospatial Commission’s strategy, we asked several of our members their thoughts and reaction to the geospatial strategy. Dr Michael Grove of environmental data specialist, Topolytics, had this to say: “As a Geographer and

July’s Headlines in the Scottish Cyber Community

By updatesPosted on 28th July 202028th July 2020Posted in ScotlandISCyber, ScotlandIS News

A few updates from myself and the cyber sector as July draws to a close. We have had lots of good news stories recently between some major investments being made (Quorum Cyber and Boundary to name a few), successful applications

Digital success offers opportunity to launch a lifelong learning revolution

By updatesPosted on 27th July 202011th August 2020Posted in Skills, Policy, ScotlandIS News

Read an excerpt from a thought piece by ScotlandIS CEO, Jane Morrison-Ross, discussing a digital revolution in education, as an ever-evolving world increases the need for lifelong learning, in which technology can play a vital role. Covid-19 restrictions have brought

New Career Resources in Data & AI

By updatesPosted on 23rd July 202011th August 2020Posted in ScotlandISData, Skills, ScotlandIS News

Skills Development Scotland has launched new guides and resources for careers in Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Software Development, in partnership with ScotlandIS, The Data Lab and Scottish Enterprise. These resources highlight the variety of job roles that exist