building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
In response to the ongoing concerns surrounding COVID-19, ScotlandIS have implemented an action plan. The health and wellbeing of all our team, stakeholders, members and communities are of the highest importance to us and we continue to follow guidance and
In February a public consultation exercise started to gather views to help shape the AI Strategy for Scotland. Responses are currently being sought from the broad spectrum of citizens and businesses based here, please read more below and give your
Hopefully you have all recovered from what was a hectic but fun Cyber Scotland Week! I know Scottish Government are looking for feedback so please provide this if you were one of the companies involved, we are looking to make
Ten student teams from across Scotland will once again compete in the Digital Skills Partnership’s National Student Software Development Competition. This ground-breaking competition, managed this year by Edinburgh College, gives students experience of real-world challenges in the software development process
The Developer to Engineer pilot is now well underway with 20 developers from 18 different companies taking part. Participants have gained soft skills in communication, teamwork and critical thinking and after only eight weeks, improvements are already showing in their
Finally, it feels like Spring is not too far away and there is some respite from the rain. No respite from the busy calendar though! Following on from our cluster launch event at the end of January, we carried out
Accenture analysed data from social network LinkedIn and found the UK-wide fall was driven by a 64% decrease in the number of data analysts being recruited Vacancies for digital technology jobs plummeted by 52% across the UK during the second
ePlacement Scotland is an initiative of ScotlandIS, Scottish Funding Council and Edinburgh Napier University and acts as a free recruitment and student matching portal for the Scottish digital industries. The benefits of a student undertaking a paid placement are invaluable, but have you considered the impact that they
Interest-free loans for digital development. Businesses can now apply for interest-free loans of between £5,000 to £100,000 to help invest in digital technologies and skills. Digital Economy Minister Kate Forbes officially opened the second phase of the Digital Development Loan
Katy Guthrie, Head of ScotlandIS Data The ICO, in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute, have published draft guidance on Explainable AI and they are looking for feedback on this. This guidance is intended to enable organisations to explain to
