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Scotland’s tech sector is thriving, but gender and skills gaps remain

By updatesPosted on 22nd March 202322nd March 2023Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion

The latest BCS Digital Skills Network event headed to Scotland in March. Two hundred delegates packed into a Glasgow venue to listen to prominent speakers discussing the tech sector in the devolved nation. The event attracted speakers from the government,

Women Do Cyber 2023 Announce 40 New Scholarships

By updatesPosted on 7th March 20237th March 2023Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, Industry News

Women Do Cyber has announced 40 new scholarships to mobilise and bring more women into cyber security career development opportunities from May 2023. The scholarship opportunity will also offer women in cyber mentoring support from established women cyber practitioners and technology leaders

BJSS invests £1 million in new apprenticeships

By updatesPosted on 20th February 202320th February 2023Posted in Member News, Skills

BJSS has confirmed new plans to further expand its growing operations in 2023. The consultancy has announced it will invest 1 million into new degree-level apprenticeships, as a means of helping new talent find alternative routes into professional services and

Seeking industry support for Scottish Apprenticeships

By updatesPosted on 8th February 20238th February 2023Posted in Skills, Industry News, Opportunity

Can you help to support the redesign of the Modern Apprenticeships in Accounting? The Apprenticeship system in Scotland is changing to make it more responsive to the opportunities and challenges created by the changing nature of work. Apprenticeships need to reflect what works looks like today

Digital Xtra Fund launches eighth funding round to drive digital skills for young people across Scotland

By updatesPosted on 7th February 20237th February 2023Posted in Member News, Skills, ScotlandIS News

Digital Xtra Fund has opened applications for its eighth cohort of tech initiatives since being launched in 2016. The charity supports extracurricular activities at the school stage which help drive digital skills. To date, the Fund has secured almost £1

Tackling the cyber skills gap with internal investment

By updatesPosted on 31st January 202331st January 2023Posted in Member News, ScotlandISCyber, Skills

Scottish Business Resilience Centre’s Jude McCorry writes in Futurescot about the benefits of upskilling your staff to obtain the cyber skills you need. According to concerning UK government research, more than half (51%) of British companies lack the ability to carry

Commsworld, SmartSTEMs and Young Enterprise Scotland deliver STEM workshops,events and enterprise activities to North Lanarkshire schoolchildren

By updatesPosted on 10th January 202310th January 2023Posted in Member News, Skills

Schoolchildren across North Lanarkshire are being offered the opportunity to take part in workshops and events aimed at inspiring them to pursue a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) career. The outreach of activities is being created by Glasgow-based charity

On the 12th Day of SISmas, ScotlandIS gave to me… 12 busy months!

By updatesPosted on 22nd December 202222nd December 2022Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Skills, ScotlandIS News, Climate Tech

Check out this blog from CEO Karen Meechan, summarising everything that ScotlandIS has been up to this year on behalf of our membership. At ScotlandIS, our vision is for our membership and the sector to be recognised as innovative, ambitious,

Upskill with the fully-funded Digital Pilot License

By updatesPosted on 17th November 202217th November 2022Posted in Member News, Skills

What is the Digital Pilot Licence (DPL)? Career opportunities, internally and externally, in Data and Digital are growing at an exceptional rateand increasingly employers are seeking candidates who can evidence knowledge. The DPL takes you on a holistic journey showing

CodeClan’s Incoming CEO Announces Plans to Scale

By updatesPosted on 2nd November 20222nd November 2022Posted in Member News, Skills

New CodeClan CEO Loral Quinn is planning for scale at Scotland’s digital skills academy, as Quinn replaces outgoing CEO Melinda Matthews-Clarkson. Loral Quinn, the former CEO and co-founder of Sustainably, the Fintech for good startup, says: “There are 20,000 software jobs out