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Applications Open for 3rd Round of “Empowering Women…” Leadership Cohorts

By updatesPosted on 16th December 202116th December 2021Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion, ScotlandIS News

Applications are now open for candidates to be part of the upcoming “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation” and “Empowering Women to Lead Cyber Security” programmes, running from March to May in Scotland. The “Empowering…” initiative, launched by leadership coaching specialists Empowering-You, with the

Borders College Community Renewal Fund courses

By updatesPosted on 9th December 20219th December 2021Posted in Member News, Skills

The Borders College Community Renewal Fund (CRF) has been developed by the UK Government to provide fully funded training opportunities to support the economic recovery as we transition out of the COVID pandemic. The fund aims to encourage innovative schemes to support

Commsworld announces partnership with educational charity SmartSTEMs in Renfrewshire

By updatesPosted on 8th December 20218th December 2021Posted in Member News, Skills

Commsworld, the UK’s largest independent network provider, has partnered up with charity SmartSTEMs to help boost the teaching of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects in Renfrewshire. The Edinburgh-headquartered company is working with SmartSTEMs, based in Glasgow, to inspire and

Fully funded places on ‘Representing Data’ online postgraduate course

By updatesPosted on 30th November 202130th November 2021Posted in Member News, Skills

The Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) from The University of Edinburgh is offering an online postgraduate course that provides a practical introduction to data representation. It does not require any prior experience of data analysis and representation, or programming, and offers

Graduate Apprenticeships in Scotland: Report

By updatesPosted on 26th November 202126th November 2021Posted in Skills, Industry News

The report commissioned by the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board (SAAB) from the Edge Foundation, examines the current policy position of Graduate Apprenticeships (GAs) in Scotland and the future of the labour market. It draws on international examples of degree level

The Data Lab calls for organisations to support data science programme

By updatesPosted on 22nd November 202123rd November 2021Posted in Member News, ScotlandISData, Skills, Opportunity

The Data Lab is calling on Scottish organisations looking to realise the benefits of data to become a partner in its Industrial Placement Programme. Now in its seventh year, the programme matches one of 155 highly motivated MSc students –

Green skills training opportunities launched to support COP26 ambitions

By updatesPosted on 17th November 202117th November 2021Posted in Member News, Skills, Climate Tech

As the sun sets on the activities of COP26, Borders College have launched a range of training and learning opportunities to help businesses in Scotland deliver on their own climate change ambitions. The menu of over a dozen environmentally focused

Accelerate your Climate Solutions knowledge with ScotlandIS and partners

By updatesPosted on 29th October 202129th October 2021Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News, Opportunity, Climate Tech

In the run up to COP26 and beyond, it is important to develop our own personal and business understanding of climate change, by starting with the facts, science and what is possible. The Climate Solutions Accelerator, administered by Jump Digital

How Digital Growth will increase demand for Data Skills

By updatesPosted on 29th October 202129th October 2021Posted in ScotlandISData, Skills

This month’s blog from Head of Data, David, looks at recent growth within the fintech and space sectors, and how this will create greater demand for skilled data professionals. The expansion and development of varied digital sectors within Scotland will

JANUARY START DATES FOR HERIOT-WATT GRADUATE APPRENTICESHIPS IN A BID TO BOOST SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

By updatesPosted on 15th October 202115th October 2021Posted in Member News, Skills

Heriot-Watt University has created January start dates across a selection of its Graduate Apprenticeships programmes in a bid to help key sectors boost skills development. As we come out of the pandemic, access to skills and talent will be critical