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New strategic Skills Board created to tackle Scotland’s digital skills gap

By updatesPosted on 17th February 202118th February 2021Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

A unique group of leading figures from Scotland’s digital technology and education sectors have been brought together to form a new Skills Board, with the aim of bridging the country’s digital skills gap and providing strategic advice to the burgeoning

New £1m data fund to help businesses harness tech

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

A new £1m skills and training fund has been opened up to support businesses as they retrain people for future job roles as Scotland transitions to a data-driven economy. The Scottish Government-backed fund will help small firms to upskill and re-skill

Helping Business to put CyberFirst in Scotland

By updatesPosted on 8th February 20218th February 2021Posted in ScotlandISCyber, Skills

CyberFirst is a Government funded UK wide programme designed to inspire and nurture talented young people from all backgrounds into further study and a career in cyber security. Set up and led by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC –

Students turn to technology with university choices, new UCAS data shows

By updatesPosted on 4th February 20214th February 2021Posted in Skills, Industry News

New subject data from UCAS shows a big shift towards technology-based degrees, including a 400% jump in acceptances to artificial intelligence (AI) courses. The final release of university and college level application and acceptance figures for the 2020 cycle reveals

Cracking the code in Scottish classrooms is as easy as ABC

By updatesPosted on 25th November 202025th November 2020Posted in Skills, Industry News

Computer literacy organisation Digital Xtra Fund’s latest performance results show it is on the way to ensuring those who learn coding early will become the trailblazers of tomorrow. By Andrew Collier THE world is now digital: technology drives modern developed societies and

West Lothian College – Get into Digital Science

By updatesPosted on 19th November 202020th November 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

West Lothian College is launching a pilot of two SQA accredited “Get into Digital Science” courses at SCQF Level 4, designed to help people have an awareness and basic knowledge of Digital Science. “Data Skills for Learning, Life and Work”

Edinburgh Napier MSc Computing Placements

By updatesPosted on 18th November 202018th November 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

Do you have project work that a skilled masters students could support? Edinburgh Napier University are on the hunt for short-term opportunities in tech starting January 2021. All masters students have an existing technology related undergrad degree plus many have previous

Scottish schools must crack the code on digital learning

By updatesPosted on 21st October 202021st October 2020Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

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

The Tech Sector Needs You: Why Upskilling Is Important

By updatesPosted on 15th October 202015th October 2020Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it is that digital underpins everything. This continues to be a difficult year for everyone, with many of the workforce being made redundant or struggling to continue their business in the current climate. If

January Start Dates For Heriot-watt Graduate Apprenticeships In A Bid To Boost Economy

By updatesPosted on 5th October 20205th October 2020Posted in Member News, Skills

The COVID crisis has undoubtedly presented businesses with many challenges, including economically. The University is confident that the introduction of this flexibility in start dates will provide a timely boost for both businesses and the Scottish economy. Continued growth in