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Sky expands scholarship for outstanding women in STEM

By HeatherPosted on 28th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion

Following the extraordinary success of the first Women in Tech Scholars programme, Sky is expanding the scheme for its second cycle. This year, five outstanding women with passion in Science, Technology and Engineering and a drive to make a difference

Amazon creates 1,000 apprenticeships across UK

By HeatherPosted on 26th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills

Amazon is creating 30 apprenticeships in Scotland among 1,000 full-time roles across its UK centres over the next two years. The giant US logistics and technology company has 2,500 employees in Scotland and 27,500 in the UK head office and at

£100k funding to inspire Scotland’s next generation of digital experts

By HeatherPosted on 25th February 20195th December 2019Posted in Member News, Skills, Diversity and Inclusion

Grants totalling £100,000 have been awarded by Digital Xtra Fund to more than 20 extracurricular programmes across Scotland, in a bid to create the next generation of digital experts. In total, 22 extracurricular initiatives have been awarded grants of up

College insights

By HeatherPosted on 10th December 20184th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

In the last academic year the Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) ran a number of Industry Update events across Scotland. These sessions highlighted current industry practice specifically about Agile, DevOps, TDD, Data Science, Machine Learning, UX and building secure software. Of

The first step

By HeatherPosted on 10th December 20184th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

Rachel Menzies is the Undergraduate Programme Director for Computing at the University of Dundee. She talks to us about her experience of being involved with the DSP. In addition to her ‘day job’ Rachel is the SICSA Director of Education,

Recruiting talent

By HeatherPosted on 10th December 20184th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

CGI is one of over forty companies that have supported the Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) in the past twelve months. They are active members of the DSP’s Industry Advisory Group, have participated in Scotland wide discussions on graduate skills and

Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards 2018

By HeatherPosted on 4th October 20184th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

Top software students tackle current challenges An exceptional student from the University of Dundee has been named Young Software Engineer of the Year 2018. Can Gafuroglu won first prize for an innovative project using AI and machine learning to support

Young Software Engineer of the Year 2018 shortlist announced

By HeatherPosted on 24th September 20184th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

ScotlandIS, the digital trade body for Scotland, has announced the shortlist of finalists for the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards. The scheme recognises the country’s top undergraduate talent in computer science and software engineering. Entrants are nominated by

Digital Xtra Fund to award £75K to help boost digital skills in Scotland

By HeatherPosted on 24th August 20184th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

A fresh round of funding will soon be available to inspire young people in Scotland to develop digital skills through high quality extra-curricular activities. On 30 August, Digital Xtra Fund will launch its next round of funding with a total

The Edinburgh Technology and IT sector take part in the summer 2018 season of Business Fives

By HeatherPosted on 4th June 20184th December 2019Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

The Technology and IT sector have been very generous when it comes to charitable donations. In the last summer season the companies involved managed to raise over £2,000 for their chosen charities across Scotland. Together with the continued support of