building, supporting and enabling the digital technology ecosystem
Applications invited to £2 million fund to explore the future of transport A new fund which aims to encourage people out of cars and onto our sustainable public transport network has opened for applications. Transport Secretary Michael Matheson made the announcement
CENSIS, the Innovation Centre for sensor and imaging systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, is delivering a year-long Scottish Government-funded programme to demonstrate the transformative potential of IoT across some of Scotland’s key growth industries. The programme of activity
Global digital technology experts will take the stage in Edinburgh this autumn at the 22nd annual ScotSoft conference. The conference organised by technology membership and cluster management organisation, ScotlandIS will kick off at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on the 3rd
Scots language advocate Matthew Fitt, ScotlandIS chief executive Polly Purvis, psychology professor Bruce Hood and public servant Eddie Frizzell are all to receive honorary degrees from Abertay University. They will join almost 600 students across four academic schools for morning
Today at their Glasgow Headquarters, Managing Director Colin West announced Eyecademy’s official expansion of operations into Newcastle, North East England. Strengthening the company’s provision of Data, Analytics and Consultancy, this new expansion will enable Eyecademy to continue to deliver insights
BJSS, the Queen’s Award for Enterprise-winning IT and Business Consultancy, has reinforced its commitment to community development by partnering with the Glasgow Science Centre and Digital Skills Education Limited. The partnership will see BJSS support schoolchildren aged between 12 and
Gender imbalance is a huge challenge for the digital technologies industry, with women making up just 23% of the Scottish tech workforce despite 51% of the population being female. Digital Xtra Fund, a charity set-up to encourage more young people
Last week, I took a break from Scotland’s miserable weather and attended the Startup Grind Europe conference in London. One of Europe’s biggest gatherings of startups, investors and innovators offered a busy agenda with keynotes, panels, fire side chats and
Industry and clinicians are set to collaborate in North East Scotland to develop artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to support fracture diagnosis in hospitals. Opportunity North East (ONE) and the Scottish Government are co-funding a project to use machine learning to
The Scottish Government’s Digital Directorate is set to focus heavily on expanding its service design and user research capabilities whilst building a broader skills base and investing in a “coherent” technical architecture. The Directorate – which has responsibility for providing
