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Calling all future Cyber Crime Fighters

By updatesPosted on 1st March 20211st March 2021Posted in Skills

West Lothian College is offering a new FREE cyber security course to get learners the skills they need to start a career in the digital world. The NPA in Cyber Security SCQF Level 6 will give you knowledge and understanding

Applications Open for Digital Xtra Fund’s 2021 Grant Awards

By updatesPosted on 22nd February 202122nd February 2021Posted in Member News, Skills, ScotlandIS News

Schools, clubs and activity providers teaching young people digital skills are all encouraged to apply. Funding applications have opened for this year’s grants programme from Digital Xtra Fund, Scotland’s charity committed to increasing the number and diversity of young people

Digital Skills: Cyber and Data Graduates

By updatesPosted on 18th February 202129th March 2021Posted in Skills, ScotlandIS News

With 13,000 jobs in Scotland’s tech sector going unfilled each year, there continues to be a prevalent skills shortage in this industry. At ScotlandIS, we continue to strive for new ways to bridge that gap. In addition to our hugely

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