Applications for Digital Xtra‘s ninth round of grant awards are now open. Digital Xtra aims to inspire young people to learn digital technologies skills through high quality, exciting extracurricular activities, thus expanding the talent pipeline. Grants up to £5,000 will be
Category: Skills
Barclays Eagle labs Launches Digital Skills Academy
Barclays Eagle Labs have launched an online skills platform for budding entrepreneurs looking to become the leaders of the next tech giants. The new Eagle Labs Academy, funded by the Department for Science Innovation and Technology (DSIT), will provide curated learning experiences, where
ScotlandIS seeks industry input to annual state of the nation report
Scottish Tech Ecosystem Fund Supports New Leadership Initiative for Female Tech Founders
Empowering You, the leadership development specialists behind the award winning “Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation/Cyber Security” initiatives have received support from the Scottish Tech Ecosystem Fund to launch a new program, specifically designed to support female tech founders in
Digital Xtra Fund delivers 26 grant awards totalling £110k to local tech and coding clubs for young people across Scotland
Supported initiatives span 18 local authorities with an outreach of approximately 3,000 children and young people. Recipients include libraries, community groups, and STEM organisations as well as several primary, secondary, and ASN schools. This year’s grant awards focus more on
HAYS AND FINTECH SCOTLAND LAUNCH ‘TALENT PLATFORM’ TO ENABLE PROFESSIONALS TO SHOWCASE SKILLS
A joint initiative from workforce solutions and recruitment specialist Hays and FinTech Scotland, the fintech cluster management organisation, aims to highlight candidate skills and experience directly to Scotland’s many emerging fintech companies. Traditionally, employers will advertise job vacancies and candidates
FarrPoint inspires young people into telecoms at Orkney Science Festival
A team from Edinburgh-based independent connectivity consultancy, FarrPoint, in partnership with Highlands and Islands Enterprise, has travelled to Orkney with a mission to inspire more youngsters into a career in telecoms. Attracting fresh talent into the sector is badly needed,
Tech experts asked to partner with schools to help shape education
Scottish Graduate Apprenticeships: Bridging the Skills Gap
Scotland’s leading tech conference now CPD certified
Scotland’s leading tech conference, ScotSoft, has achieved Continuous Professional Development (CPD) certification ahead of its launch this year after being recognised for its high-quality educational content. The country’s tech industry will be offered a dynamic setting to officially boost knowledge