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Digital ‘early warning’ system at Lanarkshire hospital helps doctors identify sickest patients
A new digital early warning system at a Lanarkshire hospital is helping doctors to identify the sickest patients in the emergency department. The Patientrack system is being trialled at University…
Met Tower redevelopment project cancelled in blow to Glasgow’s tech scene
Glasgow’s tech scene suffered a blow today with news that the £60 million redevelopment of the iconic Met Tower has been cancelled by developers. Building owners Bruntwood SciTech have pulled…
Glasgow enterprise hub aims to address Scotland’s low spinout rate and lack of growth capital for startups
A new enterprise hub in Glasgow aims to address systemic issues in Scotland’s economy – including a lower rate of university spinouts than the UK and lack of growth capital…
Cybersecurity enters final frontier with new Scottish course for space sector
Cybersecurity has entered the final frontier with a new course for professionals working in Scotland’s growing space sector. Space industry executives are enrolling on the ‘executive space course’ at Strathclyde…
Business resilience boost as four trustees join Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland
Four new trustees have joined the board of the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland in a boost to online resilience for Scottish firms. Deputy Chief Constable Bex Smith holds…
Business resilience boost as four trustees join Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland
Four new trustees have joined the board of the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland in a boost to online resilience for Scottish firms. Deputy Chief Constable Bex Smith holds…
On-board displays for self-driving cars could reduce risks to cyclists
On-board displays could be mounted on self-driving cars of the future to help reduce the road risks to cyclists, according to Glasgow researchers. Mounted visual displays could be used to…
Thousands of Scottish health board files dumped on dark web by hackers
Thousands of files belonging to a Scottish health board have been dumped on the dark web by hackers. Sensitive documents including confidential patient data at NHS Dumfries & Galloway has…
Can Scotland follow in Bologna’s footsteps to reduce bed blocking?
Bed blocking is a neat shorthand to highlight one of the health service’s most persistent problems. Solving the causes of bed blocking will free up resources and reduce waiting lists…
GovTech
Social Security Scotland will spend estimated £11.56 million on cloud over next two years
Scotland’s national benefits agency is set to spend an estimated £11.56 million ($14.5 million) on cloud hosting with Amazon Web Services over the next two years. Social Security Scotland has…
Excess heat from datacentre to keep Edinburgh University students warm
Excess heat from a computer server room at Edinburgh University will be pumped into buildings to keep students warm. Engineers will install a heat pump to take warmth from the…
Social Security Scotland will spend estimated £11.56 million on cloud over next two years
Scotland’s national benefits agency is set to spend an estimated £11.56 million ($14.5 million) on cloud hosting with Amazon Web Services over the next two years. Social Security Scotland has…
Excess heat from datacentre to keep Edinburgh University students warm
Excess heat from a computer server room at Edinburgh University will be pumped into buildings to keep students warm. Engineers will install a heat pump to take warmth from the…
LocalGov
Collaboration key to digital transformation
Graham Lironi eavesdrops on a roundtable discussion in the boardroom of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh to hear how data and digital transformation can help public services respond…
Edinburgh unveils new ‘smart city’ operations centre
A new ‘smart city’ operations centre has been unveiled in Edinburgh – harnessing the latest technology to keep traffic and people moving. The state-of-the-art facility will use real-time data to…
Collaboration key to digital transformation
Graham Lironi eavesdrops on a roundtable discussion in the boardroom of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh to hear how data and digital transformation can help public services respond…
Edinburgh unveils new ‘smart city’ operations centre
A new ‘smart city’ operations centre has been unveiled in Edinburgh – harnessing the latest technology to keep traffic and people moving. The state-of-the-art facility will use real-time data to…
Health & care
Digital ‘early warning’ system at Lanarkshire hospital helps doctors identify sickest patients
A new digital early warning system at a Lanarkshire hospital is helping doctors to identify the sickest patients in the emergency department. The Patientrack system is being trialled at University…
Thousands of Scottish health board files dumped on dark web by hackers
Thousands of files belonging to a Scottish health board have been dumped on the dark web by hackers. Sensitive documents including confidential patient data at NHS Dumfries & Galloway has…
Digital ‘early warning’ system at Lanarkshire hospital helps doctors identify sickest patients
A new digital early warning system at a Lanarkshire hospital is helping doctors to identify the sickest patients in the emergency department. The Patientrack system is being trialled at University…
Thousands of Scottish health board files dumped on dark web by hackers
Thousands of files belonging to a Scottish health board have been dumped on the dark web by hackers. Sensitive documents including confidential patient data at NHS Dumfries & Galloway has…
Cyber
Cybersecurity enters final frontier with new Scottish course for space sector
Cybersecurity has entered the final frontier with a new course for professionals working in Scotland’s growing space sector. Space industry executives are enrolling on the ‘executive space course’ at Strathclyde…
Business resilience boost as four trustees join Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland
Four new trustees have joined the board of the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland in a boost to online resilience for Scottish firms. Deputy Chief Constable Bex Smith holds…
Cybersecurity enters final frontier with new Scottish course for space sector
Cybersecurity has entered the final frontier with a new course for professionals working in Scotland’s growing space sector. Space industry executives are enrolling on the ‘executive space course’ at Strathclyde…
Business resilience boost as four trustees join Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland
Four new trustees have joined the board of the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland in a boost to online resilience for Scottish firms. Deputy Chief Constable Bex Smith holds…
Education & Skills
Thousands of kids missing out on coding skills because of government funding shortfall, charity warns
Thousands of kids across Scotland are missing out on vital coding skills because of a government shortfall in funding, a charity has warned. Digital Xtra says after-school and extra-curricular digital…
Tech trade body says fall in computing science teachers in Scotland ‘extremely concerning’
A technology industry trade body has said the fall in computing science teacher numbers in Scotland is “extremely concerning”. ScotlandIS has advocated more focus on teaching careers for technology undergraduates…
Thousands of kids missing out on coding skills because of government funding shortfall, charity warns
Thousands of kids across Scotland are missing out on vital coding skills because of a government shortfall in funding, a charity has warned. Digital Xtra says after-school and extra-curricular digital…
Tech trade body says fall in computing science teachers in Scotland ‘extremely concerning’
A technology industry trade body has said the fall in computing science teacher numbers in Scotland is “extremely concerning”. ScotlandIS has advocated more focus on teaching careers for technology undergraduates…
IoT
On-board displays for self-driving cars could reduce risks to cyclists
On-board displays could be mounted on self-driving cars of the future to help reduce the road risks to cyclists, according to Glasgow researchers. Mounted visual displays could be used to…
Scottish expertise to benefit water monitoring IoT trials in Lake Victoria
Scottish expertise is to be brought to bear in a water monitoring internet of things (IoT) trials later this year in Uganda’s Lake Victoria. CENSIS – Scotland’s innovation centre for…
On-board displays for self-driving cars could reduce risks to cyclists
On-board displays could be mounted on self-driving cars of the future to help reduce the road risks to cyclists, according to Glasgow researchers. Mounted visual displays could be used to…
Scottish expertise to benefit water monitoring IoT trials in Lake Victoria
Scottish expertise is to be brought to bear in a water monitoring internet of things (IoT) trials later this year in Uganda’s Lake Victoria. CENSIS – Scotland’s innovation centre for…
Justice & Policing
New biometrics report estimates police hold over 3 million images as commissioner warns of ‘proportionality risks’ of data retention
A new biometrics report has revealed police in Scotland hold an estimated 3 million images amidst a warning over the ‘proportionality’ of retaining such a vast database. Scottish Biometrics Commissioner…
CSI cops to benefit from new DNA evidence technique pioneered in Aberdeen
Police crime scene investigators could benefit from a pioneering new DNA evidence technique developed in collaboration by researchers in Aberdeen. Scientists at the James Hutton Institute have helped devise ‘single cell…
Abolishing surveillance camera safeguards will leave UK without oversight at crucial time, claims report author
A government report co-authored by an academic at Stirling University has identified a “worrying vacuum” in surveillance camera plans for the UK. Professor William Webster contributed to an independent study…
Infrastructure, Connectivity & Built Environment
More than one million faster broadband connections delivered in Scotland
More than one million faster broadband connections have been delivered in Scotland thanks to a £1 billion public investment programme. The £463 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) and £600 million…
UK innovators encouraged to apply for £600,000 funding pot to trial 5G in Tayside
UK innovators are being encouraged to apply for a share of a £600,000 funding pot to trial 5G services across Tayside. The initiative, delivered through the joint UK and Scottish…
Fibre connectivity boost to ‘future proof’ digital education for Dundee schools
A new high-speed fibre network will ‘future proof’ digital education in 42 schools across Dundee, it was announced today. Forty kilometres of fibre will be laid to ‘radically transform’ the…
Data & AI
Open and usable data will lay the foundation for greater democratic participation in Scotland, says global data chief
Over the last 10 years, the discussion on open data has gained significant traction in the UK. Open data was championed as the key to unlocking transparency, driving efficiencies, and…
Digital skills boost as almost 1,000 people upskilled in data
Digital skills have been boosted across the Edinburgh and south east Scotland region thanks to a data literacy programme. Almost 1,000 people were ‘upskilled’ in data under a programme run…
‘High growth potential’ startups urged to join AI accelerator at Edinburgh University
Innovative businesses with ‘high growth potential’ are being urged to apply to join an AI accelerator programme run by the University of Edinburgh. Tech-driven scale-up companies are being encouraged to…
‘World’s most advanced’ humanoid robot arrives in Scotland
The ‘world’s most advanced’ humanoid robot has arrived in Scotland to be used as part of a campaign to build public trust in robotics. The National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt university…
Business & Economy
Met Tower redevelopment project cancelled in blow to Glasgow’s tech scene
Glasgow’s tech scene suffered a blow today with news that the £60 million redevelopment of the iconic Met Tower has been cancelled by developers. Building owners Bruntwood SciTech have pulled…
Glasgow enterprise hub aims to address Scotland’s low spinout rate and lack of growth capital for startups
A new enterprise hub in Glasgow aims to address systemic issues in Scotland’s economy – including a lower rate of university spinouts than the UK and lack of growth capital…
Met Tower redevelopment project cancelled in blow to Glasgow’s tech scene
Glasgow’s tech scene suffered a blow today with news that the £60 million redevelopment of the iconic Met Tower has been cancelled by developers. Building owners Bruntwood SciTech have pulled…
Glasgow enterprise hub aims to address Scotland’s low spinout rate and lack of growth capital for startups
A new enterprise hub in Glasgow aims to address systemic issues in Scotland’s economy – including a lower rate of university spinouts than the UK and lack of growth capital…
Fintech
Fintech trade mission forms part of annual Tartan Week celebrations in New York
A fintech trade mission has formed part of the annual Tartan Week celebrations in New York – boosting global opportunities for Scottish fintechs. Cluster management organisation FinTech Scotland has joined…
FinTech Scotland’s partnership with national tech startup support programme will ‘galvanise’ sector
A new partnership between FinTech Scotland and the national tech startup support programme – Techscaler – is aiming to ‘galvanise’ the sector. More than 200 fintech companies across the country…
Fintech trade mission forms part of annual Tartan Week celebrations in New York
A fintech trade mission has formed part of the annual Tartan Week celebrations in New York – boosting global opportunities for Scottish fintechs. Cluster management organisation FinTech Scotland has joined…
FinTech Scotland’s partnership with national tech startup support programme will ‘galvanise’ sector
A new partnership between FinTech Scotland and the national tech startup support programme – Techscaler – is aiming to ‘galvanise’ the sector. More than 200 fintech companies across the country…
