Defying the odds
Twenty-five women moving the needle in Scotland’s digital technologies sector The experience of women in tech has shifted significantly over the span of Carolyn Jameson’s 30-year career in the sector....
Island health board deploys digital mental health service
A leading digital mental health platform has been commissioned by NHS Western Isles to support children and young people in the Outer Hebrides. People aged between 11 and 25 can sign...
CyberScotland Partnership warns of 2022 cyber threats
Scotland’s new online resilience partnership has identified six cyber threats that businesses may face in 2022. The CyberScotland Partnership, chaired by Jude McCorry, chief executive of the Scottish Business Resilience...
Medtech’s £300m exit shows ‘massive potential’ of Scottish life sciences sector
The recent international success of an Edinburgh-based remote health monitoring platform has shown the “massive potential” of Scotland’s life sciences and health sectors, according to a leading specialist in venture...
Accenture partners with net zero centre to boost green tech startups
A global business consultancy is partnering with a specialist net zero accelerator to boost the number of startups in the green tech sector. Accenture will provide support and tutoring to...
Benefits payments service to tackle ‘inefficiency’ across public sector
The Scottish Government’s digital services division has revealed it is “on the cusp” of launching a new payments service for Scotland’s public sector. The Digital Directorate, which provides centralised IT...
Glasgow’s economic strategy to address ‘key future challenges’
Glasgow has launched an economic strategy in preparation for key future challenges set to “disrupt our way of life”, including technological advances, the climate emergency and the impact of Covid-19....
Digital Schools Awards eyes European expansion with industry partnership
A national awards scheme promoting technology in Scottish schools has partnered with a global semiconductor company as it seeks to grow its programme across Europe. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) joins...
Work gets underway on £19.9m eco-friendly Perthshire school
Construction of Scotland’s newest energy efficient primary school using an environmentally friendly Scandinavian design methodology is underway. Scotland’s education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville performed the turf cutting ceremony to mark the...
Full fibre platform to inspire next generation of data scientists
A leading full fibre network platform has teamed up with an educational project at the University of Edinburgh to inspire the next generation of data scientists. CityFibre and Data Education...
