Scotland’s digital skills academy to host ‘bootcamp’ to support Glasgow’s tech jobs drive
Scotland’s digital skills academy will support Glasgow’s drive to create tech jobs for young people by hosting a four-week free course over the summer. The tech skills ‘bootcamp’ in July…
Digital boost for Tay Cities as £50,000 ‘data skills’ funding pot announced
A new £50,000 funding pot has been announced to support training providers to deliver data skills courses to people across the Tay Cities region. The scheme – administered by The…
Forty young people from disadvantaged communities sign up to digital skills academy
Forty young people from disadvantaged communities have signed up to do a tech course with Scotland’s digital skills academy. The young people aged 16 to 21 from across Edinburgh and…
From launching ‘legitimate’ weather balloons in Antarctica to encouraging more girls into STEM subjects, Emma Philpott charts her course from oceanography to connectivity
I never planned a career in telecoms or digital connectivity. At school, my passion was science, and I followed that path to university and a degree in oceanography and chemistry. …
Almost nine out of 10 students could not afford digital skills course without industry backing, says CodeClan
Almost nine out of 10 students at Scotland’s digital skills academy could not afford the course fees without the help of industry, new research has revealed. A study released by…
Scottish university secures £1.8m for advanced research technology
A Scottish University is to set to acquire a cutting-edge technology instrument, which will help to spur advances in a wide range of scientific disciplines. The University of Glasgow has…
Scottish university to investigate gender inequality in mechanical engineering
A Scottish university has received funding to investigate why gender equality in the mechanical engineering profession is lagging behind similar industries. Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and Nile University in Egypt…
Upskilling programme for computing science teachers ‘vital to future of our tech industry’
A new up-skilling programme for computing science teachers being piloted in Scotland from today has been described by a former Skyscanner executive as ‘vital to the future of our tech…
Scottish digital skills charity launches eighth round of funding
A Scottish digital skills charity that supports kids’ tech development through extracurricular activities including coding clubs has opened its eighth funding round. Digital Xtra Fund – which has been running…
Digital skills academy partners with recruiter to ‘widen’ employment opportunities reach for students
Scotland’s national digital skills academy is partnering with a recruitment firm to help its students find work in the tech sector following their graduation. CodeClan, which delivers intensive 16-week software…
