Women working in Scotland’s tech sector share their stories
Women working in Scotland’s technology sector have shared their stories in a book created to celebrate women in the industry and tackle gender inequality. Women Transforming Tech has been written,...
‘We are simply not building enough’
The Planning (Scotland) Bill is due to be debated in the Scottish Parliament in the next couple of months. It has taken a long time to get here. In 2015,...
Brave new world of engagement
The housing sector has a long track record in tenant engagement. Housing associations are at the very centre of the communities they serve and, as a result, are often well...
SHARE ensures sector is up to speed
SHARE, the learning and development organisation for Scotland’s housing sector is bringing new events to the sector in March and April. “Our Bitesize Briefings enable housing staff to hear direct...
Reducing heat loss in housing
ONE of Scotland’s leading contractors and manufacturers has taken the next steps to improve the energy performance of the typical home with research and development into heat loss. CCG (Scotland)...
Facebook founder unveils a ‘privacy-focused vision for social networking’
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, says that he is directing the company to become a “privacy-focused messaging and social networking platform”. In a post on Facebook,...
Minister praises SwarmOnline for developing future talent
SwarmOnline, the Glasgow-based technology company, has been praised for training the next generation of software developers and helping to fill a skills gap in Scotland. Kate Forbes, Minister for Public...
Private sector women in STEM scholarship expanded
The pay-TV and telecoms company Sky is expanding its Women in Tech Scholars programme in its second year from three places to five. In addition to winning a £25,000 bursary,...
FinTech Scotland joins forces with FinTech North
FinTech Scotland said today that it was strengthening its relationship with FinTech North, one of the leading fintech organisations in England. They plan to collaborate on several initiatives this year,...
Can Scotland lead an ‘innovative and ethical’ fourth industrial revolution?
A report launched today champions the opportunities Scotland’s people and businesses have to harness the potential provided by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and data. Following their influential report, Automatic…For the people? published...
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