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Entrepreneur Yekemi Otaru becomes chancellor at UWS

An entrepreneur known for her commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion has been named University of the West of Scotland’s (UWS) chancellor-elect. Yekemi Otaru, a tireless supporter of women inRead More

Enterprise

Hunter Foundation offers digital scale-up support

Sir Tom Hunter
Sir Tom Hunter: scale ups move the economic dial (pic: Terry Murden) An online version of the Scale Up Scotland programme run by the Hunter Foundation will be offered toRead More

Retraining opportunity

SkillSeeder app enables users to share knowledge

SkillSeeder-founders
Co-founders of the app that emerged from CivTech An app that gives users the chance to learn or pass on their skills has been launched on the back of supportRead More

Accommodation help

Students get extended discount on rents

Unite student accommodation
Unite said this is the final discount Unite Students, the owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has announced an additional three-week extension to its 50% rent discount for students,Read More

Health support

Peter Vardy’s GenZ Leaders targets young Scots

Peter Vardy
Peter Vardy: supporting children A foundation backed by car dealer Peter Vardy has launched GenZ Leaders to help lift the spirits of young Scots. GenZ Leaders is an online basedRead More

Training programme

Cosmedicare launches cosmetic surgery academy

Gill Baird
Gill Baird: ‘supported service’ (pic: Terry Murden) Private cosmetic surgery clinic Cosmedicare has launched a training academy and mentorship programme. It will be run from the clinic’s Edinburgh Park facility and fromRead More

Action still low

HALO’s cyber pledge amid warning to small firms

Marie Macklin and Halo
Marie Macklin: creating a digital army A pledge to create a “digital army” of young people to tackle cybercrime has coincided with new research showing small firms wrongly believe theyRead More

Learning scheme

Businesses boost expanded enterprise programme

Young Enterprise Scotland
Geoff Leask with Rebecca Mason, Fraser Morrison, Hope Wandless, and Kirsten McNaughton A pioneering enterprise learning course backed by the Scottish Government launches today with a new line-up of private sector partners. Read More

Financial pressures

Five Scottish universities on Covid ‘at risk’ list

Heriot Watt University
On the list: Heriot-Watt at Edinburgh Five universities in Scotland – three in Edinburgh – are listed as among the most financially at risk as a result of the impactRead More

College boost

Universities see record applications in lockdown

Edinburgh University Medical School
Universities feared a slump in applications (pic: Terry Murden) Applications to university have risen, defying expectations of a fall, with a record 40.5% of all 18-year-olds in the UK applyingRead More