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Funding for teaching aid

Robot production ready to roll in bid to boost STEM take-up

Marty the robot
Marty the robot is a hit with schools A Scottish robotics startup is ready to start mass production of its Marty robot, after exceeding its fund-raising target. Robotical, based inRead More

Business training

BT and Google bring digital skills to SME owners

Science centre
Digital guidance: Glasgow Science Centre SMEs are being offered the chance to learn vital digital skills for free in a tie-up between BT and the Google Digital Garage. The sessionsRead More

Changing skills

KPMG launches first ‘audit only’ apprenticeships

Hugh Harvie
Hugh Harvie: ‘new skills are changing how we work‘ KPMG has launched its first “audit only” apprenticeship designed specifically for the next generation of auditors. Advances in new technology suchRead More

Built environment

California gift boosts Napier’s architecture and design lab

Napier-Trimble-tech-lab
Transfomational tech: the new lab will enhance knowledge Edinburgh Napier University has been gifted equipment and software by California-based Trimble to set up a Technology Lab for architecture, engineering andRead More

Gender balance

Project aims to get more women into technology

digital skills
Tech careers will be geared towards women An initiative to encourage more women to build a career in technology roles has launched in Scotland, backed by PwC, Royal Bank ofRead More

Recruitment

Joy Lewis on how to reach a wider talent market

Joy Lewis
Hiring a diverse workforce can help your business thrive, writes JOY LEWIS

Recruitment

Why recruits quit on the first day of a new job

Workers
Excitement over landing a new job can quickly evaporate. More than half of new recruits have felt let down and even quit their jobs within the first month because theyRead More

Tech challenge

Amiqus helps civil service improve recruitment process

Sandy Crombie and Callum Murray
Sir Sandy Crombie and Callum Murray Software firm Amiqus is working with the Scottish Government to help improve the civil service recruitment process. Outdated processes mean it can take upRead More

Help for soldiers

Forces veterans urged to retrain in care sector

Lynn Bell
Lynn Bell: win-win Armed forces veterans are being encouraged to seek a new career in the care sector. LOVE@care, part of Hamilton-based social business the LOVE group has launched aRead More

Training boost

Inoapps backs CodeClan with 25th digital skills recruit

Inoapps and Codeclan
Jamie Hepburn, Melinda Matthews-Clarkson and Phil Burgess Oracle consultancy Inoapps has given a huge vote of confidence in Scotland’s CodeClan academy by hiring its 25th recruit from the digital skillsRead More