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Flexible working rising up the list of benefits

Office, flexible working

City Deal commitment

Universities unite to boost digital skills training

Data Science Workshop Pupils at Newbattle High School
Data science workshop at Newbattle High School    The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University today unveil plans to improve digital skills across south east Scotland. The £661m Data-Driven InnovationRead More

Free programme launched

Cyber skills course focuses on staff shortages

cybersecurity
Jobs in cybersecurity are among the best paid in Scotland (pic: CompTIA)   Businesses are being encouraged to enrol staff on a cyber security training programme designed to plug the skillsRead More

More take up apprenticeships

Rising costs see young switch to job-style training

students
Fewer students could be heading to full-time courses   Rising costs are turning an increasing number of Scots off full-time higher education in favour of apprenticeships and on-the-job training, accordingRead More

National Coding Week

Codeclan milestone as women urged to go digital

Melinda Matthews Clarkson
Melinda Matthews Clarkson: ‘more women need to enter the digital space’   Codeclan, the digital skills academy, has reached the halfway point in its aim of training 1,000 students byRead More

Worries over labour market

Student migration plan ‘disheartening’ says Chamber chief

Liz Cameron
A business leader has expressed regret that international students are likely to remain in the migration statistics.

New working patterns

PwC responds to demands for flexi-time

flexible working
PwC is responding to the increasing demand from staff to work flexibly and forgo traditional working patterns.

Kirk Murdoch fund

Scholarship launched in memory of top lawyer

A lawyer’s lifelong passion for helping the careers of others will be commemorated in a scholarship ..

Jumpstart backs school team

Girls in fast lane for F1 STEM competition

Jumpstart with Linlithgow girls
A team of Scottish schoolgirls will represent the UK at an international event based on Formula 1 racing to encourage girls into STEM skills.

Employers urged to apply

Support for £10m workforce training fund

Jamie Hepburn
Employers will have access to a £10million pot of public funding to help train their workforce ..