Boosting IT skills across the nation
Boosting IT skills across the nation
e-skills UK is working with employers and key stakeholders, including the Scottish Government, Skills Development Scotland and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, to make sure Scotland has the skills it needs to compete in the global digital economy.
Actions we’re taking to do this include:
- Business IT Guide - an online guide to using IT for startups and growing businesses in the Western Isles for Highlands and Islands Enterprise
- e-placement Scotland – a partnership with Edinburgh Napier University and ScotlandIS to deliver 750 industry placements over the next 3 years
- BigAmbition Scotland - a new technology careers website backed by major Scottish employers including Oracle, Logica, Iomart and the Scottish Government.
These and other initiatives are outlined in our 5-year strategic plan: Creating the IT Nation: Strategic Plan for Scotland 2009-2014 PDF 799MB
The plan is based on our research report Technology Counts Scotland: IT & Telecoms Insights 2010 (PDF 1MB).
Go to Technology Insights 2012 for the latest research.
The Employer Board for Scotland: boosting IT Skills
The e-skills UK Employer Board for Scotland is in charge of making sure Scotland gets technology skills it needs to succeed.
The Board comprises:
- Anne Moises – Chief Information Officer, ISIS, Scottish Government
- Alastair Dutton – Head of Technology, SCVO
- Brendan Dick, chairman – Director, BT Scotland
- Caroline Stuart – Director, Oracle Scotland
- Donald McLaughlin – Director & Country Manager, Cisco
- Jim Preston – Vice President, Global Contracts, BT Global Services, BT Group
- Kay Brown – Head of Information Technology, South Lanarkshire Council
- Linda O’Donoghue – Director F&A and SCM Delivery Europe, IBM
- Maggie Morrison – AGM HP Scotland, Hewlett-Packard Ltd
- Michael Kowbel – Scotland Manager, e-skills UK
- Phil Worms – Director, Corporate Communications, Iomart Group PLC
- Polly Purvis – Executive Director, Scotland IS
- Robert Campbell – Account Manager, Logica
- Steven Grier – Education Business Manager, Microsoft
Manager for Scotland
To find out more about e-skills UK programmes in Scotland, e-mail michael.kowbel@e-skills.com or chris.morrow@e-skills.com
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