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Scotland's tech sector is thriving, but gender and skills gaps remain

The latest BCS Digital Skills Network event headed to Scotland in March. Two hundred delegates packed into a Glasgow venue to listen to prominent speakers discussing the tech sector in the devolved nation. The event attracted speakers from the government, industry, education, training providers, and the third sector. BCS' Claire Penketh reports.

 

 

Digital Skills for Scotland - Is your team switched on?

Every job requires essential digital skills, with the pace of technology exceeding the workforce’s skills capability, and with an ageing population and tighter labour workforce forecast in Scotland*, it is time to act and switch your teams on today.

*Skills Development Scotland

 

Digital skills training for every team in Scotland

If you're an employer or a local council and you need workable digital skills solutions that are right for all your people, talk to us for free.

Whether your team needs support using digital devices in the workplace with confidence or mastering everyday office digital skills, we can support you to invest and develop your staff so you can benefit from a more efficient team while future-proofing your business.

Essential Digital Skills for Work (EDSQ) is a new qualification developed for individuals with no or low digital skills, enabling employees to use digital devices confidently and is recognised by the Scottish Certification and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).

For those who use work-based applications daily, like spreadsheets, you can upskill them to become experts through the global digital literacy standard ICDL, recognised and delivered to millions of people worldwide.

  

Digital skills training Scotland – switch your team on

If you need help identifying a skills gap within your IT team, but you’re not sure where to start, we can help, providing support at every stage.

We’ll take the time to understand your unique business and digital skills requirements and connect your organisation to one of our local BCS approved centres or colleges to deliver your digital skills training requirements. 

Or, if you already have in-house training capability, why not become BCS approved to deliver skills training to your workforce? Individuals looking to upskill can contact one of our approved centres which can be found here.

 

Developing digital talent in Scotland

Our Skills Assessment platform, RoleModelplus, takes the guesswork away from workforce planning, recruitment, and your staff’s development.

Easily build role profiles, career pathways, and demonstrate development opportunities for your staff, all built around the SFIAplus framework, or input your own frameworks and taxonomies such as DDaT.

 

 

Digital Skills for Scotland – Skills need work; Work needs skills

Working together to develop digital talent in Scotland

 

Glasgow Clyde College
UHI
Forth Valley College
Fife College
North East Scotland College
South Lanarkshire College

 

Why BCS?

At BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT we're committed to making IT good for society, to ensure that everyone has access to the digital skills needed to thrive in life and work today.

We’re also an awarding organisation and have developed digital skills qualifications and industry specific certification, which are available and delivered in Scotland.  Our regulated qualifications, which can also be sat as individual units, are recognised by the Scottish Certification and Qualifications Framework (SCQF), delivered through local accredited centres/colleges and in some cases have funding available.

 

Digital Skills for Scotland

We have a range of flexible options to upskill your entire workforce, with the skills needed in jobs today, and tomorrow.

For more information download the BCS qualifications guide below to access our full portfolio of modules, qualifications and industry certification.

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Download the qualifications guide

Provides the full range of qualifications and professional certifications, including the pathways your employees can take.

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CPD for your team

Continuing professional development (CPD) really matters. But what is CPD? Why is it so important? And how do you do it?

Your team can get a free taster of BCS membership by accessing our full CPD guide to help them plan their next goal.

 

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BCS Scotland branches & 55 Specialist Groups

Whichever your area of interest, our wide-ranging specialist groups, regional groups and online community offer a professional and friendly platform to share knowledge and experiences, debate ideas.

 

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