Digital
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The first diversity in Scotland’s digital sector unconference: my reflections
10th April 2017 by Sarah Davidson
I thought that the discussions at the diversity in Scotland’s digital sector unconference would be challenging, enlightening and informative, and I wasn’t disappointed. In the voting session at the start, and the discussions I joined later on, I was struck by attendees’ enthusiasm and the strength of their desire to break down barriers and improve…
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Collected points from diversity unconference and next steps
5th April 2017 by laurnarobertson
2 weeks ago today we ran an unconference on diversity in the Scottish digital sector for public, private and third sector digital professionals. The discussions were fascinating, but too short according to attendees. As a result, we’ve set up a #scotdigidiversity slack group so that the cross sector digital community now has a place to discuss ideas…
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CodeYourFuture: how we embrace diversity in our coding school for refugees and asylum seekers
21st March 2017 by dawnkofie
Mozafar Haider Ibrahim is an Edinburgh-based software developer and a CodeYourFuture mentor. He describes how the organisation celebrates, and benefits from, the diversity of all the people involved in it.
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Designing our Diversity Unconference to be inclusive
17th March 2017 by Jono Ellis
A look at how we’ve designed our #scotdigidiversity diversity in digital unconference to be inclusive.
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Technology doesn’t have values. People do.
13th March 2017 by Alex Humphry-Baker
Alex Humphry-Baker is a Senior UX Designer at Bemo. She explains how diversity can help make sure that technology isn’t prejudiced, and doesn’t prop up damaging stereotypes. “Once you skip ahead to think technology will either harm everything or solve everything, you’ve effectively removed the need to apply critical thinking.”
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Diversity in digital: why I think it matters
9th March 2017 by Leah Lockhart
Leah Lockhart, Digital Democratic Engagement Officer at the Democratic Society, gives us her take on why diversity in Scotland’s digital sector is so important.
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How CodeClan helps to get women into Scotland’s digital sector
2nd March 2017 by Sara Dodd
Sara Dodd, Head of Curriculum and Accreditation at CodeClan, shares some of the creative ways it’s helping to improve gender representation in the digital workforce.
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Why the future of digital tech needs women
23rd February 2017 by Talat Yaqoob
This is a post by Talat Yaqoob, Director of Equate Scotland. The scale of the challenge According to research carried out by the Social Market Foundation, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) sector, and the digital skills sector in particular, is growing at double the rate of any other employment sector.
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What is an unconference?
13th February 2017 by laurnarobertson
This is a post by Laurna Robertson, one of our content designers. As Sarah Davidson explained in her blog last week – there is a diversity problem in Scotland’s digital sector. Rather than moaning about this, we’re organising an unconference in March. This will give public, private and third sector digital professionals a chance to…
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Creating a more diverse digitally skilled workforce in Scotland
6th February 2017 by laurnarobertson
This is a blog post by Sarah Davidson, Director General for Communities Since I became the Scottish Government’s Diversity Champion, I’ve become more acutely aware of the places where you see and hear diverse teams and contributions, (and the converse, of course). Our Digital Directorate is one of the more diverse parts of the organisation,…
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