A Digital Strategy for Scotland – 2017 and beyond

Earlier this month Scottish Government Ministers confirmed their intention to refresh Scotland’s current Digital Strategy, published in 2011, which describes actions to enhance digital connectivity, increase economic growth and activity by growing the digital economy, promote digital participation and develop digital public services. It is anticipated this refreshed strategy will set out a range of ambitions and actions to ensure that Scotland has a clear vision of its place in the modern, digital world, and they are looking for citizens…

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Ofcom CMR Event

I attended the Ofcom Stakeholder event on 4 November at their flagship Edinburgh office, where they talked through the 2016 Communications Market Report. A number of keynote speakers provided context to the report, including a presentation from Evelyn MacDowall from the Wheatley Group, who highlighted the digital volunteering partnership between SQA and Wheatley Group, as well as showcasing the Digital Learning Guides that we have produced to help the Wheatley community janitors get online. The focus of the day was…

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