Category: Skills & Talents

Plan for a new Financial Services Skills and Inclusion Hub unveiled

SFE led the production of an industry-led Financial Services Skills Action Plan, alongside Skills Development…

Call out for FinTech companies to host four week summer internship

Does your company believe in supporting young people into FinTech? Are you looking to grow…

Actuary and Quantitative Finance masters students undertake summer projects proposed and co-supervised by financial services companies.

University of Strathclyde students on the MScs Actuarial Sciences and Quantitative Finance undertake a summer…

Scotland’s digital roles grow by over 25% year on year

Scotland’s tech sector is going through a rapid growth according to the UK’s Secretary of…

Discovering the Digital Technology Education Charter

The uptake of Computing Science in schools has fallen dramatically over the last decade, along…

How the Open University is supporting employers in Scotland to tackle the digital skills gap

There is a thriving Fintech sector in Scotland – a lot of small to medium-sized…

University of Strathclyde students undertake fintech summer projects

University of Strathclyde students on the MScs Actuarial Sciences and Quantitative Finance undertake a summer…

Diversity and Inclusion in Tech: It’s Time to Focus on More than the Optics

We’ve just completed some (admittedly superficial) digging into a few of the top tech companies’…

Fighting inequality and increasing diversity in tech

CodeYourFuture (CYF) is a UK based non-profit organisation that trains refugees, asylum seekers and other…

HR for Fast Growing Fintechs: Investing in a People Strategy for Success

The rise of the FinTech sector in Scotland continues at an impressive rate despite the…

In-depth fintech research and analysis with specialist MSc students

Article written by Ksenia Siedlecka, Financial Services and Fintech Sector Engagement Manager at Edinburgh Innovation…