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Data experts are being encouraged to help the creative industries find hi-tech solutions to a range of digital challenges. An Edinburgh-led initiative

Four music groups are inviting technology companies to help them reach new audiences, writes JULENA DRUMI Technology, already permeating much of our lives, is now being called upon to help four music organisations play a different tune. With the help of £80,000 of government arts funding, each one is seeking the support of tech-savvy entrepreneurs who can help them reach new audiences. Businesses that can provide the innovative, data-driven solutions the groups are looking for will each receiv...

Prewired Receives Funding to Bring Coding Club Online Michael Behr 20 January 2021, 10.33am The new funding will help fill gaps in Scotland’s digital skills knowledge as the pandemic makes in-class learning impossible. Youth programming club...

Prewired secures funding from Creative Informatics to take one of Scotland’s longest-running coding clubs for young people online 20th January 2021 Prewired also supported by CodeBase, Deliveroo and Skyscanner Prewired has taught coding and digital skills to over 350 under-19s since being founded in 2013 in partnership with University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics  Scottish charity Prewired was set up in response to “educational gap” in provision of digital skills ...