Digital skills academy looks to growth

L Second birthday for Codeclan as it aims to expand in Glasgow in 2018

people with the digital skills they need and that businesses want in a crucial area of Scotland’s economy.

“A digital skills academy was one of the key actions identified by our Digital Technologies Skills Investment Plan, developed with industry backing in 2014, with Codeclan opening the following year.”

Polly Purvis, chief executive of Scotlandis, also chairs Codeclan, which is Scotland’s first digital skills academy and the UK’S only accredited academy for software and web development.

She said Codeclan “has come a long way in two years and continues to change to meet the needs of the industry. We work closely with employers to make sure we are producing people with skills relevant to their needs. With an increase in courses planned for 2018, we will be providing more opportunities than ever before for people considering a career in tech to get involved and develop the skills the industry badly needs.”

Participants to-date in the 16-week course include a former GP who wanted to retrain to be a developer, while Registers of Scotland, which compiles and maintains 18 public registers relating to property and other legal documents in Scotland, has hired ten of Codeclan’s graduates.