DARING
TO BE DIGITAL
By Jackie Galbraith, Principal and Chief Executive of West Lothian College
Digital is disrupting how we do business and, to be successful in this information age, organisations need to embrace the changes arising from developments in technology.
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ritical to achieving this potential is our future tech talent, including computing students at West Lothian College. Their skills will be vital in enabling companies in every sector of the economy to benefit from the impact of Big Data, the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0. However, the many thousands of high value digital jobs available in Scotland can only be filled if an increasing number of people choose to develop
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the skills required. Schools, colleges and universities need to generate more interest in digital careers, particularly amongst young people. To inspire more young people at school to choose courses which develop digital skills we offer two qualifications for secondary school pupils in fifth and sixth year – the Foundation Apprenticeship IT: Software Development, and HNC Computing.
