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The Scottish Digital Academy

Scotland’s future will be forged in a digital world. A world in which digital skills and technologies will transform our lives. We are the centre of excellence for digital capability and we support the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) profession within the Scottish Government.

Our team provides high quality professional learning to public and third sector staff to build digital skills and talent. Our aim is to support the transformation of services by being focused on user centred design, maximising the use of digital technologies and using new ways of working.

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Digital, Data and Technology Profession

We’re an organisation that touches the lives of everyone across Scotland, and beyond.

With big ambitions come big opportunities, and the digital profession has some of the most rewarding jobs and careers available today. We’re building new services and redesigning old ones, and we need innovative, curious, and passionate people to keep us moving forward. If you can rethink old approaches, and transform systems and services, there’s a place for you here.

The Digital, Data and Technology Profession (DDaT) profession spans a vast range of roles across government. We currently have over 50 digital, data and technology job roles, organised into career paths within seven job families.

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Learning pathways

The development of digital skills, capability and talent can often be a confusing landscape. Our pathways are not intended to be prescriptive, but rather to illustrate breadth and depth of learning and indicate skills progression across digital, data and technology job roles.

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Product Manager Practitioners

Free
Live online
Tuesday 30 May
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
(2 and a half days)
Product managers specialise in facilitating and coordinating the evolution of a product’s lifecycle, while identifying areas where challenges exist for the business via its customers and users.

Data Science Accelerator

Free
Live online
Wednesday 31 May
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
(Self-Directed)
The Data Science Accelerator is a fantastic development opportunity for public sector analysts wishing to develop their data science skills while also achieving real business outcomes for their organisation. This programme is delivered in partnership with The Data Lab.

Service Design Champions

Live online
Tuesday 06 June
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
(2 Consecutive Days)
This course will provide a practical introduction to Public Sector Service Design.

Agile Mindsets

Free
Live online
Tuesday 06 June
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
( 2 hours)
This course introduces you to what it means to be agile and what mindset you need to work in an agile way.
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