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Digital skills academy CodeClan goes into liquidation - BBC News

Digital skills academy CodeClan appoints liquidator - BBC News

All 57 employees have been made redundant after the academy ceased trading on Friday.

"Scotland's digital skills academy, CodeClan, has gone into liquidation with the loss of nearly 60 posts.

CodeClan called in liquidators from Quantuma Advisory after struggling to place students into employment."

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Join The First Ever Tech For Good Summit

Join The First Ever Tech For Good Summit

Over the last year of lockdown, remote working and furlough, the Scottish tech-for-good ecosystem was radically transformed. The Scottish Tech Army – an organisation of volunteers with digital skills – was founded and in a very short space of time, started providing direct, tangible and expert help to charities, social enterprises and third-sector organisations across Scotland. On the…

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Opinion: Selling Yourself to Staff

Opinion: Selling Yourself to Staff

The Head of Development opens the door and shows us into the main space. The first thing I notice on the right is a glass room filled with flagship mobile phones and tablets on display like an electronics store. Some of his team are huddled around them and I’m not sure if they’re testing apps or playing Candy Crush. They seem to be having fun though.

We pass the various product teams and there…

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CodeClan Glasgow Grows

CodeClan, the UK’s first fully accredited digital skills academy, is growing its presence in Glasgow.

The academy is relocating its Glasgow operation from the city’s Tontine building to the flexible office and co-working space Clockwise in March in order to accommodate an increasing number of students and a growing team.

The number of students at CodeClan’s new Glasgow HQ is doubling, with twocoh…

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Cathcart Associates Launch £5,000 CodeClan Scholarship

IT recruitment company Cathcart Associates is launching a new scholarship with CodeClan, the UK’s only fully accredited digital skills academy,

The scholarship will allow an applicant who would not otherwise be able to afford the tuition fees for CodeClan’s 16-week professional software development course, to retrain as a programmer.

By offering the scholarship, Cathcart Associates hopes to…

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PM’s UK Institute of Coding For England Only

Davos: PM’s UK Institute of Coding is For England Only

While it was announced as a UK-wide initiative a spokesman for the Department of Education confirmed to DIGIT that the new Institute of Coding will operate in England only.

The new academy will receive £20 million of funding from the UK government, with an additional £20 million in match funding expected from industry. The consortium behind the initiative is made up of 60 organisations, including

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CodeClan Appoints New CEO

CodeClan Appoints New CEO: IBM veteran Melinda Matthews Clarkson

Melinda Matthews Clarkson, who has more than 25 years experience in the technology sector, has been appointed the new CEO of CodeClan.

Ms Matthews Clarkson has a wealth of leadership experience, managing teams across areas such as sales, marketing and training. She has also managed startups in global and regional sales initiatives. In addition, she is active in diversity awareness, inclusion, and…

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200 Graduates and Counting...

CodeClan Celebrates Success at 2nd Birthday

CodeClan, Scotland’s only accredited digital skills academy has just turned two. Rather than the usual teething problems and tantrums, the academy celebrated with the news that 200 of its graduates have so far found jobs in Scotland’s digital technology sector.

Thanks to this success – and a growing demand from the sector, CodeClan announced plans to double the course numbers in its new Glasgow…

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