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Last night, Louise, Martha, Farmata, Molly, Sophie, Hannah and Kavya from our Newcastle HQ had a great time talking to members of the Durham University Women in STEM group about careers in software engineering, our Graduate Programme and what it's like to work at Scott Logic. Thanks to everyone who came along! If you're interested in building a career in software too, our Graduate Programme offers the very best start – follow the link below to find out more and apply to be a Graduate Software Developer or a Graduate Test Engineer.
The latest episode of the Transition Partners podcast features our Chief of Staff Graham Odds and Lead Test Engineer Mari McMahon sharing their insights on the organisational culture at Scott Logic – you can have a listen here!
In the first of the talks at the Open Source meetup on Weds 8 Dec, Colin Eberhardt and Hilary Carter will summarise the key findings of the FINOS ‘2021 State of Open Source in Financial Services’ survey which was conducted over the summer in partnership with The Linux Foundation, Scott Logic, Wipro and GitHub. Their talk will also indicate what steps the industry can take to break through existing barriers to benefit from the innovation that open source software and standards deliver. 🗓️ Weds 8 Dec 🕔 17:00–18:15 GMT
In the second part of his series of blog posts on the qualities and behaviours necessary to be an effective Scrum Master, Frank Hubin looks at how to facilitate and optimise each one in the cycle of ceremonies in Agile software development.
When we were asked to sponsor an award at Computing's Women in Tech Excellence Awards, the choice was simple: IT Leader of the Year. Our CEO Stephen Foreshew-Cain explains here why not only the representation but also the normalisation of women in leadership positions is so important to our industry so that, together, we can close the authority gap.
Our breakfast events in Bristol are back with a new name: Tech on Toast! Join us bright and early at our Bristol office on Thursday 2 December for coffee, croissants and a stimulating talk to start the day. We're pleased to announce that guest speaker Glenn Smith—CEO of rising star local fintech Roqqett—will be joining us to talk about Open Banking APIs and their applications within eCommerce applications. 🗓️ Thursday 2 December 🕗 8:15am
PRESS RELEASE—We're pleased to announce the appointment of three senior hires ahead of our next growth phase: Chris Ferguson as Managing Director; Myra Cooke as Chief Talent Officer; and Ed Gill as Chief Commercial Officer. The new leadership team members form part of a wider strategic restructuring to allow greater focus on achieving business goals.
The UK Government has an ambitious data strategy that aims to encourage and facilitate data sharing. You can now watch the recording of our recent event with Digital Leaders on 'Sharing data in Government'—with contributions from: Nigel Matthews, Chief Data Officer (CDO) for the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) at the Cabinet Office; Dan Bailey, CTO for the CDDO at the Cabinet Office; and Ben Lambert, Senior Developer at Scott Logic. Ben gave a short presentation (from about 13 mins in) on the work we're doing to support data sharing at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP): 📺 https://youtu.be/5kr5I96-dWA For more on this topic, read Solutions Architect Andrew Carr's blog post which explores what might be involved in fully realising the potential of the National Data Strategy and how citizens can be aligned with this bold new approach.
Join us on Weds 8 Dec for the online Open Source meetup, with talks from a fantastic line-up of speakers: • Hilary Carter, VP Research, The Linux Foundation and Colin Eberhardt, CTO, Scott Logic – 'The State of Open Source in Financial Services' • Abby Mitchell, Quantum Developer Advocate, IBM – 'An Introduction to Open Source Quantum Computing' • Maxwell Hsu, Developer Relations, Digital Asset – 'Create a Tokenised Asset in 20 Minutes' Book your place now! We organise the Open Source meetups in partnership with FINOS. 🗓️ Weds 8 Dec 🕔 17:00–18:15 GMT
We're very proud to be sponsoring Computing's Women in Tech Festival and Women in Tech Excellence Awards this week. In this new blog post, our Chief of Staff Graham Odds shares his insights on Scott Logic's journey towards being as inclusive an employer as possible, and describes how we're collaborating with partners to accelerate and increase the impact we can have in driving change.
