ScotRail is one of the over 100 companies and organisations that are supporting a new digital charter that aims to help raise the profile of computing science amongst young people.

By bringing together industry and academia, the new Digital Technology Education Charter will endeavour to discover what more can be done to encourage the next generation into computing, and to make them aware of the many career opportunities available to young people in the Scottish technology sector.

Among the other major companies pledging their commitment to the charter are Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, and Scottish Power. ScotRail has a vast range of digital skills-based functions that are of use to the charter, including application development, data analysis, and cyber security, and plans to engage with school children to highlight their opportunities within the digital sector.

To discover further information about the Digital Technology Charter go to www.dtecharter.org.

Alan Manclark, ScotRail Head of IT, said: “The Digital Technology Education Charter is a really beneficial initiative that ScotRail is proud to be part of.
“Partnerships like this are incredibly important to businesses like ScotRail, the individuals and institutions involved, and the economy.

“We hope it will raise the profile of computing science and encourage more children to follow the information technology career path.

“It’s these pupils who will become the next generation of ScotRail’s tech-minded workforce.”

Toni Scullion of Digital Technology Education Charter, said: “The Digital Technology Education Charter is thrilled to have ScotRail as our most recent signatory.

“It is wonderful to partner with a Scottish company that is so familiar to our young people.

“ScotRail is a great example of a company that is not always immediately associated with the tech sector but has a wealth of opportunities.

“We are looking forward to working with ScotRail to help raise awareness of the opportunities in the digital technology sector in Scotland.”