AmbITion Scotland is a digital development programme for the arts, heritage and cultural sector in Scotland over 2012-14, funded by The National Lottery via Creative Scotland. Want to get digitally fitter and smarter? Join in!
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Engaging with AmbITion Scotland means you can get support - via our Make:IT:Happen Fund, through finding student interns or academic partners and through participating with our learning, resources and networking activities
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By Hannah Rudman
29 May 2013
Our fabulous national conference Digital 2013 was held at the SECC on 25.04.2013, organised in partnership with Interactive Scotland and Scottish Enterprise. The keynote speakers and panel Q&A session are available here for on demand viewing! Conference Welcome – Alisdair Gunn, Project Director, Interactive Scotland Digital 2013’s opening address highlighted the pathway for the digital [...]
By Ashley Smith Hammond
25 April 2013
Top tweets and what we learned at Digital 2013
By Ashley Smith Hammond
11 April 2013
Did you know, in addition to the Make:IT:Happen fund, AmbITion Scotland is currently supporting travel and subsistence costs for internships.
By Hannah Rudman
8 January 2013
Watch the latest video update from the Arts Council England/NESTA Digital R&D pilot project, ‘London Dickens Trail’ and learn from Exhibition Road Cultural Group and the Charles Dickens Museum, who have joined forces with designers Seren Partners to develop an app which guides users around London to explore and learn more about the locations, characters [...]
By Ashley Smith Hammond
26 November 2012
If you are looking to host an internship at your arts, cultural or heritage organisation AmbITion Scotland have funding available to support interns’ travel and subsistence costs. Interested in accessing this? Contact AmbITion Scotland Project Manager, Ashley Smith Hammond.
By Hannah Rudman
26 November 2012
How to set up and run an internship.
By Hannah Rudman
6 November 2012
#artsdigital podcast from Arts Council England 5: Dave Patten, Head of New Media, Science Museum; Max Whitby, Co-Founder and CEO of Touchpress; and Kirsten Campbell-Howes, Director of Learning, at digital agency Soda join John in the studio to debate hot topics including: whether technology can and should replace teachers and the traditional structures of learning, [...]
By Hannah Rudman
23 October 2012
The amazing new arts, music, cinema and creative industries centre, Mareel in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles, hosted our first 2012 AmbITion Scotland roadshow. On the topic of Glo/cal, the roadshow explored how local and community focussed projects can encourage global participation and engagement through utilising digital tools. Hannah Rudman gave an overview of the [...]
By Hannah Rudman
5 September 2012
AmbITion Scotland’s content sharing partnership with Federation of Scottish Theatre‘s Digital Action Research project once again enables us to publish another great case study packed full of learning and advice about how to collaborate with other organisations on how to launch a joint digital service/platform/channel. Dundee Rep: collaborating with cultural organisations to launch a joint [...]
By Hannah Rudman
6 August 2012
BBC Acadamy trainer Colin Savage, provides some insights and tips on how to produce high-quality and engaging short films for online audiences – thanks to Arts Council England for sharing this online from their Digital Capacity in the Arts programme.
