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 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
31 July 2012
This summer marks two years since the inception of the festivalslab project. To celebrate, The Festivals Lab team have compiled a showreel document of the projects, which highlights what worked and what didn’t. The content and knowledge sharing partnership that AmbITion Scotland has held with Festivalslab has enabled the learnings of the festivals to be [...]
By Hannah Rudman
4 July 2012
This is Lesley Anne Rose, Creative Producer of Stellar Quines who, following their AmbITion Scotland experience have really made IT happen for their theatre company by grasping the opportunities afforded by digital technologies. The picture also shows Hamish Allison, Managing Director at Freakworks at the Freakworks Studios in Edinburgh with whom Stellar Quines are working [...]
By Hannah Rudman
29 May 2012
TheKnowledge – Digital Strategy in Culture by Art of Digital London has a really clear guide on open source – check it out! Thanks @aodl.
By Ashley Smith Hammond
28 May 2012
Ever heard of ‘remote and real world interconnected theatrical immersion’? Punchdrunk’s Peter Higgin explains all
By AmbITion
9 April 2011
How To… This guide is for anyone who has heard of the term Open Source, but who is bit confused about what it actually is! You probably use digital technologies in your organisation or individual practice, you know that Open Source is a “good thing”, but you are still unsure exactly is it, how it could benefit you, and what the risks might be.
By Anne Bonnar
3 November 2010
Many arts organisations have a need for software and applications to support the realisation of their ambITions. These needs include web spaces for promotion of content and events, information and community interaction. But for many arts organisations, the journey to achieving their required digital solutions can be singular and lonely. Small and medium sized organisations [...]
