Your New Tech Community in the Scottish Borders

Borders Tech Connect is a new community of students, businesses, and technologists working together to build digital skills and tools for the Scottish Borders.

We host regular meetups and collaborative workshops that help local businesses automate, innovate, and grow — with hands-on support from students, educators, and industry experts.

Backed by Borders College, Techscaler, and South of Scotland Enterprise.

We want to:-

Emphasise local self-reliance and cooperation - local businesses, students, and enthusiasts pooling skills, resources, and knowledge to grow our own digital ecosystems.

Empower people over platforms - the real power of technology is in the human network — creators, students, entrepreneurs.

Create collaborative workshops - make togetherness the highlight.

Create digital independence - teach people to create and host their own software, implement open-source analytics, or adopt vendor-agnostic no-code solutions.

Develop local talent and ownership - when we collaborate on a project, the intellectual property or process improvements stay within the region.

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