Borders Tech Connect

Excel: The Unexpected Workflow Hero Despite a sea of sleek new apps, one tool still rules the office: Excel

We’re delighted to share a thoughtful piece from Hilary Shand, who brings years of experience in digital transformation and organisational change.

BTC’s Cybersecurity Track Begins Think Like an Attacker

Borders Tech Connect enters its next chapter: Cybersecurity

What Is Borders College & Why Are They at the Heart of Tech Connect? The College that’s not just hosting BTC — it’s helping build it

Here's the story of why Borders College are such an important part of BTC

Design Thinking, Software, and the Power of Knowing Your Own Process A conversation with Stacey Grigolava on building better systems, human-centred design, and what small businesses can teach software developers.

Something different from BTC - We talk about what it means to really understand a process, the value of design-led thinking, and how no-code tools are reshaping who gets to build useful software.

What Is Techscaler, & How Can It Help You? From first idea to scale — support for software builders at every stage

At Borders Tech Connect, we’re working with three core partners — Techscaler, South of Scotland Enterprise, and Borders College — each bringing something vital to the table. Here's the Techscaler story.

Borders Tech Connect: Workshop 1 A Strong Start!

Last Friday, we hosted our first hands-on workshop at Borders College, introducing over 20 attendees to the world of no-code tools. Participants built their first apps using Airtable, without writing a single line of code!

Beyond the Meet-Up: Workshops Building a Tech Growth Engine for the Borders

Our latest Substack post takes a closer look at the thinking behind our event structure — why we start with a meetup and follow up with three focused workshops.

Borders Tech Connect – Thank You for Joining Us! Our first Borders Tech Connect meetup is in the books – and we’re off to a great start.

Our first Borders Tech Connect event is in the books — and what a brilliant start.

Over 30 people joined us at Borders College last week to kick off a new kind of collaboration in the Scottish Borders.

Who gets to build software? Right now, it turns out — we all do...

The Foundations of Borders Tech Connect How SOSE, Borders College and CodeBase/Techscaler are working together to build something new.

Borders Tech Connect is built on strong foundations. We’re proud to be working alongside Borders College, South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE), and CodeBase/Techscaler to bring practical, accessible tech innovation to the Scottish Borders.

Who gets to build software? And how it has changed for the better.

Guest post from @olil.bsky.social facilitator for our upcoming No-Code workshops and founder of nocode.scot

Borders Tech Connect · Events Calendar View and subscribe to events from Borders Tech Connect on Luma. Welcome to Borders Tech Connect — a new space for technologists, educators, students, and businesses to meet, share, build, and grow.

Find us and our events at our calendar page

Welcome to Borders Tech Connect — Your New Tech Community in the Scottish Borders This May Day, we’re not sending a distress signal — we’re answering one.

Welcome to our new initiative

SOSE - South of Scotland Enterprise, Techscaler and Border College Logos

Very excited to be supported by

Hello! Borders Tech Connect is a new initiative bringing together businesses, students, and innovators across the Scottish Borders, through regular meetups and hands-on workshops, we focus on practical solutions.