Glasgow School of Art team secure funding to develop design innovation skills training for health and care professionals in Moray

Glasgow School of Art’s Future Skills team have secured a funding deal to develop design innovation skills in Moray’s Health and Social Care industry.  

The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) awarded funding to GSA’s Future Skills team in April. This funding will equip frontline health and social care staff across Moray with tools and resources to embrace the digital transformation and improve services across the Health and Social Care sector.  

The initiative is part of the Rural Centre of Excellence (RCE) Skills and Workforce Development work package, funded through the Moray Growth Deal. The RCE is a £5 million initiative funded by the UK Government that focuses on advancing research and innovation in digital health and aiding remobilisation of health and social care services in the region, delivered by DHI.  

Based on research undertaken by the University of Oxford in 2024, funded by DHI, the training will focus on the challenge of deploying mature digital health innovations in digitally immature environments.   

The programme will be delivered through a hybrid approach combining online resources and in-person workshops to ensure accessibility and sustainability for rural contexts.  

Currently under development, the course will be ready for testing in October 2025, with the potential for roll out nationally following review.