Has the move to digital assessment sparked a rise in cheating among university students?
Fears have been raised that the move to digital assessment during the pandemic has fuelled cheating and plagiarism among university students. Teaching experts at the University of Edinburgh have expressed...
Cybersecurity courses to support Scotland’s next generation of online resilience experts
Summer courses to help train up the next generation of cybersecurity experts are now open for registration, the UK’s national government agency for online resilience has announced. The National Cyber Security...
Government spending on cloud services soars during Covid crisis
Government spending on Amazon’s cloud computing division has almost doubled during the Covid public health crisis, according to new figures. The Scottish Government has shelled out £4.7m on the global...
Could Elon Musk’s hyperloop vision gain traction in Aberdeen?
Students have released their innovative designs for a series of sustainable and ambitious projects, including Scotland’s first ‘hyperloop’ transport system – high-speed trains housed in sealed tubes. Budding architects at...
Global hopes for Scottish app that helps students with disabilities overcome ‘challenges’ of presentations
A Scottish education technology company which supports students with disabilities has its eye on North American expansion after securing a £450,000 investment. The investment follows a period of rapid growth...
Students aim to cook up storm after being selected for culinary-themed Alexa AI project
A team of Scottish postgraduate students have been chosen by Amazon to compete in an artificial intelligence project to perfect the recipe for next-generation conversational assistants that perform multi-step tasks...
Scottish tech investor conference unveils impressive keynote speaker lineup
Scotland’s ‘premier’ tech investor conference – a day where company founders pitch for investment across the globe – has revealed its international keynote speaker lineup, including the co-founder of the...
£3.75 million investment to tackle Scotland’s ‘notspots’ to bridge digital divide
Scotland’s mobile ‘notspots’ will be tackled with a new £3.75m investment in infrastructure, helping “bridge the digital divide between rural and urban areas”, the finance secretary has announced. Mobile coverage...
Scottish university strikes deal with Chinese cloud giant
A Scottish university has teamed up with a Chinese cloud computing giant in a bid to strengthen its research capabilities and talent development through new technology. The University of Edinburgh...
Almost 100 Scottish organisations and individuals sign new digital education charter
Almost 100 organisations and influencers in the Scottish education technology sector have signed up to a new national movement launched earlier this month to ‘drive change’ in computing science at...
