Category: Education & Skills

More girls are taking computing science at both National 5 and Higher levels in Scotland but the share of entries remains stubbornly low, according to the latest education stats. New...

The boss of a Scottish recruitment tech platform has suggested Andy Burnham’s recent comments about AI hiring practices are ‘confused’ – and not the reason so many young people are...

Scotland’s £26 million post-school education and skills reform programme is making slow progress and ‘lacks a clear delivery plan’, according to a public spending watchdog. Inadequate resourcing, weaknesses in governance...

Canva, one of the world’s leading visual design platforms, has joined Scotland’s national digital learning platform for schools – giving thousands of pupils across the country access to creative and...

Technology can help humans and animals ‘share experiences’ according to a new study by researchers at the University of Glasgow. Lemurs and people at Blair Drummond safari park near Stirling...

A new government report has revealed the biggest increase in computing science teacher annual recruitment numbers in Scotland since records began. Halting a long-term decline, the Computing Science Summary Report...

Early years children are getting a taste of tech with the opening of a new ‘STEM Starts’ centre in Moray. The new centre, based at Elgin Library, was formally launched...

Immersive virtual reality games are helping to encourage pupils at a school in Moray to be more physically active. Gamer2Mover, currently being trialled at Milne’s High School in Fochabers, involves...