Government’s £26m post-school education and skills reforms ‘lack of clear delivery plan’, warns auditor
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 joins the classroom – visual design giant lands on Scotland’s national school platform
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...
Digital Poverty Alliance urges Scottish and Welsh election candidates to ‘keep public sector devices out of landfill’
The Digital Poverty Alliance is urging Scottish and Welsh election candidates to support its call for no public sector device to end up as waste. The charity said nine per...
Technology helps humans and animals ‘share experiences’, Glasgow-led research shows
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...
Government report reveals biggest increase in computing science teacher numbers in Scotland since records began
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...
New government guidance published for the ‘safe and ethical’ use of AI in Scotland’s schools
New government guidance has been published for teachers and pupils on the ‘safe and ethical’ use of AI in Scotland’s schools. The guidance, released for the first time, aims to...
Early years kids get taste of tech with new ‘STEM Starts’ centre in Moray
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...
Virtual reality gaming helps get pupils moving at school in Moray
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...
Edinburgh’s CodeClan launches applied agentic AI programme in ‘UK first’
CodeClan – the Edinburgh digital skills provider – has launched an agentic AI programme for senior engineers in what is thought to be the first of its kind in the...
Primary school pupils across Scotland asked to solve health and wellbeing challenges through digital ‘inventors’ competition
Primary school pupils across Scotland are being invited to solve health and wellbeing challenges through a nationwide digital ‘inventors’ competition. The DigiInventors Challenge, organised by the Digital Health & Care...
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