Building digital capability across Scotland’s public sector: a shared journey
Our Public Service Reform Strategy published in June 2025, shows that Scotland is in the midst of significant transformation focused on creating digital public services that are person-centred, preventative and delivered locally, so that services are designed around the needs of people...
Teacher calls for urgent action on gender gap in computing science as Edinburgh school prepares to host tech event
The all-girls St George’s School in Edinburgh will host its third annual Fearless Women in Computing event on Tuesday next week, welcoming schoolgirls from across the city to explore the...
CodeClan relaunches with software engineering and agentic AI courses
CodeClan – Scotland’s digital skills academy which closed suddenly in August 2023 – is relaunching early 2026 with new courses in software engineering and agentic AI. The Edinburgh-based academy, whose...
Falkirk school deemed ‘centre of innovation, leadership, and educational excellence’ by Apple
A Falkirk school has been deemed a ‘centre of innovation, leadership, and educational excellence’ by tech giant Apple – for its use of technology to enhance teaching and learning. Falkirk...
Partnership between travel giant Skyscanner and University of Glasgow aims to boost computing science teaching
A new partnership between Skyscanner and the University of Glasgow is aiming to boost computing science teacher numbers in Scotland. The travel giant is the founding partner of an innovative...
New report highlights progress in computing science in Scotland but subject still faces ‘critical’ shortage of teachers
A new national report on the state of computing science in Scotland’s schools has been released – revealing ‘significant progress’ but also a critical shortage of teachers for the subject....
College graduates help power Scotland’s tech future with cloud computing credentials
A new crop of college graduates are set to power Scotland’s tech future thanks to their new cloud computing credentials. The young people graduated from the City of Glasgow College this...
Secondary pupils from Scotland and United Arab Emirates aim to inspire girls into football through ‘DigiInventors’ challenge
Secondary pupils from Scotland and the United Arab Emirates are aiming to inspire more girls into football through a global ‘DigiInventors Challenge’. School children in the respective countries are being...
Greater use of digital technology to be explored in ‘urgent’ push to reduce teacher workload
Ministers have unveiled proposals to alleviate workload pressures on teachers – including a greater use of digital technology to free up their time. Work is underway with councils and teaching...
Girls outperform boys at Nat 5 and Higher level for computing science – but gender gap in access to subject persists
Girls are performing better than boys in computing science at both Nat 5 and Higher levels – but the gender gap in access to the subject persists, according to the...
Public Sector AI 2026: May 21 2026
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