Entrepreneurial skills to be taught at Scottish universities and colleges
Entrepreneurial skills are set to be taught at 45 Scottish universities and colleges as part of a 10-year plan to boost business creation. First Minister Humza Yousaf launched The Entrepreneurial…
Scottish digital skills academy partners with New York-based Flatiron School
Scotland’s digital skills academy – CodeClan – is partnering with the New York-based Flatiron School to deliver on demand, self-paced digital courses. The New York coding and programming vocational school…
‘Let teachers lead change, it works,’ says Scotland’s chief entrepreneur
What happens to the quality of education when you trust teachers to lead improvement initiatives, and give them the space to do so? If the early indicators from experiments in…
Computing science education project gets glowing review from teachers
A national computing science education programme has received glowing reviews from teachers after its first year of activity. The Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science project, or STACS, has been engaged…
New chair appointed to national digital skills group
A new chair has been appointed to the national digital skills group in Scotland – to nurture future talent in emerging technologies such as AI, cloud, robotics and augmented reality….
Global tech firm hosts ‘STEM camp’ for high school kids with additional support needs in Stirling
A global tech firm used iPads and miniature robots to stimulate interest in technology for high school kids with additional support needs in Stirling this week. Canadian IT giant CGI…
Scotland’s digital skills academy to host ‘bootcamp’ to support Glasgow’s tech jobs drive
Scotland’s digital skills academy will support Glasgow’s drive to create tech jobs for young people by hosting a four-week free course over the summer. The tech skills ‘bootcamp’ in July…
Digital boost for Tay Cities as £50,000 ‘data skills’ funding pot announced
A new £50,000 funding pot has been announced to support training providers to deliver data skills courses to people across the Tay Cities region. The scheme – administered by The…
Forty young people from disadvantaged communities sign up to digital skills academy
Forty young people from disadvantaged communities have signed up to do a tech course with Scotland’s digital skills academy. The young people aged 16 to 21 from across Edinburgh and…
From launching ‘legitimate’ weather balloons in Antarctica to encouraging more girls into STEM subjects, Emma Philpott charts her course from oceanography to connectivity
I never planned a career in telecoms or digital connectivity. At school, my passion was science, and I followed that path to university and a degree in oceanography and chemistry. …