Scottish college ‘first in UK’ to partner with Microsoft to equip students with digital skills
A Scottish college has become the ‘first in the UK’ to team up with Microsoft to give free digital skills training to students, businesses and local communities to help them...
£25,000 donation made to digital prize fund to engage young digital-tech entrepreneurs
A £25,000 donation has been made to a digital fund that awards grants to boost interest in computing and technology among young people across Scotland. The contribution from Chroma Ventures,...
Scottish tech entrepreneur invests £27k in prize for digital media content creators
A Scottish tech entrepreneur has partnered with an Edinburgh university to create a £27,000 prize fund for digital media content creators. George Mackintosh, owner of Papple Steading in East Lothian,...
Stirling Council’s rollout of Chromebooks extended to P5 pupils
Stirling Council’s roll out of free Chromebooks has been expanded to now include all Primary five pupils. The latest development of the local authority’s ambitious digital drive means all children...
Every school pupil in Edinburgh to receive their own iPad in tech inclusion drive
Every school pupil from P6 to S6 in Scotland’s capital city will receive their own digital device as part of an ambitious and ‘inclusive’ education strategy, Edinburgh Learns for Life....
Data to bring harmony to opera and performing arts
Four of Scotland’s best known music and performing arts organisations are looking for creative entrepreneurs to collaborate with them on projects that could transform the way they work and produce...
New skills board unveiled by Scotland’s tech trade body
A unique group of leading figures from Scotland’s digital technology and education sectors have been brought together to form a new Skills Board, with the aim of bridging the country’s...
Funding applications open for Digital Xtra Fund
Funding applications have opened for this year’s grants programme from Digital Xtra Fund, Scotland’s charity committed to increasing the number and diversity of young people learning innovative digital skills. Up...
Scottish Apprenticeship Week
This week is Scottish Apprenticeship Week, a celebration of the contribution apprentices make to businesses, individuals and the economy. Claire Gillespie is sector manager for Digital Technology at Skills Development Scotland, and...
Digital literacy support for libraries as new £100,000 funding package unveiled
Digital literacy is set to be among a range of innovative projects across Scotland’s school libraries supported by a new £100,000 fund. The School Library Improvement Fund, administered by the...
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