National digital skills academy passes 1,000th graduate mark
Scotland’s national digital skills academy has passed 1,000 graduates as it prepares to celebrate its fifth birthday. CodeClan was set up by government and industry in 2015 to try and…
Local authority vows to re-connect self-isolating pupils ‘smoothly’ via virtual learning platforms
Pupils living in Scotland’s largest geographic council area will be able to continue their learning ‘smoothly’ via a range of online portals if they are asked to self-isolate, it was…
Scottish Borders council announces blended learning contingency arrangements
A Scottish local authority announced details of its blended learning contingency arrangements – which will see large numbers of pupils learning from home using tech hardware and applications. Scottish Borders…
Council’s education professionals to join regional child poverty digital learning events
Education professionals across Argyll and Bute will team up with fellow educators from throughout Scotland next week, to take part in a series of digital professional learning events to increase…
Scotland’s national digital skills academy signs up TV’s Hunted star to launch cyber security course
A former British military sniper and star of Channel 4’s Hunted series will take part in a virtual event to launch a new cyber security course – on behalf of…
Teaching registration and professional standards body open to discussion on role of tech in secondary education
Scotland’s professional teaching standards and registration body has signalled a willingness to engage with the tech sector following the release of a report that has called for a more prominent…
Pupil outreach programme to move to autumn term as schools face lockdown
School pupils who took part in last year’s UK-wide Tech for Good competition A community outreach programme designed to foster entrepreneurial and innovation skills among schoolchildren will move to the…
New web app makes pathways that exist across colleges and universities easier to understand
A new Web App that allows students and school leavers to look up further and higher education pathways in one place launched this week. The advertising, promotion and understanding of…
Klik2Learn signs major deal with Scotland’s largest college
An educational software company founded by a former schoolteacher from the Isle of Skye has signed a collaboration agreement with Scotland’s largest college that will help students and tutors to…
Boost to Scotland’s space tech sector
Celestia UK, specialists in the advancement of state-of-the-art antenna systems used for tracking satellites, has announced that Heriot-Watt University’s Research Park will be its permanent base in Scotland. Establishing the business at the Research Park…
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