New £45m funding package to help schools and families with ‘challenges’ of remote learning
Schools and families across Scotland will be supported by a new £45m funding package to help them deal with the challenges of remote learning during lockdown, according to measures announced...
New £45m funding package to help schools and families with ‘challenges’ of remote learning
Schools and families across Scotland will be supported by a new £45m funding package to help them deal with the challenges of remote learning during lockdown, according to measures announced...
Skills Development Scotland’s “Tech Industry in the Classroom” initiative
Skills Development Scotland is exhibiting at Digital Scotland 2020 to promote digital apprenticeships while also asking public sector technologists to step up and help the nation’s school children. Before the...
Skills Development Scotland’s “Tech Industry in the Classroom” initiative
Skills Development Scotland is exhibiting at Digital Scotland 2020 to promote digital apprenticeships while also asking public sector technologists to step up and help the nation’s school children. Before the...
Innovation school model adopted in Scotland set to be rolled out across UK
A team of Boston-based education experts who pioneered their US approach in Scotland is set to take its next step towards transforming education around the world, as it rolls-out its innovative...
Fifty-eight schools across Falkirk to benefit from enhanced wireless network connectivity
Fifty-eight schools across the Falkirk area will benefit from enhanced connectivity after the local council penned a deal with Virgin Media Business to boost digital learning. The multi-year deal with...
Global release of next generation games consoles
Microsoft Corporation this week unveiled what it calls “the next generation of gaming” with the launch of the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S. The launch came via a...
Gaming – more than just fun
The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted global economies, forcing whole sectors to close down. It has, however, had one ‘positive’ side-effect – the rapid adoption of digital technology in education. The lockdown...
‘Buoyant’ tech industry must continue to attract talent during pandemic, says skills agency digital chair
BY ROSS TUFFEE Ross Tuffee was recently appointed as the new chair of the Digital Technologies Skills Group, an SDS, industry and public sector partnership created to promote digital skills in...
Scottish local authority completes ‘accelerated’ rollout of digital tech to every secondary pupil
All secondary school pupils in a Scottish council area have been issued with a Chromebook device as the local authority continues its rollout of digital technology – which has been...

