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...
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...

