Equipping Scotland’s workforce for digital future in housing and healthcare
College lecturers from across Scotland have come together to produce a set of innovative new learning materials that combine speciality knowledge and insight on smart housing from three different sectors....
Quadcopter Challenge sees Fife schools compete to rule the skies
More than 200 school pupils from schools around Fife and Dundee have taken part in Glenrothes firm Raytheon’s fifth annual Quadcopter Challenge, under the theme of ‘Technology around the World’. Following...
Why are we still asking students to join lengthy queues or visit helpdesks when they get to university?
Young people have grown up with information and services at their fingertips. Hey Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, to name but a few. They pay with contactless systems on their devices...
Council expands preloved school clothing website to offer ‘click-and-collect’ service
A life-changing website offering families free access to preloved school clothing is now offering a new click-and-collect service at a Stirling supermarket. Earlier this year Stirling Council became the first...
CodeClan celebrates fourth birthday
Scotland’s national digital skills academy has trained up more than 800 people in software development and data analytics in four years. CodeClan, which is helping to fill the 13,000 annual...
Schools in Africa to benefit from used Scottish Government hardware
Education initiatives in Africa are set to benefit from used Scottish Government computer hardware. Schools, communities and education projects in sub-Saharan Africa are to receive used computer equipment from the...
CodeBase to help Stirling high school students develop their digital skills
Hundreds of students across Stirling will get the chance to develop their digital skills thanks to a sponsorship and support deal with fibre broadband specialist CityFibre. The Level:Up Schools Digital...
We need to create an army of ‘mini ambassadors’ to get kids interested in tech sector careers
Our regular exclusive column with the Chair of SDS’ Digital Technology Skills Group (DTSG) returns, with Hannah Malone standing in for Donald McLaughlin on this occasion. Hannah has been an...
High school teacher nominated for women in technology award
A high school teacher who significantly boosted the number of young girls taking computer science has been nominated for a ‘women in technology’ award. Shona McAlpine, who teaches Computing Science...
J.P. Morgan joins list of donors to Scottish digital skills charity
J.P. Morgan – the multibillion dollar US finance giant – has joined the list of donors to a Scottish digital skills charity which aims to train up the next generation...

