Category: Education & Skills

Amazon has launched a programme to get children and young adults from low income backgrounds in Scotland into computer science. The tech giant wants to ‘inspire, educate and enable’ pupils...

One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions – part of Eurofins Digital Testing – is encouraging Scottish students to consider software testing...

More than 400 schoolchildren have been given access to the latest iPads as part of a £16m investment into digital technology. Selkirk High School is just the first of nine high...

Scotland’s national digital skills academy has announced the first industry partners to join its new Highlands campus. Companies which have joined CodeClan’s campus partner programme get early access to students...

Primary school children have signed up to a rainfall data-gathering volunteer programme – to help national environmental monitoring efforts. Children from Bridge of Allan primary school near Stirling will capture...

The University of the Highlands & Islands has joined forces with IBM to launch a BSc (Hons) degree in applied software development to address a growing skills gap. Available entirely...

Government ministers have agreed to plough an additional £10m into a nationwide skills fund – to prepare workers for ’emerging challenges’ including Brexit, the rapid advance of technology and the...

CodeClan, Scotland’s national digital skills academy and Eden Scott, the digital technology recruitment specialist have signed a strategic partnership to create a career pipeline for CodeClan graduates. The new partnership...

A Scottish digital skills charity has launched the latest £75k funding round in support of extracurricular activities that boost interest in computing and technology among young people across Scotland. This...