Highland Council puts students and teachers at heart of learning with Google for Education
When Highland Council schools wanted to better meet the four focus areas of Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence – to enable each student to be a successful learner, confident individual, responsible…
Proptech start-up Beringar senses big opportunity for NHS property
The NHS’s 500-million sq. ft. estate could be on the verge of an Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, following the development of a new sensing technology by a Scottish property…
CodeClan graduates boost Scotland’s growing FinTech sector
Graduates of CodeClan, the digital skills academy, are boosting Scotland’s growing financial technology sector by filling roles with both traditional banking and younger disruptive organisations. In recent months, 20 CodeClan…
BT signs up to support digital skills charity making computing science accessible to young people
Skills charity the Digital Xtra Fund has partnered with BT to help make computing science activities available to young people in Scotland and is calling on other businesses to follow…
Stirling Student scoops top industry award for patient data work
A University of Stirling student has won a prestigious industry award for her data analysis project with NHS National Services Scotland. Anita George scooped the top accolade at the Data…
Glasgow University historians use Minecraft to help school children engage with history of slavery.
Historians at the University of Glasgow have launched a computer representation of 18th century plantations in Minecraft to help school children engage with the history of slavery. Nelson Mundell, former…
More than half of UK senior executives planning Blockchain but few have skills
Businesses say they lack the skills to implement Blockchain initiatives. A survey of more than 200 board level UK executives found that while over half of businesses sampled are planning…
Edge Academy turns former Strathclyde Police officer into a software tester
Edge Testing Solutions is continuing to build its senior team with a slew of promotions in Scotland, including James McLean, a former police officer and graduate of the software testing company’s…
Cross Creative training programme open for applications
Glasgow-based training provider TRCmedia has today (11th October) opened applications for its flagship training programme for senior creative/tech professionals in Scotland’s thriving digital media sector. Running from November 2017 to…
HWU PhD student combines tech and ancient tracking to help save the cheetah
A life scientist from the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at Heriot Watt University is investigating whether technology can be combined with the ancient tracking skills of Namibian hunter-gatherers to help save the cheetah…
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