New action plan puts cyber skills ‘at the heart of learning and development’
Widening awareness of cyber resilience and developing a strong pool of talent skilled in cyber security will be at heart of improving resilience to online and digital threats, the Scottish…
Scottish ‘cyber bus’ initiative inspires young people into online security careers
Hitting the road this week is a new cyber skills initiative making its way around Scotland, visiting schools up and down the country by bus. The Cyber Bus, supported by the Scottish…
National Digital Learning Week 2018: save the date!
National Digital Learning Week (NDLW) takes place 14 – 18 May. NDLW is an annual Education Scotland event where teachers and learners from schools are encouraged to take part in…
Aberdeen part of EU collaboration to increase mobile tech use in higher education
Representatives from the University of Aberdeen School of Education visited Lisbon during the last two weeks as part of an EU funded project looking at the use of mobile technologies…
Edinburgh University launches 30 fellowships in data-driven innovation
Edinburgh University has announced plans to appoint 30 Chancellor’s Fellowships in data innovation. The appointments are part of the university’s commitment to the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region…
School pupils across the Highlands urged to ‘channel their inner Alan Turing’
School pupils across the Highlands are being given the opportunity to channel their inner Alan Turing as they step into the shoes of a forensic computer analyst to encrypt and decrypt top-secret…
48 hours in Elgin could be a game-changer for emerging developers
Teams of emerging game developers are being invited to sign up to one of Scotland’s most exciting industry events and create a new digital or board game over one intensive…
Prime Minister announces £20m Institute of Coding – but Scottish universities are left out in the cold
The next generation of digital specialists will be created through a new Institute of Coding, the UK Government has announced – a consortium of universities, businesses and industry experts are…
EduTech co-founded by Heriot-Watt graduate receives $1m Bitcoin donation
A non-profit, co-founded by a Heriot-Watt graduate, has received an anonymous donation of $1m from one of the world’s largest holders of Bitcoin. Quill, which helps children become better writers,…
Research partnership to promote STEM learning in prisons
Ground-breaking public engagement programme Cell Block Science, led by researchers at the University of St Andrews to deliver informal science learning to prisoners, receives £150k Wellcome Trust funding to roll-out…
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