Exporting sunshine to Africa
Alan Turing’s legacy brings a computer classroom to MalawiIt’s 12.30pm and for once the Edinburgh weather is being kind: not sunny, but it’s not raining. In a tiny courtyard in...
Digital tech to support learning
Aims to develop skills for lifeChildren and teachers will be supported to work more with digital tools in the classroom, said Deputy First Minister John Swinney. The Scottish Government unveiled...
3D ‘atlas’ of human body published
Physical book generates hologramsVisualisation company Holoxica has created the world’s first holographic 3D digital human anatomy atlas, allowing teaching hospitals, medical schools, colleges and research centres a unique view of...
Meet Marty: he can walk and dance – and teach you coding
The robot wars are about to heat up as Edinburgh inventor Alexander Enoch takes his creation to the booming worldwide educational toy marketIt’s hard not to have a soft spot...
Please miss, can we design some more?
A national schools challenge could be launched by V&A Dundee when it opens in 2018A school desk that generates electricity from the restless energy of children, an anti-bullying robot, a...
Anticipating the shape of things to come
Girl Geek Scotland launches mentoring programmeCareers in digital technology have rarely been straightforward. In my working life we have seen the arrivalof the home PC; the domination of the web...
Programming internship for Scots school pupils
Lockheed Martin is taking on 10 paid interns this summer, at its offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, in a partnership with Career Ready UK. Career Ready helps school children...
Case study: RailCode
The increasing skills gap in the technology sector has often been highlighted by initiatives such as Code Club, Hour of Code – and recently the BBC micro:bit. However, all these...
Hey teacher, leave them kids alone. Why children are better off left to learn coding by themselves
The co-founder of a volunteer-staffed programming club explains why they take a different approach to the curriculum I hear discussions about who or what or how we should be teaching...
Hitting the road: a chance for young people to work in digital
Parents are the key to creating a technology talent pipelineScotland in 2016 is a hotbed of digital sector success stories. Global firms such as Skyscanner and Fanduel were launched in...
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