News
30.11.20
Support for Industry volunteers
Craig, Judy and Kate from the Data Education in Schools team have produced videos to support industry volunteers or STEM Ambassadors working with school learners. The short videos cover topics like what to expect from your first visit, basics of child protection, an overview of the Scottish computing curriculum, answering…
News
20.11.20
Discovering the NPA in Data Science and new guides
Educators from all over Scotland and beyond gathered together last week to find out about the National Progression Award in Data Science and the new Educator and Learner Guides. Presenting the webinar, we had the authors of the guides, Kate Farrell (University of Edinburgh) and Jo Watts (Effini) talking about…
News
12.11.20
Data Skills Live: where computer science meets theatre
On 4th Nov we ran our first Data Skills Live Lesson where 350 learners came together from 15 Scottish local authorities to defend the rhino and learn some new data skills in the process. If you’re new to the idea of a live lesson on YouTube, don’t worry we will…