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04.02.26
New Scottish Government-funded Digital Education and AI Hub
We’re delighted to announce that we have joined the Scottish Government-funded Centre for Teaching Excellence as the newly established Digital Education and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Advancing Pedagogy Research Hub. The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CfTE) supports research and innovation in teaching practice for all children and young people with the aim of making Scotland a world-leader in…
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29.01.26
Judy Robertson wins the 2026 Suffrage Science Award in Computing
At a ceremony hosted in the Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building on the 26th January 2026, Professor Judy Robertson received a Suffrage Science Award in Computing. She was nominated by Dr Sue Sentence for her interdisciplinary approach to supporting young people’s understanding of AI and computing, and her leadership in supporting…
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28.01.26
Judy Robertson receives the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Teaching
Professor Judy Robertson, Chair in Digital Learning and academic director of Data Education in Schools, has been awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Teaching in recognition of the significant impact of her work on enhancing children’s education in computer science, data literacy and AI, and in engaging teachers in professional learning….
Data science will change how you see your subject. It will give you resources and ideas for your lessons and inspire your pupils
Teacher (4 Day data science course)
Event date
19/03/2026
AI in Secondary PL Session
In collaboration with Scottish Government and Education Scotland, we have developed a new curriculum framework for AI education in Scotland, as well as a set of high quality, cross-curricular resources for teaching with and about AI in Secondary. In this session you will get a chance to try out some…
Event date
17/03/2026
AI in Primary PL Session
Find out about how to introduce the topic of AI with your Primary learners. Discover simple, accessible activities that you can use straight away to help young people learn how different AI tools work and think critically about AI use. In collaboration with Scottish Government and Education Scotland, we have…
Event date
14/03/2026
STEP Conference (Scottish Teachers for Enhancing Practice)
The DES/TRAILS team are delivering two workshops at the National Education Conference for Scottish Teachers for Enhancing Practice (STEP). Workshop 1 – Saving the World with Data Data Literacy is the ability to ask questions, collect, analyse, interpret, and communicate stories about data. These are skills that all learners need to…