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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…
News
09.01.26
Try our new Robot Cards!
We’re delighted to announce the release of our brand new Robot Cards for primary learners! The Data Education in Schools team have been developing this resource to give primary students an introduction to concepts in statistics and data analysis, and encourage learners to think about and gain an interest in…
News
16.12.25
Santa’s Secret Sensor
Last week, our colleagues from the IoT in Schools and Data Education in Schools teams delivered online sessions of Santa’s Secret Sensor to primary 4 – 7 classes from the southeast of Scotland. This activity was a festive spin on the programme’s well-established The Secret Sensor activity, in which learners are asked to locate a…
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 Primary. In this session you will get a chance to try out some hands-on…
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…