Kate Farrell (Director of Curriculum Development and Professional Learning) and Tommy Lawson (Schools Technology Advisor) attended the NC Data Science Education Summit (24-25 October 2024) as invited speakers, nominated by Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E), a coalition created by the University of Chicago Center for RISC. The Summit unites practitioners from higher education, K-12, industry, and nonprofits to shape data-driven education in North Carolina. 

We are thrilled to announce the launch of a shiny new data-themed Escape Room: Undercover Mission in Norway!

For Computer Science Week 2024, we delivered an online Escape Room Live Lesson for upper primary/lower secondary students.

We are thrilled to have been awarded the Eric Liddell 100 Award! 

With Maths Week Scotland 2024 behind us, we can now look back at the fantastic data-themed activities that we delivered in partnership with Maths Week. 

With Maths Week Scotland 2024 behind us, we can now look back at the fantastic data-themed activities that we delivered in partnership with Maths Week. 

With Maths Week Scotland 2024 behind us, we can now look back at the fantastic data-themed activities that we delivered in partnership with Maths Week. 

Maths Week Scotland is a week of events and activities dedicated to the maths that is all around us, with special events throughout the year. The 2024 edition will take place Monday 23 September - Sunday 29 September around the theme "Maths Tales".

On the 28th May 2024, Data Education in Schools and Digital Skills Education welcomed a class of 24 students (P7) from Newcraighill Primary School to the University of Edinburgh for the Interactive Lesson Plug in the Numbers, delivered in a hybrid format for the first time. Six primary classes from the City of Edinburgh Council, East and West Lothian and Fife local authorities registered to attend online.