Past Events

A live lesson saving the rhino with data science.

Behind the Scenes – an explanation of Data Skills Live: Defend The Rhino for teachers, schools and computing science students.

Find out about delivering the NPA in Data Science in your school.

What data tells us about the importance of physical activity for learners during the pandemic.

Making data meaningful in the context of coronavirus.

Gain new skills & expertise and be part of a community of leaders in Scottish data education knowledge, skills, qualifications and careers.

You’ll use data science skills to analyse CCTV data from across a South African national park. Then create your own machine learning model that recognises images of poachers, and work together to catch them before it’s too late.

Music data and data music – tune in to find out more about the ways you can use music and data within the curriculum.

This event took place on 25th February 2021.

We look forward to welcoming Dr Annika Wolff, LUT University, on 24th March, 1-2pm.

Use data visualisation software to create an abstract drawing based on data you choose to share.

Dr Lyndsay Grant will draw on the ethnography of a secondary school, showing how educational data practices worked to predict, anticipate and intervene in pupils’ futures.

This session will look at how to ask questions about your community using existing Scottish census datasets.

Find out how to use Data Nation with your learners. Data Nation has been developed by EDINA, a centre for digital expertise at The University of Edinburgh, and combines official 2011 census data with contemporary and historical mapping.

Save the rhino with data science Data Skills Live: Defend The Rhino 🦏

Create your own abstract data-driven selfie Join our data science team to create a data-driven piece of digital art about the person you know best: you.

Have you ever pondered the pond life in your area, chewed over the challenges of plastic in the oceans, or ruminated on robotics for river cleaning?

Take part in this interactive data science activity with your class and use real data to investigate how renewable energy could reduce your school’s carbon footprint.

Join our data science team as we return once again to help stop a gang of rhino poachers. This session is designed for class teachers to bring their (P7-S4) learners to or for individuals to log in and play along.

A second chance to take part in this interactive data science activity with your class and use real data to investigate how renewable energy could reduce your school’s carbon footprint.

Find out more about the Digital and Data Champions Edinburgh Award at this first information session (University of Edinburgh Initial Teacher Education students only)

Young people from across the college partnership schools are invited to explore the world of data skills through a variety of fun activities in March 2022 at Edinburgh College, Fife College, West Lothian College and Borders College.

Find out more about becoming an Internet of Things/Data Skills Industry mentor for an Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region school.

Save the rhino with data science. This session is designed for class teachers to bring their (P7-S4) learners to or for individuals to log in and play along.

Join the Digital Skills Education team to create your own data selfie as part of the 2022 Edinburgh Science Festival.

Celebrate World Earth Day, which takes place in April, by using Data Science to reduce your school's carbon footprint. Take part in this interactive data science activity with your class and use real data to investigate how renewable energy could reduce your school’s carbon footprint.

Bringing together teachers who want to learn more about data literacy. Data literacy helps learners make informed decisions, solve everyday problems and understand the world around them.