Our Events for the Data Education in Schools program aims to deliver a wide range of information about data science and digital literacy to teachers. Events will take the form of seminars, live interactive lessons and professional discussions all held online.

Recordings of past events  (where available) can be accessed via the event pages below.

Current events

Time: 08:30 am

Day of Data Teachers Edition: Data across the curriculum (primary teachers)

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.

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Time: 08:30 am

Day of Data Teachers Edition: BGE and beyond (secondary teachers)

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.

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Time: 10:30 am

Data Skills Live ‘Code Your Own Data Selfie’

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

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Time: 11:00 am

Interactive Lesson: Use data science to reduce your school’s CO2 footprint

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.

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Day of Data

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.

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Time: 11:00 am

Defend the Rhino (IoT Schools)

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.

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Time: 02:00 pm

Data In Schools Industry Mentors

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

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Time: 11:00 am

Data Skills Live: Use Data Science to reduce your school’s carbon footprint

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.

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Time: 02:00 pm

Data Skills Live: Use 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.

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Time: 04:00 pm

Digital and Data Champions Edinburgh Award (information session)

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

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Time: 10:00 am

Defend the Rhino with Ada.Scot

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.

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Time: 11:00 am

Data Skills Live: Data Selfie

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.

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