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: 11:00 am

Data Skills Live: Defend the Rhino

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.

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Time: 04:00 pm

Tune Into Data!

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

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Time: 04:00 pm

Physical Fitness and the Pandemic: what the data can tell your learners

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

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Time: 07:00 pm

Dive into Data Science with the new NPA

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

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Time: 04:00 pm

Knowledge Sharing Community

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

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Time: 04:00 pm

How to Defend the Rhino – PREVIEW Data Science Live Lesson

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

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