Russell Group Universities recognise Computing Qualifications as Essential / Useful for courses

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The  24 Russell Group universities, which include University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow, have released their “Informed Choices” guidance for Post-16 Education and Computing (and in the future Computing Science) […]

The inagrual Christmas lectures were held in December 2012 were a huge success with over 600 High school pupils in the 13-18 age range attending at very short notice. We […]

Hello,   Below are the details of the amazing speakers and workshops we have lined up for the Computing At School Scotland conference on Saturday 26th October.   It’s not […]

So many events coming up soon and we’re looking to get the word out to everyone who might want to participate.  Not all Computing teachers are on CompEdNet and some […]

The first event for PLAN C (Professional Learning And Networking in Computing) will be held in the Boyd Orr building at the University of Glasgow from 9am-5.30pm on Friday the […]

I am pleased to announce that the second annual conference of Computing At School Scotland will be held on Saturday 26th October 2013 at the University of Glasgow’s Wolfson Medical […]

Last week, Dr Alasdair Allan, Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages, announced funding for a programme of professional learning for Scottish computing teachers, amounting to £200,000 per year for […]

Just a little reminder that tomorrow is the first Computing At School Edinburgh Hub meeting. Michael Walmsley is the creator of Code Avengers, a web based system for teaching HTML, […]

The Cyber Security Challenge competition will give young people and teachers an idea of the kinds of problems modern Security professionals face and some of the skills young people need to join […]

You may not know this but SQA are working on qualifications on digital literacy and are currently engaged in a consultation exercise with stakeholders (that’s us!). This is for qualifications […]