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June 2, 2015
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Accessing GLOW in Edinburgh and other authorities using SharePoint

          Colleagues in Edinburgh and other authorities using Microsoft SharePoint sometimes have issues accessing GLOW. Below is some advice from the Digital Learning and Teaching team at Scottish Government. User names and passwords are a school/ … Continue reading

May 28, 2015
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Vacancies – Sciences Development Officers

Secondment opportunities Duration: 23 months Education Scotland seeks to appoint Development Officers to work in partnership with colleagues from across the education system, Scottish Government and other national organisations to develop, promote and support effective and innovative approaches within their … Continue reading

May 25, 2015
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Rocket Science lifts off!

RHS boldly goes where none have gone before, turning half a million UK children into space biologists. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Campaign for School Gardening has partnered with the UK Space Agency to embark on an innovative educational project, … Continue reading

May 25, 2015
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Monitoring Climate from Space

Explore our planet from space and learn how Earth observation is used to monitor climate change, with this free online course. About the course It is increasingly essential for us to study climate change across the planet at the highest … Continue reading

May 22, 2015
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Recruitment – Sciences Development Officers

Education Scotland is looking to recruit two DOs to help us take forward our ambitious programme of support for 3-18 sciences. Development Officer (DO) Dates: Apply by 07/06/2015 Location: Any Education Scotland Office Contract type: Full Time Contract term: 23 … Continue reading

May 11, 2015
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A Rough Guide to Types of Scientific Evidence – Compound Interest

    This infographic looks at science in general, rather than just chemistry. It’s in a similar vein to the Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science posted last year, but this time looking at the hierarchy of different types of … Continue reading

May 11, 2015
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Sciences Open Day – 28th May 2015

  Moffatt Academy, Dumfries and Galloway 10am to 3pm, Sciences Open Day – 28th May 2015. We are pleased to announce that Moffatt Academy has kindly agreed to host our next sciences open day event. This professional learning event presents … Continue reading

May 11, 2015
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How studying science can lead to winning a BAFTA

By Karen Hornby, Science Specialist, National STEM Centre. “I don’t like science. My favourite subject is English.” “I don’t need science. I want a job in journalism or creative media.” We’ve all heard comments like this, but how do we … Continue reading

April 28, 2015
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Institute of Physics: Project Officers Improving Gender Balance

      Project Officers, IGB Scotland Department: Education Location: Scotland – Central Belt and Fife Salary:£38,570 p/a (pro-rata) We are looking for two full time equivalent Project Officers to implement the successful delivery of a new pilot programme working … Continue reading

April 21, 2015
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Dundee Cancer Centre and Dundee Science Centre Science Learning Institute

Throughout the last term Dundee Science Centre’s STEM Learning Team have visited 10 secondary schools across Dundee, Fife, Perth and Kinross and Angus with Dr Stephen Watt of the Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre, University of Dundee. The team took groups … Continue reading

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