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June 10, 2015
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Bank of Scotland £5 design challenge

  Register today for the Bank of Scotland £5 design challenge, a unique art and design competition for budding designers aged 4-14. The Bank of Scotland £5 design challenge celebrates Bank of Scotland’s partnership with BBC Children in Need. The challenge asks … Continue reading

June 9, 2015
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RSC – Fantastic Plastics lecture

Fantastic Plastics lecture (Free) Following sell-out tours of the UK, Fantastic Plastics is returning to Glasgow and Edinburgh! To book places for your students, email ChemNet@rsc.org Dates and Location: Wed 2nd Sept 2015, 10.30-11.30am or 1.30-2.30pm, Edinburgh Napier University. Thur … Continue reading

June 5, 2015
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RSC: A Future in Chemistry

A Future in Chemistry is a careers site from the Royal Society of Chemistry. When it comes to job prospects students aged between 11 and 19 have a lot of decisions to make; subject choices, work experience, the best university … Continue reading

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 13, 2015
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National Primary and Early Years Science Network 1st 2nd June 2015

Education Scotland held a series of conversation days with the Scottish education community throughout 2013/2014 to develop a shared, partnership approach to improving 3-18 science education. We also hosted a dedicated primary and early years science conversation day in August … 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

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