September 30, 2015
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At this year’s Scottish Learning Festival Dr Alasdair Allan, Minister for Learning, Science, and Scotland’s Languages, MSP launched a consultation on the development of a Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy for Scotland. Digital technology has rich potential to support education … Continue reading
September 24, 2015
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The Scottish Government will launch a campaign to encourage more teachers to enter the teaching profession, the Education Secretary announced at the Scottish Learning Festival in Glasgow on Wednesday 23 September 2015. The recruitment campaign will particularly focus on attracting … Continue reading
September 22, 2015
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The National STEM Centre has teamed up with the National Science Learning Network to provide tailored CPD activities from across the UK. Details of the activities on offer can be found here.
August 10, 2015
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Twig and Tigtag Announcement We are pleased to announce that Twig and Tigtag have been procured, through competitive tender, by Education Scotland for a further 12 months through to July 2016. As a result, these award-winning online resources will … Continue reading
May 25, 2015
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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
April 20, 2015
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This infographic into the realm of biochemistry, with a look at the chemical structure of DNA, and its role in creating proteins in our cells. Of course, it’s not just in humans that DNA is found – it’s present in … Continue reading
August 26, 2014
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Fully functional immune organ grown in mice from lab-created cells. Scientists have for the first time grown a complex, fully functional organ from scratch in a living animal by transplanting cells that were originally created in a laboratory. The advance … Continue reading
April 1, 2014
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What are the latest trends in design, technology, business and education? These issues and more will be debated in the Disruptive Innovation Festival, a four week long global event. Curated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the Festival provides a stage … Continue reading
February 14, 2014
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Rarely out of the news, energy supply and demand is an issue which affects all of us. However, the debate can become tiresome: complaints about the intermittency of wind turbines, the nuclear waste issue, to frack or not to frack… … Continue reading
January 11, 2013
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STEM Central contexts present ideal opportunities for an interdisciplinary approach to learning, and the learning journeys exemplify what IDL can look like in practice. STEM Central can be used in conjunction with Education Scotland’s recently published Curriculum for Excellence briefing … Continue reading
