Category: 2025CLPLeventweeks

Innovation Week 2025

Scotland’s first National Innovation Week will take place later this year, Business Minister Richard Lochhead has announced today.

Taking place from Monday 22 September to Friday 26 September, it will celebrate Scotland’s proud legacy of innovation while showcasing the country’s global leadership in pioneering the transformative technologies and industries of the future.

The week will highlight events and roundtables happening all over the country, celebrating the very best Scotland’s technology ecosystem has to offer – from groundbreaking work in AI and fintech to leading innovations in health tech and climate tech.  ScotlandIS have reached out to their partners to offer opportunities for schools to take part in live lessons to spark innovation in learners and in the classroom!

 

Join In – LIVE LESSONS – 23rd September 2025

Join one or more of the live lessons for innovation week with your class on Tuesday 23rd September

10am Design a Pet Supplies App

In this interactive workshop, Mark Rodger from Telefonica Tech will work with students to understand some of the roles and methods used in designing an app, inviting the students to brainstorm and come up with some great ideas for their very own pet supplies app.  This workshop is based on identifying the concepts and considerations for an app and does not include any technical coding or actual creation of the app itself.  This makes it easy for anyone to get involved and only requires the following resources:

  • A4 Paper (one or two sheets per student)
  • Flipchart/A1 sheet of paper (one per team)
  • Coloured pens/pencils
  • Blu-tac or Sellotape

 

 

This workshop is best targeted at P6/P7/S1/S2 students.  Please note that students should be split into teams of 3 or 4 where possible and that teacher interaction will be required during the workshop, to support the students as they will be asked to perform some activities in the classroom as part of the workshop.

This session will be interactive and pupils will need:

  • A4 paper and pens to support a class discussion and writing their answers to the career quiz.
  • A paper copy of the quiz will be available for teachers to support the pupils locally.

Register for Design a Pet Supplies Live Lesson

11am Tech In Finance

Join Mags Moore from Sopra Steria for this informative session (aimed at P5 and up) pupils on Tech In Finance. In this session pupils will learn:

  • What FinTech is and discuss where technology is used to save, move and manage money
  • Explore potential careers and via a fun quiz learn which career they might enjoy
  • Learn about the use of AI in FinTech
  • Have the chance to ask questions

 

This session will be interactive and pupils will need:

  • A4 paper and pens to support a class discussion and writing their answers to the career quiz.
  • A paper copy of the quiz will be available for teachers to support the pupils locally.

Register for Tech In Finance Live Lesson

2pm Tech In Finance

Step into the world of coding with a fun, hands-on session designed especially for curious minds aged 8–12. In just 30 minutes, you’ll learn how to turn simple ideas into real mini-apps that run on your phone or computer. No heavy setup, no boring theory — just creativity, play, and instant results!

We’ll build exciting projects like a Drawing Pad where you can sketch with your finger and save your artwork, and an Emoji Story Generator that sparks your imagination with random emoji prompts. By the end of the session, you’ll not only have your own apps to share with friends but also the confidence to see coding as a tool for creativity and fun.

✨ No prior coding experience needed — just bring your imagination and a sense of play!

Register for Vibe Coding Live Lesson

 

More Events for Innovation Week

The centrepiece will be a Summit taking place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Thursday 25th September, in parallel with ScotlandIS’ ScotSoft Conference, and bring together industry and academia to drive forward shared ambitions and achieve global presence.

As the delivery partner for the Summit and Innovation Week, ScotlandIS CEO Karen Meechan stated: “Scotland has all the ingredients to be a global technology leader – a rich heritage of innovation, a culture that embraces bold thinking, and academic firsts in cyber and technology-related university degrees. We’re not always the best at shouting about how good we are but Scotland’s first Innovation Week and Summit is a chance to change that, to shine a much-needed spotlight on our world-class ideas and capabilities, and to attract the investment and talent that will power our digital future.”

Scotland’s National Innovation Strategy sets out four key areas to capitalise on competitive advantage:

  • advanced manufacturing
  • energy transition
  • health and life sciences
  • data and digital technologies

The Business Minister visited ONE BioHub in Aberdeen, which aims to double the number of life sciences businesses in the north east by 2028.

Mr Lochhead said:

“Scotland is a nation of inventors, creators and problem solvers. We invented the steam engine and the television, and discovered penicillin. Today we stand at the forefront of the next wave of transformative technologies which not only offer immense potential for economic growth but also powerful tools to tackle the global challenges of our time – from healthcare and energy to climate change.

“Companies across Scotland are speeding up the development of new drugs and medicines through automation, pioneering the energy systems of the future and developing the space and satellite technology to help tackle climate change – to give just a few examples.

“It is essential that we seize these opportunities to benefit both our economy and society. Scotland’s first National Innovation Week marks a pivotal moment to turn ambition into action and cement our place as a truly global innovation nation.”

More details via the National Innovation Week website coming soon. Find out more about ScotSoft 2025 here

Digital Creators Week 2026

Digital Creators Week is an opportunity for learners to put their digital skills to use and create content in a variety of media forms. This week of action packed live lessons will run during the week of 11th May 2026.

The week will be a mixture of sessions delivered by our partner providers and digilearn.scot team members.

Specific sessions are TBC and we will share updates as and when they become available.

Cyber Scotland Week 2026

CyberScotlandWeek invites individuals, organisations and communities across Scotland to raise awareness of cyber security and strengthen our collective cyber resilience. It is organised by CyberScotland Partnership, who are a collaboration of key stakeholders brought together by the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Unit, with the aim of raising cyber security awareness and building Scotland-wide cyber resilience.

This year’s theme will be shared in due course.

Through a series of curriculum live lessons, sharing practice, and professional learning sessions during the week, CyberScotland Week aims to educate, support, and empower schools, educators, learners, and organisations with the knowledge and tools to stay secure online.

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Scottish Games Fest 2025

We are excited to be supporting Scottish Games Fest throughout September 2025.

There will be a range of sessions from ES and partners each week, including:

  • game playing
  • game making
  • esports
  • learning with and through games
  • careers
  • resources and training for educators

There will be regular updates as dates are confirmed.

Select an event on the calendar to find out more about it or scroll down the page for links to each event page.

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These videos have been created and shared by partners in addition to LIVE lessons and webinars. They can be used with children and young people or as CLPL by educators.

ES GamesFest LIVE lesson: Into Film Games Lite Workshop 2

Join the Into Film education team for a LIVE lesson aimed at upper primary children. In this lesson they will use their Games Lite resources to apply learners’ knowledge of game narratives and structure to curricular topics. Young people will develop cross-curricular literacy skills through a tried and tested framework… Read more

PHASE25 Esports Conference, 26th September Edinburgh

Are you running, or interested in running, esports in your setting? Join Phase25 at Murrayfield stadium, and explore the dynamic intersection of academia and esports, emphasising the profound impact of integrating esports into educational curricula. This conference will highlight how esports can be leveraged as a powerful tool for cultivating… Read more

Scottish Games Fest School Games Jam 2025

Register with us to let us know you’re taking part in the games jam   Mini Game Jam (Non-digital)   Read more

Scottish Games Fest School Games Jam 2025

Register with us to let us know you’re taking part in the games jam   Mini Game Jam (Non-digital)   Read more

Scottish Games Fest School Games Jam 2025

Register with us to let us know you’re taking part in the games jam   Mini Game Jam (Non-digital)   Read more

Scottish Games Fest School Games Jam 2025

Register with us to let us know you’re taking part in the games jam   Mini Game Jam (Non-digital)   Read more

Involve your ELC/P1 & 2 in Scottish Games Festival

Throughout September 2025  we will be celebrating all things gaming – playing, making and learning about them. What might this look like for our younger learners at early level? What games can children play? Are the games “open” or “closed”? Can children self direct the play or does the game direct… Read more

Learning & Teaching with Digital

To kick-off the 2025 – 26 academic session, we will be hosting a number of opportunities in August and September for staff, schools, and senior leaders. Some of the sessions will cover the following:

  • Digital Schools Award
  • Teacher Digital Skills Toolkit
  • Planning and delivering a Digital Strategy 

These sessions are designed to enhance the learning & teaching experiences with digital in schools.

Once sessions are established, we will update this page with links to the events.