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Digital Xtra is a registered charity whose goal is for every young person in Scotland to have access to innovative, meaningful, and creative extracurricular computing and AI activities regardless of their gender, background, or where they live.
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University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)
University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) will be building on their previous grant awards by developing a ‘Lend a Lab’ digital resource box to share with educators at schools and libraries across northern Scotland as well as with the public at community led science festivals.
The Nicolson Institute
The Nicolson Institute in the Western Isles will be introducing a LEGO Robotics Club using the EV3 LEGO Mindstorms robots.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology, in partnership with Energy Skills Partnership Scotland, will be expanding the delivery of FIRST LEGO League Jr in Dumfries & Galloway, East Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders
Stronsay Junior High School
Stronsay Junior High School will lead on the development of after school STEM clubs for the remote, isolated communities on the North Isles of Orkney.
Shetland College UHI
Shetland College UHI will be engaging with local primary schools and community groups through a series of outreach programmes to excite and stimulate children to learn about technology and STEM careers.
Scottish Council for Development & Industry
Scottish Council for Development & Industry’s Young Engineers and Science Clubs (YESC) is the Scottish delivery partner for the VEX IQ Challenge, the world’s largest robotics competition.
Riverside Primary School
Riverside Primary School is setting up an extracurricular STEM Club to help inspire young people to learn advanced digital technologies skills through high quality, exciting extracurricular activities.
Rayne North School
Support from Digital Xtra Fund will enable the club to purchase additional laptops and increase capacity at their popular after school club by around 40%.
Moray College UHI
Moray College UHI and their industry partners will deliver three interconnected workshops four times each for young people S1 – S3.
Maisondieu Primary School
Maisondieu Primary School in Angus will develop after school ‘Digi-Clubs’ and other family learning extracurricular activities using robots to teach coding to primary age children.
King’s Park Primary School
Using UBTECH Astrobot Cosmos Kits, King’s Park Primary School in Glasgow will create a series of high quality, exciting extracurricular ‘Build and Code’ clubs for their pupils.
Inverbrothock Primary School
‘The Great Inver Robotics Off’ by Inverbrothock Primary School in Angus will be an after school club for girls and identified pupils and their families from across the six First Level classes.
Heart of Midlothian Football Club
Heart of Midlothian Football Club will be expanding their range of free digital education programmes for young people with the addition of an App Development Club for young people in S1 and S2.
Harrysmuir Primary School
Harrysmuir Primary School will upskill both educators and learners by creating a series of fun, engaging and diverse learning experiences.
Glasgow Gaelic School
Glasgow Gaelic School will develop a new High Flyers after school coding club based on drone technology.
Game Doctor
Game Doctor is a Scottish-based games studio that develops educational games on science and healthcare.
