Against the backdrop of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, technology continues to drive change in the education sector.
FutureScot’s Further and Higher Education conference provides a crucial forum for stakeholders to examine how college and university can better equip themselves to lead their organisations through the digital transformation process, navigate the challenges posed by current disruptions, making them more competitive and agile in the process.
Through a series of high-level discussions, our expert speakers will share their experience and vision for the role of technology and transformation across the sector.
- Any time, any place anywhere: Virtual and distance learning – assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the further and higher education sector
- The role of technology-enhanced learning in boosting student engagement and the learning experience
- Supporting access and inclusion through technology: The value of analytics and contribution to the further and higher education sector in Scotland
- Cyber security: Resilience and risk management in further and higher education
- The fourth industrial revolution is here, but are we readying a digital workforce: Engaging employers as partners in curriculum design and delivery
- Transforming campuses to augment the student experience
- Harnessing technology to identify and reach new markets and recruit new students
- Supporting staff as they adapt their teaching to social distancing
EduTech Further & Higher provides a crucial forum for stakeholders across Scotland’s colleges and universities to examine how their organisations can better equip themselves to lead the digital transformation process.
Principal/ Vice Principal/ Deputy Principal
Learning Technologist
Head of Business
Director of Learning
Head of Data and Informatics
Head of ICT Services
Learning Resource & Technology Manager
Head of Integrated Technologies and Resource
Online Learning Specialist
Head of Student Engagement Platforms
eLearning Manager
Curriculum Head
Staff Learning Technologist
Head of Innovation and Partnership
Head of Learning and Teaching Enhancement
Head of Corporate Services
ICT Infrastructure Manager
ICT Coordinator
Curriculum Lead
Learning Manager
Director of Finance
Director of Information Services
Head of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Programme Leader
Head of Growth
E-learning and wed Design Manager
Student Service lead
Academic Lead Developer
Deputy Head of Education Enhancement
24/09/2020
National digital skills academy passes 1,000th graduate mark
Scotland’s national digital skills academy has passed 1,000 graduates as it prepares to celebrate its fifth birthday. Read.
03/07/2020
Safe return for all students to college and university
New guidance has been published to help Scotland’s colleges and universities prepare for a safe and phased return to campus. Read.
03/07/2020
AI set to deliver safer offshore work environments
A team of engineers from Heriot-Watt University’s, Smart Systems Group (SSG), say their ambitious project will protect lives and help prevent offshore disasters. Read.
03/07/2020
University of Glasgow’s receives £1m from the Wolfson Foundation for work on quantum and nanotechnology
The University of Glasgow is to benefit from a £1m award from the Wolfson Foundation for its work on Quantum and Nanotechnology which will be a key focus of its new Research Hub in the Western campus. Read.
26/06/2020
Data scientists assist NHS Lanarkshire manage intensive care bed demand
Data scientists at the University of Strathclyde helped NHS Lanarkshire to predict and manage hospital bed capacity for COVID-19 patients during the most critical phase of the current pandemic. Read.
26/06/2020
Virtual field trip first for students
Geology students at Heriot-Watt are participating in what is believed to be a first for the University – a fully virtual field trip. Read.
26/06/2020
Heriot Watt ‘future made for success’ programme launches
Heriot-Watt University and leading businesses from a range of sectors have formed a unique global collaboration which aims to drive economic recovery while addressing the challenges faced by this year’s graduates. Read.
26/06/2020
Immersive technology for teaching and learning piloted via existing video-conference software
The University of Glasgow and leading Scottish immersive technology company Sublime have combined virtual reality learning and video conferencing to help improve students’ remote teaching experience during the Covid-19 crisis. Read.
12/06/2020
City of Glasgow College bringing together the UK’s leading literacy experts and software developers.
The college is developing a new smartphone app as part of its ground-breaking City Phonics programme for adult literacy learners. Read.
Covid-19 Notice
The health and wellbeing of our stakeholders are of paramount importance, we have therefore placed health and safety at the heart of all of our conference planning.
As well as continually monitoring UK and Scottish Government advice on events, we are actively engaging with key authorities and conference partners to ensure each conference is delivered in a controlled manner, in a sanitised conference venue environment managed by event industry professionals and adhering to the very latest guidance. All participants will be provided with our health and safety guidance in advance and during the conference.
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