Annual report showcases computing science education success

A Scottish Government-backed project which aims to boost the country's tech sector by putting computing science at the heart of children's education is celebrating its first year of activity. A Scottish Government-backed project which aims to boost the country's tech sector by putting computing science at the heart of children's education is celebrating its first year of activity. The Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science project , or STACS, has published its first annual review , highlighting its successes in providing support to computing science teachers across Scotland. STACS, led by computing science teachers Toni Scullion and Brendan McCart, was founded in 2022 in response to recommendations in the Scottish Government's Scottish Technology Ecosystem Review two years earlier. The review, authored by the Scottish Government's chief entrepreneur Mark Logan, made the case that the provision of high-quality computing science education at all levels is key to supporting the growth of the Scottish tech industry. Based at the University of Glasgow's Centre for Computing Science Education, STACS is supported by a reference group comprised of 12 computing science teachers and educational leaders in the computing science community across Scotland. Over the last 12 months, STACS developed a website that is a central hub for all things computing science at schools.