Commencing 4 May, and lasting three weeks, the University of Glasgow is running a MOOC on data science for educators. The course is available on FutureLearn and is free. Here’s some information about it. ’Teaching Data Science’ is a three week MOOC, designed by University of Glasgow, sponsored by The Data Lab, hosted on FutureLearn. It’s aimed at educators, empowering them to include data science activities in their learning design. We introduce Python coding, data visualization and interpretation with interactive…

I recently posted information about the planned review of a number of Higher National awards in Computing. I’m pleased to let you know that we’re commencing this large development by reviewing HNC Computing. We plan to update five HN qualifications in total but it makes sense to commence with the HNC because this forms the first year of the HNDs. HNC Computing HND Computer Science HND Data Science HND Networking & Infrastructure HND Software Development. A Qualification Development Team (QDT)…