Award of Digital Xtra Fund to 12 Projects for Extracurricular Computing Science Activities in Scotland

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The Skills Development Scotland Co.

Limited awarded a contract to Forth Valley College, Fife College, Argyll and Bute Council, Glasgow Science Centre, West College Scotland, ComputerXplorers, College Development Network, Raspberry Pi Foundation, Dundee and Angus College, and SCD for the Digital Xtra Fund, which supports organisations providing extracurricular computing science activities to young people aged 16 and under across Scotland.

£250,000 was awarded to 12 projects, including activities such as using wildlife cameras with Raspberry Pi computers to teach coding, coding through local libraries, and a forensic investigation project.

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