A fund has been launched dedicated to widening access to extra-curricular computing-related projects in Scotland. The Digital Xtra fund is worth £250,000 and can support educational projects ranging from coding, computing, web development and digital animation. Projects must involve young people in activities that develop computational thinking. The deadline for applications is June 17. Visit: http://bit.ly/1U6V5WJ
A string of notable names from the arts world have signed a letter in the Daily Telegraph calling on the government to abandon its plans for the “restrictive” English Baccalaureate. They are worried that the new Progress 8 league table measure combined with the government’s intention that most students should study EBacc subjects will put arts and creative subjects at risk. Among the almost 100 signatories are Julian Lloyd Webber, principal of the Birmingham Conservatoire, and Christopher Le Brun, president of the Royal Academy of Arts. See the letter at http://bit.ly/1WMaLp3
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