Computing Science Summary Report: Scottish Government Computing Science Meeting Series: March 2026

Annex E: Meeting Group Members and Stakeholder Engagement

Representatives from the following organisations attended the series of meetings:

• Gillian Milne, Association for Directors of Education Scotland (ADES)
• Andy Harvey, Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)
• Brian Clark, Education Scotland
• Kirsty McFaul, Education Scotland
• Pauline Walker, School Leaders Scotland (SLS)
• Scottish Government Science and Technology in the Curriculum Policy Officials
• Brendan McCart, Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science (STACS)
• Toni Scullion, STACS
• Greg Reid, Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA, now Qualifications Scotland)
• Kevin Reid, SSERC
• Callum Croughan, Primary Teacher
• Darren Brown, Secondary Teacher
• Greg McDowall, Head Teacher.

Presenters at the meetings included some of the group representatives and the following guests:

• Scottish Government, Education Workforce Policy Officials on: Scottish Government Teacher Workforce Data and Trends.
• Dr Clare Smith, University of Glasgow on: The Skyscanner Braided Careers Programme
• Scottish Government, Digital Learning Policy Officials on: Scottish Government’s Digital Vision.
• Robbie Paterson, Senior Qualifications Manager, SQA (now Qualifications Scotland) on: the Future of SQA and Attainment data for qualifications.
• Jack Walker, St. George’s School on: The Fearless Women in Computing Event
• Karen Meechan, ScotlandIS: Industry Insights for Education.

Further engagement was also carried out with Initial Teacher Education providers, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIE), Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), and the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTC Scotland).