Two all female teams from West Lothian will be travelling to Singapore for the World Finals of the F1 in Schools STEM Challenge in September after winning at Silverstone.

Team AcceleRace from Linlithgow Academy have qualified for the World Finals by winning the National Championships Development Class while Velocity Racing from Inveralmond Community High School have also qualified as Scottish Champions Professional Class. Digital Xtra Fund was proud to support Inveralmond Community High School as one of this year’s digital skills initiatives, enabling them to become Scotland’s first F1 in Schools Centre for Excellence and engage pupils from secondary schools across Scotland who are keen to take part in the Challenge.

Read more about both teams and the importance of supporting fun and engaging STEM activities to inspire the next generation of Scottish digital makers and technologists in this week’s DIGIT.