Category Archives: Global Citizenship

Simple Acts 2013 – Cook a Dish from Another Country

For 2013, we have chosen four simple acts, which we think are great ways for the pupils in your school to get involved. They fit in perfectly with Curriculum for Excellence,the theme of heritage for Refugee Week Scotland 2013, and are great fun too!

In this Glow Meet students will be able to cook along with a Scottish Refugee Council representative. The dish will be a simple recipe from another country. As well as baking the dish, students will learn about the country the dish comes from.

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Resource Calendar

MARCH

The events in this calendar are celebrations, awareness days and action weeks covering topical issues relevant for schools. The calendar includes details of websites and support materials related to each event. These resources can assist in planning activities for learners.

Events in March include Climate week (4-10 March), World Book Day (7 March), International Women’s Day (8 March) and Commonwealth Day (11 March).

Sport your trainers for Glasgow 2014

You and your school are invited to Sport Your Trainers on Commonwealth Day, 11 March 2013.   Sport Your Trainers is a national campaign which asks people to wear their trainers as a symbolic gesture of support for Glasgow 2014.

This is just the first step: the Games provides a platform for learning across the curriculum, with a range of potential activities to best suit your teaching and learning needs

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Scottish Learning Festival 2013 – could your school be involved?

The Scottish Learning Festival 2013 will take place on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 September in the SECC, Glasgow.  The theme for SLF 2013 is Raising the Bar in Scotland – Transforming Lives through Learning.

The Global Citizenship Team would love to showcase some of the excellent work taking place in Scottish schools on the theme of children’s rights, global citizenship, pupil voice, sustainability and outdoor learning. If your school has ideas and interesting practice to share then we’d like to encourage you to propose a seminar.

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Eric Liddell China Saltire Scholarships

80 students will receive a £5,000 scholarship to strengthen links between China and Scotland in celebration of one of Scotland’s greatest ever Olympians.

The Eric Liddell China Saltire Scholarships will be available to Chinese students applying for a masters degree at the University of Edinburgh, where Eric Liddell studied. They will also be available to undergraduate students at the University of Edinburgh studying for a year abroad in China.  The scholarships will help to build on the existing economic and educational links between Scotland and China.

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Cultural Exchange opportunit​y in Los Angeles for socially-e​ngaged emerging leaders

The British Council has established an exchange programme in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), which aims to facilitate creative partnerships between emerging leaders in cultural practice for social action in UK and LA.  We are offering three grants of around $6500 each to support socially-engaged emerging cultural leaders from the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) to undertake residencies of two to three weeks with one or more host organization(s) in Los Angeles. Attached is a PDF with full guidelines for this opportunity.
 
The residencies will take place in the City’s 2013-14 fiscal year, starting July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2014. This is the second part of an exchange program that has seen three Los Angeles based cultural leaders undertake residencies in the UK during the 2012-13 fiscal year.

 All applications need to be in by 15 March.

UK DCA Pilot Phase 2 Guidelines

Dana MacLeod | Head of Arts | British Council Scotland | Waverley Gate (Fourth Floor), 2-4 Waterloo Place | Edinburgh | EH1 3EG
T +44(0)131 524 5723 | BCTN 024 5723 | M +44(0)7899 061 060 | Edana.macleod@britishcouncil.org |

The Big Pedal (28 February – 20 March 2013)

 
Sustrans invites schools to register for this free competition. The Big Pedal will be taking place from the 28 February to 20 March 2013.

It is a ‘cycle and scoot to school competition that all schools can benefit from taking part in’.

If schools do not want to commit to the whole event they can choose to join in one or all of the three daily stages.

Find out ‘How it works’

Win a Visit from Clyde, the Glasgow 2014 Mascot

Clyde – Glasgow 2014’s official mascot – has been busy visiting local communities over the last few months to let everyone know more about the Commonwealth Games and in the New Year he is keen to visit as many schools as he can.  And your school or establishment can win a visit through Game On Scotland, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games education programme.  If you want to find out what Clyde and his creator Beth Gilmour have been up to over the last year watch the short film ‘My year with Clyde’.

Find out more here!