Category Archives: Careers and Pathways

Art and Design, Careers and Pathways, Glow, Maths, Science, Teachers, Technologies, Young People

Glow TV – Structural engineer Roma Agrawal talks about her work – 25 April

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The Leaders Award for STEM

25 April 2014, 9.30

Register: http://bit.ly/1lPMcoB (Glow log-in required)

Roma Agrawal, an Associate Structural Engineer at WSP, will be talking to students about her career and her role in designing bridges, skyscrapers and sculptures with signature architects over her eight year career. She will then take questions from the students in the studio and logged in on Glow TV. Roma Agrawal is being interviewed to encourage students to engage with The Leaders Award for STEM. More information on this Glow TV event is on the Education Scotland Learning Blog.

Careers and Pathways, Education News, news, Teachers

Scottish College for Educational Leadership website launched

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The Scottish College for Educational Leadership website is now live at www.scelscotland.org.uk.  The site will be regularly updated over the coming months as developments progress.

As a core part of Teaching Scotland’s Future, the College will support leadership development at all levels for education practitioners across Scotland. The College’s vision is to support teachers and practitioners to make a difference through access to innovative and quality leadership programmes and services.

Website: www.scelscotland.org.uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamSCEL

Blog: http://engageforeducation.org/2013/06/margery-mcmahon-blog-the-scottish-college-for-educational-leadership/

Careers and Pathways, CfE, Interdisciplinary Learning, Partnerships, Teachers, Young People

Kids in Museums – Takeover Day Scotland 2013

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Takeover Day Scotland 2013

On 28 November Scotland’s museums are being taken over. Will you be inviting children and young people to be in charge of your museum?

Takeover Day Scotland is a celebration of children and young people’s contribution to museums, galleries and historic homes. It’s a day on which they are given meaningful roles, working alongside staff and volunteers to participate in the life of the museum.

Art and Design, Careers and Pathways, CfE, CPD, Glow, Maths, Science, Technologies

Glow Meet with the Queen’s Baton Designer

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In November two exciting Glow Meets around Technologies’ will focus on the Queen’s Baton and its design. Join us on Tuesday 5 November (4.00-4.45 pm) to learn more about how William Mitchell and his design team  at 4cDesign effectively utilised science, technology, engineering, maths, art and design skills to create the Queen’s Baton and how you and your learners can be involved on 26 November (10.00 – 11.00 am) by considering your own baton design for your school or centre.

Register for the CPD session here or simply join us on the day.

For more information on all Glow Meets please visit the relevant page on Game On Scotland .

Find more information about the Queen’s Baton Relay, its design and nominating batonbearers here.

Careers and Pathways, CLN News, Dumfries and Galloway, Expressive Arts, Partnerships, Uncategorized

Mentoring performance makers…

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I wanted to share with you a piece of work that Electric Theatre in D&G (who developed the Big Burns Supper Festival) are currently taking forward in our region. Its called ‘Make’ and its an incubator project that seeks to develop and promote the work of emerging performance makers from the region (most of which are young emerging artists).

Make is a residential laboratory for six performance makers who are about to start a year long journey to make six new pieces of original work in Dumfries & Galloway. Guest specialists will help to inspire and cultivate the performance making process by providing mentoring to each performance project through an intensive period of creative development. Each performance maker has created an idea for a new piece of work – and that work will begin it’s journey somewhere in Dumfries & Galloway.

I have attached information that tells you more about the project, but the incubation period also allows the makers to be mentored to understand and develop funding routes for their own projects.

I will let you know when performances finally hit the theatres!

One of the six makers is a former Transform Dumfries participant, and great to see that learning coming full circle! (he is second year student at the Royal Conservatoire – Directing). Electric Theatre is a key CLN partner in D&G and some of the other makers have worked directly on educational projects with us through CREATE and recent CLN activity.

We have other exciting work with Electric Theatre that I hope to share with you soon.

Lesley

Make Performance D&G

Careers and Pathways, Expressive Arts, Highland, Music, Opportunities, Young People

Project Co-ordinator opportunity with Fèis Rois

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Fèis Rois is offering an exciting opportunity for a young person aged 16 – 20 to join its team as a Project Co-ordinator.

The successful candidate will be offered a 1-year full-time contract at Fèis Rois, as well as having the opportunity to work towards a nationally recognised qualification in Community Arts Management through the Creative Apprenticeship scheme.

The apprentice will have the opportunity to work on a number of Fèis Rois projects, including residential courses, the Ceilidh Trail and the national Fèis Rois schools programme.

The successful candidate will also receive numerous professional development opportunities, including:
– Mentoring from experienced members of the Fèis Rois staff team;
– First aid and child protection training from external providers;
– In-house CPD opportunities, including social networking, IT, and creative courses.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about the arts and who has an interest in traditional music. You will have excellent communication and organisational skills and the ability to work as part of a small team.

Salary: £8,500 – £12,500
Term: Fixed Term (One Year)
Deadline: Friday 31st May 2013

For more information and an application form, please visit www.feisrois.org

Careers and Pathways, Lecturers, Partnerships

Employer Engagement Conference

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Lessons to be Learnt from Successful Partnerships with Employers

Tuesday 21 May 2013 (09:30 – 15:30)

College Development Network has posted news of a forthcoming conference which will bring together college staff, employers and key stakeholders in an event which focuses on the importance of partnership working to ensure the best outcomes for students and employers.

For some time colleges have identified the need to engage more closely with industry, and employer engagement is now recognised as a key element of curriculum design, development and delivery.

This conference offers a rich mix of keynote speakers, strategists, successful partnerships, curriculum leaders and willing and engaged employers. The event itself will be interactive, varied and informative, and will give delegates an opportunity to reflect on their employer engagement strategy and how they can learn from the content of the conference.

View Programme and Book Online

Assessment, Careers and Pathways, Glow, Literacy, Science, Social Studies

Glow TV events coming up

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The Vikings! at the National Museum of Scotland
4 March 2013, 2.00 pm
http://bit.ly/glowvikings

What were the Vikings really like? Fierce warriors in horned helmets or peaceful farmers and traders? Join experts at the National Museum of Scotland to explore some amazing real and replica Viking objects, which might help you to decide what they were like.

Assessment Community – Using Glow to Support Assessment
6 March, 2013, 8:20 am
http://bit.ly/usingglowforassessment

This is one of a series of Glow Meets taking place in the Assessment Community and will be hosted by Jem Anderson from the team. NB: This same event will also run on Thursday 7 March at 3.45 pm.

Scottish Children’s Book Awards Ceremony
7 March 1.30 pm

http://bit.ly/13pKgth

Celebrate World Book Day with the 1000-strong audience in the Caird Hall by watching the 2012 Scottish Children’s Book Awards Ceremony live in Glow.

There will be readings, music, illustration, Oscar-worthy drama performances, song, readings, interviews, all of the shortlisted authors and illustrators and of course, the announcement of the wining books as chosen by over 32,000 children across Scotland.

Women and Science in Scotland: Careers that Science can Offer
8 March, 11.30 am

http://bit.ly/YZ6flh

On International Women’s Day on 8 March Glow TV will be going to the European Parliament in Edinburgh for a special event.

The event will feature a panel of speakers, all of whom studied science and have gone on to a range of different careers, talking about their experiences and what led them to study a science subject.

Daily What Newsround
8 March 2013, 11.00 am

http://bit.ly/YI45sr

Join us for another fun round up of the news with quizzes, missing words and a unique take on the week’s events. Melissa and Andrea with a special guest make the top stories accessible and enjoyable for young people. You might win one of our new “I made the News Today” Daily What badges for your contribution

For full details of these and other events, please log in to Glow and view the current schedule

(Glow login and password required)

Careers and Pathways, Drama, Glow

Careers in Theatre – 26 February, Glow TV

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Join the Festival Theatre Edinburgh, The Lyceum Theatre and The Traverse Theatre’s unique interactive one day careers event live on Glow TV on Tuesday 26th February for 3 unique sessions, each one hosted at a different theatre.

Front of House and Box Office Session – 10 – 11.30am
In the first session find out how the operational side of the Traverse Theatre works with representatives from Front of House and Box Office teams. This workshop will explain and explore how we go about creating the best possible experience for our customers/audiences before and after they have been to one of our shows. Sign up and join us in Glow TV!

Technical Theatre – 12 – 1.30pm
During this second event find out more about a day in the life of a theatre technician, with Graham Raith, Head of Electrics at the Festival and King’s Theatres. Including on stage visit to see Scottish Opera’s set of Massenet’s Werther. Sign up and join us in Glow TV!

Acting and Directing – 2.30- 3.30pm
During this session learn more about acting and directing in a Producing Theatre, whilst meeting some of the people involved in Time and the Conways. A great chance to find out how to make a career as an actor or director. Sign up and join us in Glow TV!

The event is aimed at 5th & 6th year pupils interested in pursuing a career in the theatre, and will also act as a CPD session for Drama, Guidance/Support Teachers and Career’s Advisors. It may also be of interest to upper primary and early secondary pupils also interested in the theatre.

Join us for some or all of these exciting events and learn more about the careers involved in theatre and remember that all the events will be recorded and available in Glow TV’s Watch Again section.