This year’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas will be launched in Glasgow by world leading social entrepreneur Mel Young.
There will be events happening throughout the week all over Scotland.
To register your own event, find out more information on the website.
World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in 1999 and is celebrated on 21 March. The aim is to promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry. Visit the Education Scotland website for information about resources to support learning related to World Poetry Day.
The Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee yesterday marked the ‘500 days to go‘ milestone with a video – with the perfect soundtrack – celebrating all that’s great about Glasgow and showcasing the preparations for Scotland’s biggest ever sporting and cultural event.
Also announced is the Glasgow 2014 Queen’s Baton Relay – the curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games. The baton will visit 71 nations and territories, cover 190,000 kilometres and involve a third of the world’s population, making it the world’s most engaging relay.
You can get more information on the Queen’s Baton Relay, its route and timings at www.glasgow2014.com/baton-relay
Thursday 28 March 2013
Our Dynamic Earth
Edinburgh
(9.15 Registration; 10 am—3.30 pm)
A one day conference presented by IPA Scotland in partnership with Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People; with support from Creative Scotland.
The conference aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the adoption of the UN General Comment on article 31: children’s right to culture, leisure and play and to explore how policy-makers and practitioners can make the expectations of the UN General Comment a reality in Scotland.
The day will provide opportunities for individuals and organisations from the fields of culture, arts, leisure, play, and human rights to come together and explore how best to work collaboratively to ensure that all children in Scotland have the best opportunities to access culture, leisure and play.
Download the event programme and booking form here:
A Richer Understanding of Article 31 Conference March 2013 Brochure
Are you interested in the future of education and up for an adventure along the West Highland Way? This is an opportunity to walk, explore, share and create different ideas about how education could be!
The five-day creative walk will begin from the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow on Thursday 13 June, along the West Highland Way, arriving in Fort William on Tuesday 18 June. Two young people who have completed Columba 1400’s leadership course will lead a group of lecturers, teachers, creative educators, all from diverse backgrounds and with varied interests in education. They will be joined on each day of the walk by ‘a creative catalyst’ who will bring a different viewpoint or challenge to the walk. The accommodation will be in hostels along the way.
The aim is purely to provide a unique time and space to explore the ideas that could improve the educational experience of young people. As philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said: ‘All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking’.
We are looking for active people from various curriculum areas and different educational settings who are willing to commit to this five-day adventure.
If you are interested in taking part, please e-mail Karen Lawson or phone 07764 310 470.
For more information about the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, visit the website, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
What’s your dangerous idea for education?
Dangerous Ed is back!!! Colleges Development Network is delighted to announce that the Festival of Dangerous Ideas will run again this year from 13-21 June 2013.
This year’s festival will be launched in Glasgow by world leading social entrepreneur Mel Young. Mel is President and CEO of the Homeless World Cup and Co-founder of The Big Issue in Scotland. Through his experience of working with the homeless, Mel has developed his own dangerous ideas for education.
There will be events happening throughout the week all over Scotland – co-created by people who are passionate about education. Events so far include:
Get involved and create your own dangerous event – register by completing the event submission form no later than 31 March 2013.
You can also join the Festival LinkedIn group, find us on Facebook and follow @Dangerous_Ed on Twitter.
On Thursday 24 January, to celebrate Global Belly Laugh Day and the launch of Suzanne Zeedyk’s new films which show the ways in which young children connect with the world around them, Starcatchers will be holding a series of ‘Silly Moments’ in Shopping Centres and other public spaces in Dundee, Glenrothes, Edinburgh, Hamilton and Barrhead. Starcatchers’ Artists will be in each area to engage with the public, try to make them laugh and take part in a Silly Moment.
Starcatchers are looking for support from local partner organisations or individuals in these areas who can help with these events on 24 January. Download this document for further information: SZ Starcatchers – info for local partners
Dewar Arts Award – Meet the Artist Events at the Botanics – Saturday 19 January and Saturday 23 February
The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh is holding two ‘Meet the Artist’ events in connection with its ‘Roots to Shoots’ exhibition. The events feature successful Scottish artists who have forged careers in the arts and provide an opportunity for young people interested in a career in the arts to find out more.
Organised in connection to the ‘Roots to Shoots’ exhibition currently on display in the John Hope Gateway at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, these events offer the opportunity to meet artists who have received a Dewar Arts Award (www.dewarawards.org).
In the first session, on Saturday 19 January, the jeweller Jonathan Boyd will be interviewed by the novelist Jenni Fagan. In the second, on Saturday 23 February, the painter Caroline Walker will be interviewed by curator Eve Smith.
For further information about the artists taking part in each event, please view the PDFs: Meet the Artist Events at the Botanics – Dewar Arts Awards
and visit
http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/2565
http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/2566
For further information about the ‘Roots to Shoots’ exhibition, please visit http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/2603
The events are free; please email Lauren Bick at events@rbge.org.uk to book your place in advance.
CLN Coordinators from across Scotland will gather together in early December for a national network meeting in Aberdeen.
Serious Play – 4th December
The ‘Serious Play’ event provides an opportunity to explore the interface between creativity, play and learning with professionals from Education, Early Years, Family and Community Learning, Arts and Culture and Outdoor Learning.
Keynote speaker Chiqui Gonzalez, Minister of Innovation and Culture, Santa Fe, Argentina will give a keynote presentation on her work, championing shared family learning through cultural activity.
The conference will enable participants to share theory and practice and to engage with a range of seminars and participatory activities.
During the day, NCLN members will meet with Joan Parr and Petrea Cooney from Creative Scotland for an update and conversation on the new Creative Learning Plan which is currently in development and will supersede the Education and the Arts, Culture and Creativity: An Action Plan.
Creativity and Self-Evaluation – 5th December
Ros Sutherland from City of Edinburgh Council will lead a session on self-evaluation and how we can use it to continually reflect on and improve our practice. Through conversation and practical activities the group will explore and discuss:
· Is self-evaluation a bureaucratic process or can it be creative?
· How can we keep things simple when self-evaluation frameworks seem so complicated?
· What are we evaluating?
· What forms can evidence take and how should it be presented to senior managers, funders, and target audiences?
· Can the NCLN lead the way, demonstrating that self-evaluation and creativity do go together?
National Creative Learning Network
The NCLN is a community of practice which has a leadership role in championing and advocating creativity in both formal and informal learning contexts; it consists of the group of coordinators leading the CLN for each local authority.
The first of Edinburgh CLN’s 2012/13 Creative Conversations is on Monday 29th October at 4 for 4.30 till 5.30 with wine and canapes afterwards (venue to follow with confirmation of attendance) with Frank Crawford as this year’s first Creative Catalyst.
Frank is a former Chief Inspector (HMIe), forward thinker, innovator and enthusiastic biker. He has been centrally involved in the development of Scottish education and remains at the forefront of thinking. Frank will take a creative approach, sketching out ideas about meeting the demands of external evaluation, handling inspections, what self evaluation should really be and how we need to think about change and innovation. Frank is in great demand internationally so this is a great chance to catch up with him in Edinburgh.
As with all previous Creative Conversations, David Cameron will facilitate the discussion and you are invited to continue the conversations afterwards with Frank, David and colleagues over wine and canapes!
This will be a popular Creative Conversation – please get back to Linda Lees directly if you would like to attend. She will send full venue details and confirmation of your place.
Email: linda.lees@edinburgh.gov.uk
