2411, 2015

Highland Council: Career Management Skills in Primary School – a resource

An innovative project to embrace career education and skills development for primary pupils has been developed by Highlands Council.  Lochadril Primary School, Inverness, in conjunction with Skills Development Scotland,  the charity Barnardo’s, and a number of industry partners have created a far reaching programme to engage young learners in considering their future career pathways.  The fourteen week project amongst others  aims to develop in learners an awareness for skills required to work in

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2411, 2015

West Lothian College STEM Manifesto

West Lothian College has pledged to develop  a spirit of innovation, enterprise and partnership in STEM education and training.  They aim to provide first class and consistent opportunities for all their learners in this area. The college will focus on a wide range of issues in order to create new and flexible methods of learning to maximise educational outcomes around STEM.  These include giving STEM education a more prominent status, focusing on employment opportunities

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2411, 2015

Investors in Young people: Making a difference in Scotland!

Since the launch of Investors in Young People (IIYP) in July 2014, we’ve worked with over 200 organisations across Scotland. These organisations employ young people to help their businesses to grow and they know the benefits of bringing in new skills, talent and ideas. They embrace the value that working with an Investors in Young People Specialist brings to help them build on great work and improve their strategies. Investors

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2411, 2015

Celebrate ‘Park Stars’ creative achievements

Young people from across Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park attended a glitzy red-carpet awards ceremony on the 29th October 2015 at Cameron House to celebrate their creative achievements in the Skills Partnership’s Park Previews Project – to promote careers in the National Park. During the past year, the Community Partnership’s (CP) Skills Partnership provided 20 pupils from Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh, Vale of Leven Academy, McLaren High in

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