Scottish Learning Festival 2018: 11 exciting DYW related seminars on offer

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As one of the key priorities in education, Developing the Young Workforce related contributions will feature prominently again at the SLF 2018 (19 – 10 September, SCCC, Glasgow). This year’s main focus will be on School-Employer Partnerships and STEM related learning around DYW.

Here is a list of key seminars:

Wednesday, 19 September

Title	Presenters/education establishment	Room/ Time
School-employer and Local Authority partnerships: A partnership approach to delivering DYW	Donald MacLeod, Western Isles, + Laxdale Primary School	Carron 1 9.30
Apprenticeships: Early learning, … reducing the attainment gap in Gaelic Medium Education	Joan Esson, Education Scotland, DFM John Swinney,	Leven, 9.30
STEM/Numeracy: Linking the maths curriculum to the world of work	Alessio Gusmeroli, Skills Development Scotland	Dochart 1, 12.30
School-employer partnerships: Collaborative multi-agency approach to DYW	Gill Geddes, Peebles High School, Scottish Borders	Carron 1, 14.00
Profiling in the context of DYW: New guidance and My World of Work toolkit	Klaus Mayer, Education Scotland and Derek Hawthorne, SDS	Carron 1, 15.15

Thursday, 20 September

Theme/Title	Presenters	Room/ Time
DYW Regional Group: Labour market information for teachers	Abigail Kinsella, Glasgow City Council	Carron 1, 10.45
DYW whole school approach/ partnerships: Developing Employability and Creativity Skills across learning	Castlebrae Community High School, Edinburgh; St Albert’s Primary School, Glasgow	Ness, 12.00
School-employer partnerships/STEM: The impact of STEM insight teacher placements	Helen Winton, SSERC	Alsh 1 13.15
ICT: Stirling digital skills forum: building partnerships and developing skills for the future	Helen Gorman, Stirling Council	Carron 1, 13.15
ICT/Skills: Embed computational thinking across the BGE curriculum	Lorna Kerr, Education Scotland	Katrine 14.30
Gender/partnerships: RISE: inspiring the future!	Audrey McDermott, Uddingston Grammar School, South Lanarkshire	Boisdale 1 14.30

Download our DYW Flyer with all related seminars here: SLF 18 DYW seminar flyer

Access the full SLF programme here: https://education.gov.scot/Documents/SLF2018conferenceprogramme.pdf