2112, 2015

EXCHANGE Event: BE SEEN – BE HEARD – BE INSPIRED

  Date: Friday 4 & Saturday 5 March 2016 Venue: Platform, Glasgow REGISTER YOUR INTEREST AS A PERFORMER OR DELEGATE: www.mfy.org.uk/coreseason/mfyexchange Hosted by BBC Radio Scotland presenter Vic Galloway EXCHANGE is the unmissable event for anyone passionate about music – whether you’re a young person, work with young people or the parent of a rising star.  Be heard by industry experts Live music stages and feedback from professional musicians Connect with inspirational speakers Learn new skills

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1712, 2015

Career inspirations at Carluke High School

On Thursday November 19th, 2015, Carluke High School in South Lanarkshire held a Careers Day. The event was organised by Head Teacher Andy Smith, John Shearer of Pupil Support, and four other members of staff. At this event, employers were invited to give talks and workshops with all students S1 – S6. Students signed up for a minimum of one and a maximum of four sessions, with the average being

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1512, 2015

3-18 Skills for Careers Framework – a new resource

In response to the newly developed national  ‘Career Education Standard’,  Edinburgh City Council has launched its ‘3-18 Skills for Careers Framework’.  The toolkit aims to support practitioners to support the development of learners’ skills for learning life and work. John Schmidt (Employability Manager & Curriculum Support Leader) says: “Our framework provides a quick, easy and an effective toolkit for staff, parents and students to engage with, whilst developing the transferrable skills

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1112, 2015

SCQF for Young People: Resources

The SCQF Partnership offer a range of publications and resources aimed at helping staff, learners, parents and carers understand more about the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) and how it benefits young people in comparing and understanding qualifications and the level of their learning. It is also an invaluable resource for planning their future learning journey. Achievement Counts Leaflet Achievement Counts is the SCQF Partnership’s leaflet for young people.

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0912, 2015

Scottish Education Awards 2016: Employability Across Learning

Employability Across Learning (Early Years/Primary and Secondary) Awards The Scottish Education Awards recognise schools and centres that have developed a vibrant and progressive culture and climate of continuous innovation. The culture and ethos should promote respect, ambition and achievement while improving outcomes for all learners in ways which eliminate inequity. Nominations should include practical activities and projects that the school or centre has undertaken, detailing the impact these strategies have

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0912, 2015

First DYW Annual Report – good progress being made so far

The first annual report on Developing the Young Workforce: Scotland’s Youth Employment Strategy has shown a number of key milestones have already been delivered. The report highlights progress across Scotland, including enhancements to careers advice, and engagement between business, schools and colleges. Hundreds of new opportunities for young people to undertake learning – for example to start a Modern Apprenticeship while still at school – are in also place. There

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0412, 2015

Primary Futures – a campaign to show children why literacy, maths and science matters.

Scotland’s new Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood today visited Sciennes Primary School in Edinburgh to launch the Primary Futures ‘Who’s in Health?’ campaign; to help young children understand how people in the health sector use literacy, maths and science in their jobs.  Who’s in Health? is a free initiative for state primary schools run by the Education and Employers charity in partnership with the Medical Schools Council. It encourages

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0412, 2015

Tackling inequalities in apprenticeships

More young people from diverse backgrounds will benefit from Modern Apprenticeship opportunities thanks to a new action plan from the national skills body.   Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has launched its Equalities Action Plan for Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland. The five-year plan sets out action SDS and partner organisations will take to address the low numbers of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds, young disabled people and care leavers entering

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0212, 2015

‘Manifesto on Adult Learning in the 21st Century’

The European Association for the Education of Adults launched its  publication which sets objectives for creating a Learning Europe: a Europe that is able to tackle the future positively and with all necessary skills, knowledge and competences. One page info graphic  http://www.eaea.org/media/policy-advocacy/manifesto/manifesto1pagers_en.pdf More info here  Manifesto  

2611, 2015

Fly The Flag For Human Rights

New campaign to promote the benefits of human rights.  The Scottish Government’s #FlyTheFlag for human rights campaign is part of a contribution to the objectives of Scotland’s National Action Plan for Human Rights, where evidence demonstrates that people are insufficiently aware of their rights and do not feel empowered to claim their rights. New research carried out by You Gov has shown that one in five Scots believe that human

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