Education Scotland and Creative Scotland have developed a range of infographics exploring the four creativity skills and you might be interested to see how creativity skills and creative learning are front and centre in developing our young workforce – whether for jobs in the growth creative industries or becoming a ‘go getter’ in any place of work. You can access and download the infographic here. Find more inspiration around creativity
@ColDevNet #emporiumCDN The CDN Emporium 2016: Inspiring Ideas will take place 01 to 17 June, offering a fortnight of thought-provoking and practical workshops, seminars and activities at our offices in Scotland and in colleges across Scotland. This year the CDN Emporium will explore ‘Developing the Workforce’ as a theme, focusing firmly on the current needs and challenges facing colleges. The Emporium creates opportunities to: share inspiring practices and success stories
The Education Scotland DYW Skills Team have developed a new Self-evaluation guide FINAL along with the HM College Inspection team. This self-evaluation guide has been created for school and college senior managers, practitioners, guidance and support staff to assist quality enhancement as part of the ongoing analysis of partnerships between schools and colleges. It is hoped that this will strengthen working relationships and planning and delivery structures, improve and diversify programmes
Marie Lloyd works in Organisational Development at Skills Development Scotland and is part of a team working with Education Scotland to develop Career-long Professional Learning (CLPL) modules built around the Career Education Standard: “We all want young people to go on to fulfilling careers when they leave school. Every day, through Curriculum for Excellence young people are learning skills for life and work. Supported by teachers and practitioners like you,
The Institution of Civil Engineers is offering young people interested in studying civil engineering the opportunity to apply for funding. The offer is available for school leavers aged between 18 – 25 living in Scotland. For more information access the IntoCivilEngineeringflyer. Download the into-civil-engineering-scholarship-application here.
In support of the Gender Balance Interim Report published by the Scottish Funding Council this research maps out the approaches currently taken by colleges and universities to address gender imbalance. It aims to: map current activities tackling student gender participation imbalances across Scotland’s FE sector; assess what approaches work best and why in terms of achieving sustained change in relation to gender imbalances; assess what approaches do not work; offer recommendations for
The Civil Service is currently recruiting for a wide range of roles on a Modern Apprenticeship scheme known as Civil Service Fast Track. Open to those aged 16+ and with 5 GCSEs or equivalent qualifications, the Civil Service are offering a two year apprenticeship, salaries range from £19,500 to £27,000 with roles across available the UK. On successful completion of the apprenticeship you will be able to continue your career
Physicist, Engineer, Content Editor… Whatever the young people you work with want to do when they leave school, My World of Work is here to help. If you’ve not had a look at our award-winning careers advice and information service lately, now is the time to come back and check it out. We’ve completely redevelped the service, making it easier to use, introducing even more great tools, information and articles.
In her blog post for SCQF Julie Anderson, DYW Team Leader for Senior Phase Pathways & College Partnerships in the Scottish Government’s Learning Directorate makes the connection between Developing the Young Workforce and Curriculum for Excellence and talks about some of the learning pathways being developed. Julie highlights that a learner-centred approach to career education provides young people with appropriate progression routes tailored to their needs and wants. The SCQF can help to plan
Young people are set to benefit from an additional £6.1 million to help them get into work, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced today. The money will boost the job prospects of those aged between 16 – 29 years old who face the biggest barriers to employment, including people with disabilities and those who have left the military early. The First Minister outlined the new funding during her keynote speech at
