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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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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1911, 2015

Webinar: Technologies at Work – Real Time, Real Life

Tuesday, December 8, 2015 @ 11am Register for this session here. In March this year Education Scotland published ‘Building Society: Young people’s experiences and outcomes in the technologies’. This impact review recognised how important this area of the curriculum is in preparing young people for the world of work. Technologies at work is a series of Glow TV sessions that will allow young people to interact with people who have

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2810, 2015

Developing the Young Workforce – Glow Meet series

This brand new monthly ‎series provides a professional learning opportunity for anyone interested in finding out more about  developments emerging from the Developing the Young Workforce programme. Topics will include: Career education 3-18, work placements, school/employer partnerships, links to CfE, vocational pathways, senior phase developments etc.  These sessions are interactive in nature and give everyone involved the opportunity to ask questions, reflect on current practice and engage in professional dialogue with

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2710, 2015

DYW local authority funding for 2015/16

On 15th September, Roseanna Cunningham, Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training, announced £5.8 million Developing the Young Workforce funding for local authorities for 2015-16. This is intended to help local government to provide increased opportunities for high quality work-related learning for all young people and you can find more information at: http://news.scotland.gov.uk/News/-5-8-million-for-Scotland-s-young-workforce-1cf2.aspx  The Scottish Government has since written to local authority Chief Executives setting out more details on

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1910, 2015

SLF Extra 2015/16: Focus – Developing the Young Workforce

The first SLF extra event for 2015-16 takes place on 25 November in Edinburgh. Hosted in partnership with AHDS, this free event will focus on the relevance of Developing the Young Workforce for primary school and early learning and childcare leaders. It will comprise a blend of speakers from national agencies (who will focus on recent developments and how they link to existing work, expectations and to the professional standards), inputs from school

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2509, 2015

Guidance on School/Employer partnerships, Career Education and Work Placements Standard available now!

The newly developed guidance materials for school/employer partnerships as well as the career education and work placements standards is now available for practitioners. These will support the implementation of the Developing the Young Workforce agenda for children and young people from 3 – 18. The suite of 3 documents include: Guidance on school employer partnerships – to support meaningful and productive school/employer partnerships in schools across Scotland. The guidance is published

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2708, 2015

New Measure to help Scotland’s Young People

Participation Measure will help target support to young people not in employment, education or training. Scotland’s youth employment is at its highest since 2005 and a new Participation Measure for 16-19 year olds in Scotland has been developed to provide a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of the activities young people are taking part in. For the first time, the Scottish Government will have detailed information on activity for 16

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