0501, 2018

Boosting young people’s employability through LifeSkills

‘LifeSkills created with Barclays’ is a free employability programme for 11-24 year olds and we’re thrilled that, to date, we’ve had 5 million young people participate in the programme. Now we’re excited to announce two new initiatives that celebrate the achievements of young people, schools and colleges in their bids to boost career prospects. What is LifeSkills? Back in 2013, LifeSkills was launched to support educators address the growing skills

0112, 2016

Career Education Standard (3-18): Exemplification Tool offers a ‘helping hand’

This tool will support practitioners in planning and developing new practice in career education and to reflect on existing practice. Based on the ‘I can’ statements in the Career Education Standard (3-18) it provides illustrations of what children and young people might experience in order to help them meet their entitlements. For ease of reference the entitlements have been appended to the resource and linked to each theme. The tool supports practitioners to consider what career

1005, 2016

Education Scotland’s DYW resource – a summary

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Since the implementation of Scotland’s Youth Employment Strategy in response to the recommendations put forward by the Commission for Developing the Young Workforce in September 2014 Education Scotland has publish a number of key documents and related resources to support practitioners in realising the ambitions around DYW. Here is an overview which aims to help navigation and access: Key documents: Career Education Standard (3 – 18) Work Placements Standard School/Employer

2303, 2016

Career Education Standard – Learning Resources: An SDS update

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,

2901, 2016

Skills Development Scotland supports the implementation of the Career Education Standard – by Ken Edwards

The Career Education Standard is going to make it easier for you to weave career education progressively through the curriculum from 3 to 18. Published in September 2015, the Standard addresses the ambition to reduce youth unemployment by better preparing young people for the world of work and is a direct response to one of the recommendations in Education Working for All! The standard reflects existing Curriculum for Excellence guidance;

2901, 2016

Thinking Global about Social Enterprise? – new resource pack

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…. then you might be interested in the new Social Enterprise Resource Pack developed by the British Council, Social Enterprise Academy (SEA) and Real Ideas Organisation (RIO) helping teachers to deliver activities and lessons on social enterprise. Written in clear English and aimed at students aged 7-14, the resource pack is suitable for any educator – no previous experience of social enterprise is needed – and is designed to help achieve key teaching objectives, promote

0412, 2015

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

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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

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

2810, 2015

‘Panjango’ – a free careers education resource

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Panjango gives learning context and purpose by directly linking real workplace challenges to the national curriculum. It also helps young people develop the skills and experience needed to thrive in life after school – all whilst enabling them to explore and discover the world of work in an interactive and engaging environment. “Panjango offers a radical new approach to the delivery of careers education – a powerful, immersive experience which