1410, 2016

Making Skills Work: Promoting Apprenticeships

Skills Development Scotland (SDS) is working with employers, training providers and partners to co-ordinate events and activity throughout autumn to promote apprenticeships and the benefits of work based learning. At the events pupils will have the chance to experience exclusive demonstrations from local employers and apprentices. These sessions will provide an insight as to the benefits of apprenticeships and the career opportunities provided by work based learning. Aimed at pupils

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1210, 2016

More funding for young farmers: £20 000 to promote careers in farming

Additional funding to raise interest in careers in farming among Scotland’s young people has been announced by the Rural Economy Secretary. During a statement to Parliament, Mr Ewing announced that Scottish Association of Young Farmers (SAYF) has been awarded £20,000 to create a peer support network in rural communities to support Scotland’s young farmers. The funding will be used to: Complement existing careers advice for young people so that more

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2909, 2016

My World of Work Ambassadors Programme

My World of Work’ Ambassadors programme is a free, easy-to-run programme with ready-made resources that provides career education benefits for pupils, teachers, parents, carers and the wider school community. Ambassadors act as champions for Skills Development Scotland’s award-winning career information and advice web service My World of Work, helping spread the word of the support it offers to their friends, fellow pupils, teachers, parents and carers. If you haven’t used

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2909, 2016

New release: Work Placements Standard for Colleges

This newly developed standard provides direction and exemplification across a range of sectors in order to build on and enhance work-based learning experiences for college students in Scotland.  Realising the new standard will support the development of learners’  employability skills and subsequently improve the career prospects of all students studying in colleges across Scotland. The new document complements the Work Placements Standard for Schools released  in September 2015 and articulates well with its key messages, allowing practitioners in

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2909, 2016

SLF 2016: DYW and skills featured highly!

The SLF is over for another year and what a great 2 days it was! More than 4500 delegates enjoyed a wide variety of professional learning opportunities on offer from the 110 conference sessions and more than 175 exhibitors.  All the keynote sessions were recorded and are available to watch on our YouTube channel. With 18 directly related seminars, two discussion sessions and explicit references in the keynote address by the Depute First

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2809, 2016

Sky Academy: Developing skills of young people across Scotland

Sky Academy Skills Studios in Livingston is providing an young people with a unique interactive learning experience to enhance skills for learning, life and work in the brand new facilities at the Livingston Campus. This free half day session gives young people between the ages of 8-18 the opportunity to use cutting edge technology to make their very own TV report based on a subject area of your choice. During the hands-on studio

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2809, 2016

Business Language Champions: Developing skills for the world of work

Many schools across Scotland have developed relationships with business to highlight the relevancy of language skills in relation to the world of work . The following case studies have been developed as part of the ‘Business Language Champions’ initiative  in collaboration with SCILT to suit both employers and schools. Abbotsford House and Burgh Primary School (July 2016) – This partnership between a primary school and a local tourist attraction demonstrated to pupils the relevance

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2009, 2016

DYW Interesting practice: All exemplars published so far

In the third year the implementation of the DYW Youth Employment strategy we are seeing an increasing amount of creative and dynamic work coming to the fore in this area.  We would like to share some of this with you through our ‘interesting practice exemplars’  in order to inspire thinking and discussion.  The exemplification also provides you with contacts to support collaboration as we collectively  progress on our journeys to enhance children and young peoples’ opportunities to develop skills for learning, life

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0609, 2016

Labour market information inspires curriculum change in the Western Isles

Over the last years a long-term education:economic strategy has been put in place that applies Labour Market Information (LMI) to enhance ‘Personalisation and Choice’ in senior phase and drive forward curriculum change. As a result the Western Isles have achieved significantly improved SQA vocational education attainment, greater equity of provision, a local economically-relevant curriculum and increased positive, sustained destination rates for young people. LMI-identified maritime industries are a key sector

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0609, 2016

In focus: How ‘Insight’ supports DYW

Insight assists secondary schools and local authorities in identifying where improvements can be made in the senior phase as well as areas of success and best practice. It supports professional dialogue about performance at whole school, curriculum area and subject level as part of the improvement process to raise attainment and improve post-school participation in employment, further and higher education. Insight went live in September 2014 but did you realise

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