Yokerburn Early Years

Extended day centre within Yoker area of North West Glasgow. Nursery caters for children from 0–5 years from a multitude of cultural, social, economic and learning backgrounds. The establishment has been raising awareness of job roles within local community by working with a range of different partners . This inspires the children and provides an early introduction into the world of work.  The children have been working with a local care home to

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Bo’ness Academy-Partners and the Community

Bo’ness has designed a clear strategy and has well-established approaches to developing in its young people skills for learning, life and work. The strategy involves establishing local, regional and partnerships to provide real- life contexts for learning. Curriculum leaders are using partners to provide a context to the learning and an insight of the working environment. Young people find this to be motivational and are enjoying the skills led curriculum.

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Academy 9 Project – National Conference, 19 and 20 March 2019

You are invited to the first Academy9 ‘Building a Legacy’ conference – inspired by the A9 Dualling Programme.  The interactive event will showcase the award-winning Academy9 Programme, which has seen industry educate and inspire thousands of young people from Perth to Inverness in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). We will lift the lid on the secrets of its success to inspire others. Selected workshop highlights include: Enhancing Construction Safety

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New NHSScotland Careers Resource pack now available!

NHS Education for Scotland has developed an NHSScotland Careers Resource pack which is fresh out of the box and ‘ready to go’! The pack contains a ready-made set of lessons with everything you need for a one-off lesson or a full Unit of five lessons. The pack contains:   A comprehensive booklet called ‘A Career for You in Health’ which is a guide to every job family in NHSScotland. This booklet

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Civil engineering apprenticeship has laid foundation for Sophia’s career

Taking a Foundation Apprenticeship gave Sophia Findlay the chance to find out what a career in engineering would be like and now it’s cemented her plans for the future. The 17-year-old from Springboig in Glasgow was planning to leave school at the end of fifth year and didn’t know what she wanted to do for a living. Then, her mum told her about opportunities through Foundation Apprenticeships. The St. Andrew’s

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TES feature: Primary career education should broaden children’s horizons

By Nick Chambers for TES The focus for primary schools shouldn’t be on ‘careers advice’ but on ‘career-related learning’, argues Nick Chambers The last few months have seen a sudden enthusiasm for careers education in primary schools. Of course, it is a simple and seductive idea. But many teachers and parents have expressed their concerns that we risk making our children grow up too fast. They are understandably concerned about

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Foundation Apprenticeships: Preparing Young People for the World of Work

Foundation Apprenticeships offer young people valuable work-based learning opportunities to develop their skills and employer connections  in order to build their future career pathways. Learners will now have the option to select a Foundation Apprenticeship as one of their senior phase subject choices and complete the qualification over one or two years in collaboration with local learning provider, such as a college and with an employer. Skills Development Scotland has developed the Foundation Apprenticeship

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Women in Wellies – Event 2018

A one day event to inspire young women to choose rural careers took place on 30th October 2018. The event was a huge success with 170 attendees and Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) is keen to do the event again next year. CNPA is also keen for organisations across Scotland to use the model and repeat the event. A new webpage has been created, sharing videos of the event and

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Young Enterprise Scotland – News

Earlier this year our Bridge 2 Business Programme joined forces with Heehaw, to bring an exciting competition and opportunity for Edinburgh College Students. The competition gave Edinburgh College students the opportunity to win a paid work placement, and valuable experience in the industry of animation, film & television. This opportunity also gave students the chance to develop their skills, which hopefully would secure them a job in the future or

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Founders4Schools – News

Announcing the Founders4Schools iPad App On October 9th we announced the new Founders4Schools iPad App being rolled out across schools in Glasgow City. A brand new tool for teachers who want their students to benefit from encounters with local business leaders. The first version of the app will let teachers go through the full booking process: set up your event, share the details with us and find suitable speakers from

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