Learning & Skills in Scotland – What’s on the horizon for 2017?
In an interview for Radio EDUtalk, Angela took David Noble’s listeners on a whistle-stop tour of some of the items that will be shaping Scotland’s learning & skills landscape this year.
You can listen to a podcast of the show, which also reviewed the hottest topics in 2016. Below are links to some of the programmes, projects and events mentioned for 2017:
Government programmes, reviews, strategies & funding
- Delivery Plan for Scottish Education
- Enterprise & Skills Review phase two
- Apprenticeships Levy applies from April
- Workforce Development Fund from autumn
- Commissioner for Fair Access and Universities Scotland work streams
- National Standardised Assessments to be rolled out from August
Current open consultations
- STEM Education & Training Strategy for Scotland, Scottish Government – closes 31 January
- Draft Head Teachers Education & Training Standards (Scotland) Regulations, Scottish Government – closes 20 March
- Building our Industrial Strategy, UK Government – closes 17 April
Resources, opportunities & courses
- 2017 is Scotland’s Year of History, Heritage & Archaeology
- Children’s University Scotland created a new Reading Challenge and other new downloadable learning activities
- City & Guilds with the EIS has places available for teachers on the current online Masters in Education Unit 1 at SCQF Level 11, fully funded; email [email protected]
- General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) MyProfessionalLearning pilot second phase is to launch in October; professional learning awards will also be launched this year
- Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Partnership launched My Skills, My Future revised pack in this their 15th anniversary year
- The Learning Zoo monthly live online courses: Reflective Reading and Phonics Forever
Themed weeks & major conferences: full list on the Events Calendar
- Apprenticeships Week 6–10 March
- International Summit on the Teaching Profession, 29–31 March, Edinburgh
- Money Advice Scotland Financial Capability Week from 20–24 March and Education Scotland Financial Education Conference, 24 March at Murrayfield; details to follow – check the Events Calendar.
- Scottish College for Educational Leadership (SCEL) Leading Collaborative Learning at Every Level Conference, 3 May at Perth Concert Hall SCEL has commissioned an Informed Scotland Leadership Special to coincide with the event
- National Digital Learning Week, Learning at Work Week, Learning Disability Week 15–19/21 May
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