Learning & Skills in Scotland – What’s on the horizon for 2018?
In an interview for Radio EDUtalk, Angela took David Noble’s listeners on a now annual 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 2017. Below are links to some of the programmes, projects and events mentioned for 2018:
National programmes, reviews, strategies & funding
- Education reform agenda, including Bill proposals and Governance Review
- Delivery Plan for Scottish Education and 2018 National Improvement Framework and Plan
- Scottish Attainment Challenge and Pupil Equity Fund
- Commissioner for Fair Access and Universities Scotland Futures not Backgrounds
- 15‑24 Learner Journey Review – implementation phase
- Adult Achievement Awards
Current open consultations
- Empowering Schools on provisions of the Education (Scotland) Bill, Scottish Government – closes 30 January
- Excellence and Equity for All: Guidance on the Presumption of Mainstreaming, Scottish Government – closes 9 February
- Review of College Professional Standards, College Development Network – online survey closes 9 February
Resources, opportunities & courses
- 2018 is Scotland’s Year of Young People (look out for Geoff Leask’s Informed Scotland guest blog focused on #YOYP2018) and the UK’s Year of Engineering
- City & Guilds with the EIS has fully funded places available for teachers on the current online Masters Professional Practitioner Award – Masters In Education at SCQF Level 11 – applications by end of January
- Skills Development Scotland’s Skills Investment Plans, including a new one for Early Learning & Childcare
Themed weeks & major conferences: full list on the Events Calendar
- Northern Alliance Learning Festival 13 February
- Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Partnership conference, ‘Linking the Learning Journey’ 22 February
- Scottish Apprenticeship Week 5–9 March
- Scotland’s Learning Partnership themed weeks including Family Learning 24–28 March and Adult Learners’ 19–25 May
- Scottish College for Educational Leadership Successful Middle Leadership events for principal teachers, from January–March
- Various Pedagoo events including PedagooTweed, Gaitherin and Muckle Grampian, throughout the year
- College Development Network’s first College Expo 6–7 June, Queen Margaret University
- Times Higher Education Teaching Excellence Summit 10–12 July, University of Glasgow
- Learning at Work Week and Learning Disability Week 14–20 May
- Maths Week Scotland 10–16 September
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