Informed Scotland September 2022 – Discussion, review, reform
Skills gaps and workforce shortages continue to cause concern.
And more sectors and organisations are considering how to navigate and mitigate the impact of the cost of living crisis. ‘Poverty’ features in five separate items in this month’s issue, from Education Scotland, College Development Network (CDN), Youth Scotland, Audit Scotland and Scottish Sports Futures.
However, the words of the month were discussion, review and reform. The processes and outcomes of the following are likely to shape much learning & skills debate over the months ahead:
- Education reform: including launch of the National Discussion on Scottish education
- Inclusion of an Education Reform Bill in this year’s Programme for Government
- Continuing evidence gathering and consultation for the Review of Qualifications & Assessment
- Announcement of a new Independent Review of the Skills Delivery Landscape.
Also look out for:
- HM Inspectors of Education’s review of community learning & development
- Education Scotland’s Pupil Support Staff [PSS] Engagement Programme – part of the first national ‘discussion’ on the PSS workforce
- SQA’s reports evaluating the Alternative Certification Model used in place of exams during the pandemic
- CDN’s analysis of its Workforce Survey
- and consultations with Oct/Nov closing dates – on an Equity Toolkit for teachers, standards of provisional registration of college lecturers, subject benchmark statements, youth work sector’s views of education and the Disabled Children & Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill.
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