Informed Scotland November 2018 – Diversity for excellence
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Diversity and inclusion were common themes across the learning & skills landscape in November.
From increasing ethnic and gender diversity among teachers, construction workers, engineers, interns and university boards, to teaching LGBTI equality and inclusion in schools, and recognising the skills of refugees and asylum seekers.
Check out Advance HE’s Diversity Principles and Board Recruitment Frameworks, Adopt an Intern’s Diversity Works, Construction Scotland’s new strategy, the National Centre for Universities & Business report on Engineering Skills and Education, Scottish Government’s Teaching in a diverse Scotland report and the LGBTI Inclusive Education Working Group’s endorsed recommendations, plus Open University in Scotland’s report on its Refugees’ Educational Resources project.
Other items worth highlighting this month include:
- The third of three IPPR reports on preparing Scotland’s skills system for automation and ageing
- Scottish Parliament Education & Skills Committee’s review of progress in Developing the Young Workforce
- The Headteacher Recruitment Working Group’s report
- A UK-wide consultation on the future of degree classification run by QAA
- College Development Network’s Revised Professional Standards for college lecturers
- YouthLink Scotland’s report on the impact of youth work.
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