Posted by admin on September 26, 2012 ·
Just over a week to go before the September issue of Informed Scotland is published. This month, as well as the usual research and intelligence gathering, we’ve enjoyed hearing about new ideas and projects at a couple of major events. (We now have a rather smart flyer to hand out to contacts, thanks to more great design work from Mamook Graphics!)
A day spent at last week’s Education Scotland Scottish Learning Festival in Glasgow provided the opportunity for discussions with a range of organisations involved in new initiatives and launching products. A particular highlight was the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presentation on the circular economy. Dame Ellen gave an inspirational insight into the background to the initiative, and Development Officer Colin Webster explained how schools in Scotland can get involved.
Earlier in the month the Nesta in Edinburgh event at The Hub brought together people from business, education, government and the wider community to hear about innovation, its important role in the economy, and what Nesta is doing to support its growth. It was great to learn of successful knowledge exchange products, and to see national organisations like Young Scot featured alongside local community learning programmes. A round table session for sharing favourite innovative ideas enabled us to mention the amazing pedagoo.org – the grassroots teacher-led ‘community’ that is a model for other professions to consider emulating.
Informed Scotland issue 4 September 2012 is due to be published 5 October. Click here to find out how you can subscribe.
Posted by admin on September 7, 2012 ·
The holiday period didn’t appear to slow down the pace of activity, reporting and change in learning and skills in Scotland!
There are some particularly interesting reports to look out for in the July/August issue of Informed Scotland, including those from UKCES on future skills, Prince’s Trust and RBS on tackling youth employment through enterprise, plus those on student finance and Scotland’s people. Then there are the headline statistics from the summer’s national qualification results and higher education applications.
Find out how to get your copy here.
Posted by admin on August 30, 2012 ·
www.ajenterprises.co.uk has finally arrived! After 18 years in business and having worked on websites for a number of clients it was about time AJ Enterprises had its own website.
Thanks to Ast & Red for the design work and the ‘techy’ input, and for all their guidance on navigation – they’re such a pleasure to work with!
As well as information about services, projects and clients, you’ll find details about our new learning and skills digest Informed Scotland, including how to join the growing list of subscribers.
We hope you will also find the Learning & Skills Events Calendar a useful resource. It lists the main education, learning and skills conferences, seminars and exhibitions taking place across Scotland over the coming months. If you have an event coming up that you would like included, please email the details to [email protected].
Posted by admin on August 28, 2012 ·
Work has begun on writing the third issue of Informed Scotland. This will be a double issue, covering July and August, due to be published next week. The research and information gathering has continued throughout the summer, but the main work starts now. We’ve also been liaising with Mamook Graphics who are putting the finishing touches to a new cover image, one of a small series that we’ll be using to keep the publication fresh.
To find out how to become a subscriber, see Informed Scotland >
Posted by admin on August 4, 2012 ·
Image is © Andrew Mackie
Work is continuing in support of the Goodison Group in Scotland/Scotland’s Futures Forum project which is exploring the ‘outrageous proposition’ that By 2025 Scotland will be regarded as a world-leading learning nation.
Our latest report summarised the seminar that took place at the Scottish Parliament in April 2012, looking at the role of teachers. Other seminar reports written by Angela Gardner for the project include one which focused on the international perspective, and another that considered early years.
Posted by admin on August 2, 2012 ·
Our report of the ELT Events’ Curriculum for Excellence Plus: Alignment or Overload? (.pdf)conference is now available. It summarises the presentations and discussion that took place at Stirling Management Centre on 23 May 2012, attended by 90 school and local authority leaders. The conference was chaired by ‘the real’ David Cameron, with insightful contributions including Professor Graham Donaldson, Alan Armstrong, Strategic Director of Education Scotland, and Perth & Kinross Director of Education John Fyffe.
Posted by admin on June 6, 2012 ·
There was plenty to report for issue 2 of our new Scottish learning and skills digest. June is always a busy month, with organisations working hard to squeeze in announcements and publications before the end of the session. Hot topics this month included enterprise and entrepreneurship; skills gaps, shortages, utilisation and investment; education performance and reforms; school and university leaver destinations; and more mergers, partnerships and collaborations.
The next issue will be the July/August edition which will be published week beginning 3 September. Find out how to subscribe here, where you can have a look at issue 1.
