Early learning made it onto the Hot Topics list for only the third time in 49 issues. The main reason was publication of the Scottish Government’s Action Plan for Early Learning & Childcare (ELC). Even if ELC isn’t usually on your radar it’s worth taking a look, as there are actions relevant to pretty much […]
February might have been the shortest month, but it certainly wasn’t the quietest. As usual there were numerous sets of statistics, plus new strategies, task groups, courses, announcements, launches and partnerships. The learning & skills word of the month was ‘hub’: Glasgow Science Centre is to set up science hubs in primary school classrooms across Scotland […]
Once again there was no lull over the festive season with 2017 continuing at pace, ready to throw everything at the learning & skills landscape. Words of the year are already emerging: ‘equity’, ‘learner journey’, ‘streamlining’, ‘quality’ – and ‘challenging’! You could be forgiven for having a sense of déjà vu, with the National Improvement […]
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, […]
Here’s our fourth annual list of Learning & Skills ‘Hot Topics’ that made it onto the cover of Informed Scotland over the past year: 1. Digital & tech sector skills (=2 in 2015) 2. Science, technology, engineering & maths (STEM) (=4) =3. Apprenticeships (=9) =3. Enterprise (=2) =3. Gender balance & gaps (=9) =3. Teacher […]
The phrase of the month was ‘call to action’, with campaigns and action plans right across the landscape. The main publication was the Scottish Government’s consultation on a draft Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) Strategy for Education and Training. The main proposed actions are included in an annex as a handy reference for our […]
In terms of learning & skills, October felt less frantic. The main items this month were the Scottish Government’s Enterprise & Skills Review Report of Phase 1, and plans for apprenticeships following a consultation of views in Scotland of the UK Apprenticeship Levy. In both cases this is unfinished business. For the former, the focus shifts […]
With the Scottish Government once again placing education as top priority in its programme for the year, and Education Scotland’s annual Scottish Learning Festival drawing the crowds, it has been another month of high profile activity. There was a significant announcement about reducing the workload in school assessments and qualifications at National 5, Higher and […]
by Angela Brunton, Managing Director, Be Personnel Ltd. Continuing our guest blog series featuring Informed Scotland subscribers writing on the theme Making connections across the learning & skills landscape. I started my recruitment business ten years ago with the objective of providing the best service and experience possible, for clients and candidates alike, through partnership working. […]
Curriculum for Excellence is back as a hot topic after being absent from the Informed Scotland front cover since the first issue in May 2012! New ‘streamlined’ guidance has been published to ‘liberate the teaching profession from unnecessary bureaucracy’, reigniting some old debates and initiating new ones. In contrast, widening access and increasing diversity, and […]