DYW e-bulletin: September ‘16 |
Dear colleagues,
Welcome to the new academic year 2016/17. In order to support your DYW work this session we will continue to collate the latest information, news, resources for you. Please note that from now on the Post 16 e-bulletin will be subsumed with this release.
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Scottish Learning Festival 2016: All DYW related seminars! Find out about all the seminars related to Developing the Young Workforce including curriculum pathways from 3 – 18, STEM, gender equalities, CLD etc. |
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Making connections: Numeracy & Mathematics and the world of work
Find a variety of resources that help you make the
connections between numeracy and mathematics and employability and work here. |
New York Academy of Sciences - Global STEM Alliance Find out how one girl from Scotland got on in New York this summer following her participation in a global STEM Programme promoted by Education Scotland in partnership with the New York Academy of Sciences. |
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First 7 DYW e-bulletins in 2016 The DYW e-bulletin has become a popular monthly publication with over 2200 recipients. Should you have missed any of this year's editions you can access these here. |
Work Placement Standard for Colleges
Following the publication of the Work Placement Standard for Schools, the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has prepared the Work Placement Standard for Colleges, for a ministerial launch on the 28th September at New College Lanarkshire. As in the schools edition, there are expectations which colleges should follow with their partners in the design and implementation of work experience programmes. |
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Careers Information Advice and Guidance (CIAG) reviews
The first of the revised Education Scotland CIAG reviews will commence on 12th September in the Highlands. There will be teams of inspectors and Associate Assessors in Inverness, Thurso and Fort William undertaking the review of SDS guidance services in the area. |
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Review of Modern Apprenticeships (MA) in Hairdressing and Automotive Engineering
The review of the MA in Hairdressing is now complete and will be published later this month. The review of the MA in Automotive Engineering has now commenced and visits will start in late September concluding in December. The report will be published in March. |
New College review arrangements
The new arrangements for the review of colleges in Scotland have been prepared by inspectors in consultation with partners in the sector. In the next few months, the team if inspectors will meet with representatives from colleges and the SFC to confirm and publish the new arrangements.
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 Scotland’s Enterprising Schools – national leadership event
Scotland’s Enterprising Schools, with the support of Education Scotland, will host a national event for strategic leaders in education to inspire enterprising attitudes, entrepreneurship and the development of skills for learning, life and work in learners. More details here.
Date: 26th October 2016 (Princes Trust Wolfson Centre, Glasgow) |
In focus: How ‘Insight’ supports DYW Find out about the latest developments around the benchmarking and self-evaluation tool and how these support the DYW agenda here. |
SQA: Partnership in Food Education are recipe of success SQA has produced a set of short films highlighting the benefits of partnership working in developing the qualifications, skills and training needed to support Scotland’s thriving food and drink manufacturing industry. |
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SFDF – poster: What could I be…? In Food Production
Career Service Expansion
The Scottish Food & Drink Federation and SRUC have developed this great poster outlining the breadth of career opportunities and chain of jobs involved in food production at Castelton Farm. More on our blog |
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SDS news: Labour market low down for parents Parents have been getting the lowdown on the labour market as part of special careers events at two North Lanarkshire schools. More on this here. |
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Primary school career education tool now available SDS has just released their new digital tools and resources to support career education for learners from primary 5 – 7. Find out more about this exiting ‘My World of Work’ offer here. |
Promoting Diversity Employer of the Year’ – Award This year the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards will for the first time include an award for the “Promoting Diversity Employer of the Year.” More on this here. |
City & Guilds Research: Career Aspirations of 14 – 19 year olds This piece of research highlights the differences between young peoples’ aspirations and the job opportunities available over the next 5 – 10 years. Access the report here. |
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 Making Education your Business – a five step guide for school employer partnerships The guide sets out 5 simple steps for companies planning to engage with education or extend their educational partnerships alongside a number of case studies.
Read more about this here. |
Skills Agenda for Europe
The European Commission has published its new 'Skills
Agenda for Europe'. Read the full report here. |
S6 student blogs about work placement experience Catriona Merchant, 17 from Hazelhead Academy in Aberdeen
reflects on her 6 month extended work placement with NESCol in her blog. |
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 Academic Women Now: Experiences of mid-career academic women in Scotland Thirty women across Scotland share their experiences, challenge and trajectories of their academic careers. Download the document here. |
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Bright Green Future
Project This project supports and inspires young people aged 14 – 19
to run environmental projects gaining skills and experiences, training and work
related placements at the same time. More here. |
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