Tag: mcmc

Young People & Transitions to Employment: Community of Practice for Partnership Information

Some of you will be familiar with my work around the National Indicator on the Positive and Sustained Destinations of School Leavers in Scotland. I’ve recently produced some material for the Employability In Scotland website which includes […]

Encouraging Positive Behaviour

Young people are important to us. Forget the moral and ethical reasons; that’s a whole other article in itself. They are important to our communities and to our social infrastructure, to family and most importantly […]

Slides from last year’s National Conference on post-16 learning

In February and March of 2010, Learning and Teaching Scotland hosted a series of conferences with the Scottish Government to support the implementation of 16+ Learning Choices for every young person in the Senior Phase […]

Education and Service Synergy Part 2 – Living within Our Means

On October 11th, I wrote an article on Service Synergy – a series of articles on public service integration. This is Part 2, which I’ll call ‘Living Within Our Means’. Although timely with the recent […]

A 21st Century School Part 2 – The Need for Change

I decided to write this article for a number of reasons. Firstly, and probably the most obvious, I wanted to challenge tradition and stimulate discussion around what seems be an ever increasing topic of conversation, […]

Curriculum for Excellence & MCMC National Events

Looking forward to the three national events, the first event on the 26th October at the Barcelo Carlton Hotel in Edinburgh. Invites went to Directors of Education – CfE Leads, MCMC Leads, MCMC Coordinators, 16+LC […]

HMIe report good progress in improving provision for young people who require more choices and more chances in Scottish colleges

Inspectors report good progress in improving provision for young people who require more choices and more chances in Scottish colleges HMIE is publishing a series of aspect reports on provision within Scotland’s college sector. This […]