Education news archive

The first Capability Framework for nurses in Scotland who care for children and young people who are looked after away from home has been published.

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQFP) will very shortly open a consultation on the referencing of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) to the European Qualifications Framework for lifelong learning (EQF) and welcomes your participation.

The Scottish Government has published the Secure Accommodation Statistics for 2007-2008.

Today Learning and Teaching Scotland published its Annual Review for 2007-08.

The Herald reports that parents will have access to year-round nursery provision 'within buggy walking distance from their homes' in what has been described as the UK's most comprehensive and flexible childcare service.

The Scottish Government has published a document which reports on the consultation exercise held between 9 May and 19 June 2008 entitled 'Consultation on the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 - Amendment Bill 2008'.

The Scotsman reports that the number of Chinese students at Scottish universities is soaring, according to new figures.

A new section of the Enterprise in Education website has been published with ideas and examples for building partnerships to support Curriculum for Excellence.

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Handbook is currently being reviewed. As part of this review the SCQF is consulting with stakeholders to find out how they use the current Handbook in their organisations and to gather views on appropriate content and format of a revised version of the Handbook. In addition, SCQF would be interested in having details of examples of best practice in applying the SCQF which could be included in the Handbook or presented as additional support information on the SCQF website.

The National Library of Scotland has produced a CD and a programme of pupil workshops of traditional songs from the Library’s collections relating to the themes of diversity and multiculturalism in Scotland.

Annual Conference 2008: Making connections – how communities can collaborate for children and young people’s lifelong wellbeing and learning.

The Scottish Government and COSLA jointly launched new national guidance on how to be a good corporate parent today (9 September) in Edinburgh.

The Awards Network in Scotland has organised the Awards Conference 2008, which will take place on Monday 6 October 2008 at Hilton Edinburgh Airport Hotel. The Awards Network in Scotland is a new forum of agencies that provide individual learning awards for young people in Scotland using a youth work approach.

A competition that will help school pupils learn about the NHS in Scotland and encourage them to think about developments in health care over the next 60 years is being led jointly by Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) and the Scottish Government.

The Herald reports that a leading teachers' union in Scotland has backed a controversial bid to remove a Scottish poem featuring a blade-wielding killer from a school syllabus amid fears over teenage knife crime.

The Scotsman reports that geography exams in schools are changing to reflect growing concerns about the environment. Higher and Advanced Higher courses this year will include more green topics, such as global warming and sustainability, in an effort to make them more relevant to the wider world.

A Bill to reform the Children's Hearings system has been announced as part of the Scottish Government's legisilative prorities for the year ahead.

The Scottish Government has published guidance aimed at giving Scotland's 14,000 looked after children the same chances in life as those outside the care system.

This new SQA tutoring award is aimed at those new to the field of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), or experienced tutors who have no recognised ESOL tutoring/teaching qualifications. It might also be appropriate for teachers of other subjects who have ESOL learners in their classes and who wish to develop a broad understanding of issues related to English language development.

The UK's leading sustainable transport charity Sustrans, working in partnership with School Travel Co-ordinators, is set to embark on the largest and most comprehensive survey of school travel behaviour across Scotland.

Consultation has begun on the new qualifications pupils will study in future. From 2012, teenagers will no longer study Standard but General grades.

The report on development work relating to National Qualifications (National Units, National Courses and National Qualifications Group Awards), National Certificates and National Progression Awards is now available.