Scottish Learning Festival

About the Scottish Learning Festival

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Why is the Scottish Learning Festival so important?

The Scottish Learning Festival is about teaching and learning and offers a number of opportunities to enhance the education profession by providing:

  • inspiration and new ideas
  • an opportunity to network with peers
  • a range of options to enhance the learning and teaching experience for all.

In addition, teachers want practical advice and ideas about effective use of ICT in their classrooms to improve the quality of learning and teaching.


Who can attend the Scottish Learning Festival?

The Scottish Learning Festival is for headteachers, senior management, policy makers, librarians, community learning and development staff, youth workers and volunteers from local authorities and third sector organisations, college and careers staff, and teaching practitioners in early years, primary, secondary, further and special education establishments.


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Who organises the Scottish Learning Festival?

The Scottish Learning Festival is organised by Education Scotland.

Education Scotland

Education Scotland is the new national body responsible for supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education.

Education Scotland has a key role to play in Scottish education, supporting innovation and dynamism throughout the education system, providing challenge and making a major contribution to raising standards overall.

Education Scotland brings together the work of Learning and Teaching Scotland, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education and some functions currently carried out by Scottish Government.

Emap is the exhibition organiser for the Scottish Learning Festival.

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Emap organises the BETT Show in London and the Education Show in Birmingham, the UK's largest and most prestigious education events serving the ICT and school resource markets.

Related links

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Information on new intranet for Scottish schools.