Press 2007

Media quotes 2007

The Scottish Learning Festival has become a pivotal event in the education calendar, drawing more than 7,000 education professionals, providing stimulation for new teaching and learning and giving educationalist the opportunity to share best practice an debate the issues that affect them.  (Sec-Ed Magazine 30-08-07)

Where can you find a Scottish education village, an international village, a local authority village and a cultural village?  Answer:  at the Scottish Learning Festival, which gets bigger each year and is turning into something of a conurbation.  (TESS 14-09-07)

This year’s premier education event in Scotland will be making more use of technology than ever before – you’ll be able to follow it online.  (Guardian 18-09-07)

The festival continues to grow… It provides inspiration for new teaching and learning and gives educationalist the opportunity to share best practice and debate the issues that most affect them.  (Primary Choice Magazine 31-09-07)

This year’s Scottish Learning Festival was the best to date, with more than 7,000 people turning up to sample the best of what’s going on in Scottish schools.  (Teaching Scotland, November 2007)

This is truly an important occasion – one of the key events of the year…I’ve been struck by the real buzz around the venue.  There is a sense of energy and excitement which reflects the interest in the event.  Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning)

If there is a good example of a professional occasion for teachers and educators in the knowledge society, this is it.  I hope that it will spread.  (Pasi Sahlberg, World Bank, Senior Education Specialist )

Coming across LTS’s new technologies research practitioner with his sleeves rolled up in cyberspace to extend the debates and insight of what is now a world-class learning festival underlines the commitment and innovation underpinning the event.  (Futurelab, October 2007)

Press coverage from 2007