Informed Scotland May 2017 – Examining, exploring, reviewing & reporting
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The general election might have restricted government business, but it didn’t stop the publication of a raft of learning & skills reports. The May digest is stuffed full of those worth reading and sharing on a range of topics.
In particular look out for:
- the final Scottish Survey of Literacy & Numeracy, examining literacy attainment
- analysis of initial teacher education (ITE) courses
- and a Scottish Council of Deans of Education commissioned exploration of the role and contribution of higher education to ITE
- an IPPR Scotland examination of the future of work and the skills system
- an Association of Graduate Recruiters’ survey highlighting a decline in graduate retention
- a National Parent Forum of Scotland review of parental involvement since the 2006 Act
- a Quality Assurance Agency report comparing how degree apprenticeships will work in different UK nations
- an Education Scotland review of career education, work placements and school/employer partnerships
- a progress report of the Commission on Fair Access to higher education
- and Young Scot’s Youth Commission report on digital rights.
On top of all that, the Scottish Parliament’s Education & Skills Committee has been busy examining or reporting on teacher workforce planning, additional support for learning, and personal & social education.
Unbelievably it’s five years since the first issue of Informed Scotland was published in May 2012! Then we were writing about 23.1% youth unemployment (now 9.4%), the end of Standard Grades, and college mergers. An anniversary is a great excuse to thank all our subscribers, both new and those who’ve been with us since the beginning. Archive copies are available should subscribers fancy a reality check on how much, or how little, has changed over the past five years!
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