1 Jun 2022
1 June 2022Shirley Anne Somerville MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, has launched a new Awards Network resource promoting the value of youth awards for key stakeholders in a range of contexts. Said the Cabinet Secretary: “I’m delighted to support the launch of the Awards Network’s Amazing Things Poster and welcome its distribution to every school in Scotland. Youth awards are increasingly being recognised and accepted by educators and employers as useful evidence…
26 May 2022
Wednesday 25 May 2022Achieving awards in, through and for nature is a collaborative resource designed to help practitioners navigate learner journeys and progression through nature-based national awards.Launching the resource during a visit to Awards Network member Scouts Scotland’s Fordell Firs Scout Adventures Centre in Fife, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills said:“This accessible mapping tool from the John Muir Trust helps people navigate learner…
26 May 2022
A new short film from SCQF Partnership, featuring youth awards levelled on the SCQF, with input from Jim Duffy of the Awards Network, The Outward Bound Trust (Adventure & Challenge Award), SSERC (Young STEM Leader Award). Teachers and pupils of Inverness Royal Academy, Gairloch High School and Calderglen High School and Jamie Hepburn MSP, Minister for Higher Education and Further Education, Youth Employment and Training, talk about the value and benefits of having youth awards…
26 May 2022
In our April / May 2022 Newsletter read about new resources from SCQF Partnership, John Muir Trust and more illustrating the application and value of #youthawards in different contexts and settings.22 Apr 2022
YouthLink Scotland has published guiding principles to support the safe delivery of youth work from 18 April 2022. This advice is to support youth work leaders to continue to make local-level risk assessed decisions and actions regarding delivery of face-to-face youth work, within the context of wider public health advice from 18 April 2022. From 21 March 2022 the Scottish Government strategic approach to COVID-19 shifted from a focus on legal requirements to suppress the virus,…
28 Mar 2022
In our March Newsletter: Youth Awards supporting education recovery; Education Reform; DofE Award and Inclusion; job opportunity with Youth Scotland to grow their awards; and more bit.ly/3574roi
11 Feb 2022
Read about recognising achievement, awards and volunteering and more in our first Newsletter of 2022. https://bit.ly/3gEeJi4
22 Dec 2021
December Newsletter: read about partnership activity; which award do I use? and more
22 Dec 2021
October Newsletter: Read about the launch of Amazing Things 5; how youth awards are transforming choice for pupils in West Calder HS and more
22 Sep 2021
Jamie Hepburn MSP, Minister for Higher Education and Further Education, Youth Employment and Training, launched the 5th edition of Amazing Things today at the Scottish Learning Festival #SLF2021, saying youth awards “give young people opportunities to develop the skills they need to succeed in life.” Highlighting the importance of developing awareness and promoting the benefits of youth awards alongside other qualifications to address the needs of all young people and help close the…