Challenge to Change Conference

Ailsa Galashan shares her experience of attending the Challenge to Change event in Perth. The event was organised by senior pupils and aimed to tackle difficult equality issues such as body image and motivation.

Catching the Bookbug!

Ailsa Galashan attended the Bookbug annual conference to learn more about the work they do in supporting families to read, sing and play with their very young children.

Gathering evidence of impact

What does evidence of impact mean? Why do I have to gather evidence of impact? How do I gather evidence of impact? Senior Education Officer Charlaine Simpson offers her advice on these key questions and more.

Reading into World Book Day

World Book Day is an opportunity for us to encourage children and young people to enjoy and appreciate books.

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Charlaine Simpson shares her experience of attending the ‘Leadership for Resilience’ event, which explored how Adverse Childhood Experiences can effect children’s lifelong wellbeing.

Six subjects to pick for a top career in cyber security

Claire Gillespie from Skills Development Scotland highlights six pathways in order to begin a career in cyber security.

ICSEI Conference January 2018

Louise Sanders recounts her experience at ICSEI 2018 in Singapore. She describes the conference highlights and goes into an in-depth summary of the daily events and speakers.

Collaborative professionalism

Charlaine Simpson discusses the concept of "collaborative professionalism", a thread that ran through this year’s International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement.

Embracing cyber safety

Toni Scullion, recently named Scotland's Cyber Security Teacher of the Year, expresses her interest in cyber safety within schools.

#PedagooMuckle - Levenmouth

Our Senior Education Officer Charlaine Simpson shares her experience of attending a TeachMeet at Levenmouth Academy.