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Building Better Futures – Collaborating to Advance Career Services in Scotland
11 November 2024: This free event is an opportunity for key stakeholders in the careers ecosystem to come together with industry and employers to consider how we can collectively advance Scotland’s career services.
Introduction to career education
11 November 2024: Join this live webinar from Skills Development Scotland's Education team as they introduce career education, set it in context, and explore the benefits that it brings to schools and colleges, educators and, most importantly, learners.
Sectoral Skills Assessments 2024: Life and Chemical Sciences Webinar
11 November 2024: This one-hour webinar will explore the latest Life and Chemical Science sectoral labour market insight from the recently published Sectoral Skills Assessments for 2024.
Introduction to skills and meta-skills
12 November 2024: Join this live webinar from Skills Development Scotland's Education team which provides a focus on future employability skills, their importance to learners and how these can be integrated into everyday teaching practice in a pragmatic and sustainable way.
Give DYW A Languages Twist: A Workshop For Primary Teachers
12 November 2024: Hear from primary teachers working in different settings across the country. From small activities through to large scale projects, find out how these innovative educators supported children to tap into the languages they know and use at home and school while developing employability skills in communication, creativity, teamwork, problem-solving and leadership at the same time.
VirtRural Careers 2024
12 November 2024: Welcome to VirtRural Careers 2024! Want to find out about a career where no two days are the same? Join us on Tuesday, November 12th for an inspiring virtual event where you'll hear from industry professionals working in Scotland's land-based, aquaculture, and environmental conservation sectors.
Voices of the Future: A Career in Speech and Language Therapy
13 November: Join us for our live webinar at 9.15am to learn about a career as a Speech and Language Therapist. The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session, featuring four distinguished speakers: a Speech and Language Therapist, a recent postgraduate student, and two lecturers.
Understanding the Voice of Young People
13 November 2024: Join us for a webinar where we will share our research findings which draw on the voices of nearly 11,000 young people and 4,000 parents and carers in Scotland. The research puts the learner at the heart of the system, by capturing their voices and experiences to help shape how we collectively deliver the support they need.
Green & Sustainable Finance: Scottish Careers Week event
14 November 2024: What does Green & Sustainable Finance actually mean? And what kind of jobs are involved? What are the pathways into the sector for young people looking to enter it? Join this session to hear from a range of employers working in the sector, including what they do and how they got involved.
Job Start Payment Overview - Stakeholder Event
14 November 2024: This event may be of particular interest to you if you support individuals who might apply for Job Start Payment. Social Security Scotland is hosting a stakeholder event to give an overview of the benefit Job Start Payment.
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