GLASGOW ACADEMY FIRST SCHOOL IN UK AWARDED HIGHEST HONOUR FOR ANTI-BULLYING WORK

The Glasgow Academy has become the first school in Britain to be accredited with the Diana Gold Award for anti-bullying. The Diana Award was founded as a legacy to Diana, Princess of Wales’ belief that...

The rise in work-based learning and how you can benefit

Work-based learning is a growing educational strategy that offers the opportunity to combine work and studies by putting theory into practice with real-life work experiences. This can vary from mentorship programmes and internships to graduate...

How Open University Graduate Apprenticeships are developing Scotland’s digital workforce of tomorrow

Each year, The Open University (OU) releases its Business Barometer report, which investigates the extent and nature of the skills shortage and the effect it is having on organisations of all sizes. The 2018 report...

Data Science Graduate Apprenticeships at Edinburgh Napier University: Helping support an ever-growing skills demand

Over the last ten years there has been an explosion in the amount and types of data being shared and collected; data that is full of potentially interesting, important, and valuable information. Until recently...

You never stop learning

Diana Gallego Marín was looking to build a new future when she took the decision to study for an MBA. Here, Diana explains how the course brought about a step change in her career...

7 things you need to know about Scottish Apprenticeships

The Apprenticeship system in Scotland isn’t the same as other parts of the UK. The UK Government has introduced a new way of funding apprenticeships through the Apprenticeship Levy. Skills, including apprenticeships, are a devolved matter...
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What exactly is Hamilton College?

A survey was recently conducted asking people if they had heard of Hamilton College or if they knew what it was? The results were broad as expected. “That’s a teacher training building on Bothwell Road”...

Keeping people at the heart

Glasgow may seem a significant distance from the Indonesian town in which Adisti Chandra spent much of her childhood. In this issue, we learn what inspired Adisti to cross the globe to study for...

Proving his metal

One man’s journey from the steelyards of Clydeside to an MBA and beyond Do you know what the Isle of Cumbrae, an ironman competition and an MBA have in common? Read on to find out...

National Apprenticeship Week 4th – 8th March 2019

The 12th annual National Apprenticeship Week - is set to take place in March 2019. This annual week-long celebration of apprenticeships will bring the whole apprenticeship community together to celebrate the impact of apprenticeships on...