In April 2018, Kilmarnock and James Hamilton Academies merged which brought about the need and desire to review current and best practice in both schools. It was also a good opportunity to refresh the curriculum offer available to our young people. Using labour market information, alongside projected and actual leaver data, we knew that we needed to offer alternative opportunities to support all our young people into positive destinations.

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The SCQF School Ambassador Programme is free to join and open to any secondary school in Scotland. We introduced the tiered recognition element of the programme to make sure that all the amazing work on enhancing learning pathways being done in secondary schools across Scotland is recognised, highlighted and celebrated. Read about how three of our Ambassador schools have embraced the challenge. 

To celebrate 20 years of the SCQF our current Chair of the Board, Rob Wallen, reflects on how the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework has been an essential tool in allowing educational change to take place in Scotland, facilitating lifelong learning and providing equality between academic and vocational qualifications.

The SCQF Partnership has released its Annual Impact Report for 2020-21. Find out more and download your copy.

College Development Network (CDN) have published a new research report, ‘Co-Creating the Learner Journey: School-College Partnerships and Effective Skills Pathways’.

The Young STEM Leader Programme is an exciting opportunity for young people in Scotland to discover, create, inspire and lead in STEM. Derived from the Scottish Government’s Education and Training Strategy for STEM (2017), the programme is led by SSERC in partnership with a wide range of STEM focused organisations in Scotland.

To celebrate 20 years of the SCQF, our former Chair and the first Chair of the SCQF Partnership, Sir Andrew Cubie CBE reflects on the educational priorities that led to establishing the SCQF back in 2001 and why these are still valid today.

With FireQual’s first qualifications now available within Scotland, a suite of qualifications is being built that supports individuals to develop the behaviours, knowledge, and skills to work within all areas and levels within the fire safety and related sectors.

FireQual’s use of the SCQF aims to provide guidance so that individuals and employers can select the most appropriate qualification to meet their needs. Firequal currently has nine programmes credit rated on to the SCQF at levels 6, 7 and 8.

Read the blog from Fiona Garry, Development Officer from the SCQFP and Linda Aitken, Quality Enhancement Co-ordinator, UWS.

Having a learning programme credit rated may not only be a unique selling point for an organisation, but can also be a lifeline for the business. It shows that the organisation is serious about its product and committed to its customers, and UWS is proud to be able to support the business community in this way.