Correspondence Apr. 29 2024
Committee: Public Audit CommitteeFound: During evidence the AGS stated that while Audit Scotland will make a value for money assessment in due
Written Evidence Apr. 26 2024
Inquiry: Disability employmentFound: Disabled students also have access to discretionary Hardship Funds which are made available by universities
Apr. 26 2024
Source Page: Community Learning and Development: Guidance for 2024-2027Found: The Scottish Government is reviewing the Community Empowerment (Scotland) 2015.
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Evaluation of virtual school heads (VSHs)Found: As far as we are aware, outside England, the VSH role only exists in Victoria, Australia and Scotland
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Future skills projections and analysisFound: uses natural language processing to produce skills forecasts for a number of different users, such as universities
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidenceFound: private organisations , professional bodies, public bodies , schools, SEND charities , unions, and universities
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Regulatory Horizons Council: the Future Regulation of Space TechnologiesFound: Fund universities to create ‘space bursaries’ aimed at encouraging a wider range of students to take
Apr. 25 2024
Source Page: Scottish Government Planning Guidance - Local living and 20 minute neighbourhoodsFound: services across communities while benefiting from access to large scale infrastructure such as hospitals, universities
Asked by: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Scottish Labour - Glasgow)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the reported failure to recruit target numbers of student teachers in languages.
Answered by Gilruth, Jenny - Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
This relates to indicative figures provided by universities at the start of the academic session. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) will publish the 2023-24 academic year Official Statistics data in 2025. These will provide the most accurate figures on enrolments into modern language Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes.
This information is informing the work of Strategic Board for Teacher Education, which is considering issues around the recruitment and retention of teachers in Scotland in detail, together with work to improving the promotion of teaching as a valued career.
Modern languages are classified as a priority subject for ITE intakes by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC). Both the Scottish Government and SFC have offered to work with universities to develop alternative routes into subjects which have traditionally been difficult to recruit to.
Asked by: Choudhury, Foysol (Scottish Labour - Lothian)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is currently providing for anti-racism education, and what organisations it is funding that carry out anti-racism education.
Answered by Gilruth, Jenny - Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
The Scottish Government is absolutely committed to embedding anti-racism in education. As part of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme for financial year 2023-24 the Scottish Government provided the following funding aimed at providing anti-racist education. Funding streams for 24-25 will be published in due course.
Funding recipient | What is being funded? | Amount of funding in 2023-24 |
General Teaching Council for Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within the GTCS. | £97,708 |
Education Scotland | Delivery of the Building Racial Literacy Programme | £62,803 |
Education Scotland | This funds a specialist race equality post within education Scotland. | £25,200 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | Delivery of a programme of engagement with children and young people on behalf of the Anti-Racism in Education Programme. | £37,818 |
Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators | Delivery of the Leadership, mentoring and wellbeing course for minority ethnic educators | £58,900 |
Calabar Education Consultants Ltd. | Development of an action guide for the anti-racist recruitment, retention and progression of minority ethnic teachers. | £9520 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland | IYS School Education Partnerships in secondary schools | £200,000 |
ScotDEC Global Citizenship Education | Development of two new resources for anti-racism in education on health and wellbeing and early years | £60,000 |
Over 30 schools and education settings | Small Grants Fund for Children and Young People-led anti-racism in education | £25,000 |
Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling | Teaching Slavery in Scotland Programme of Professional Learning for educators | £45,000 |