Global Citizenship

March 25th, 2008

Confucius Classrooms in Scotland

nickmorgan

Comments: none Tags:  : Categories china, international

Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, announced details of the first Confucius Classrooms in Scotland at a celebration at Perth High School last week. The Confucius Classrooms programme will establish an online hub and physical hubs in local authorities around Scotland to support the teaching of Chinese language and culture.

A LTS press release gives background.

A BBC story “Classrooms to boost Chinese links“ covered the news.

The online hub will go live in April.

March 23rd, 2008

Transversal study visits

nickmorgan

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Applications are open for the Transversal study visits programme, a part of the European Union’s Lifelong Learning programme which is specifically targeted at Education managers and specialists. It consists of group study visits of around a week duration, which take a group of managers from different countries on a themed programme of activity in a European town or city. For example, a week looking at ICT innovation in a region of the Czech Republic. These visits have enabled many Scots to gain a valuable professional development experience in Europe.

The catalogue of visit opportunities is available for download from the UK Transversal website, which also provides background details and links to the online application process. The closing date for applications is 30th April 2008.

March 5th, 2008

Malawi

nickmorgan

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The Scottish Government has reaffirmed Scotland’s links with Malawi. Linda Fabiani, the Minister whose remit includes External Affairs, recently visited projects in Malawi to see the impact of Scottish interaction.

Another news story gives details of funding for some of these projects, such as the School Improvement Programme.

March 3rd, 2008

Fairtrade fortnight

nickmorgan

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We’re halfway through the annual Fairtrade celebration, which promotes trade structures and practices that will support sustainable development and a fairer financial return for producers. The Fairtrade Foundation website offers resources to support educational work which raises issues and encourages critical thinking.

Many Scottish schools will be running special activities, working on their own initiative or with charities such as SCIAF. If you do something special, let us know; we may be able to feature it on the LTS International website.