The Learner Journey

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As the education sector becomes the focus of yet more reforms, and the implementation of CfE gets well under way, those involved in both design and delivery have become increasingly vocal about the need for more collaboration improved cohesion between sectors and a joined-up system that functions efficiently and offers a top-rated learner experience. In addition, when Willy Roe presented his review into post 16 education to Parliament earlier this year, he called for the learner to be put at the centre of the journey and for a re-think on how we encourage and fund both education and training routes for Scotland's young learners.

This one day Holyrood magazine Education event will ask what more could be done to smooth out the learner’s journey through and beyond the education system.

It will look at the different roles schools, colleges and universities can have in ensuring a joined up learner journey and what function collaboration between different institutions and different types of institutions can play.

We will consider the SNP pledge to deliver new pathways from school into 2nd year degree courses and the anticipated introduction of more direct entry into year two for Scottish Baccalaureate and Advanced Highers pupils, and by improving the arrangements around articulation post HND into second or in some cases third year of a degree course. It will also be a chance to discuss the proposals for an ‘Associate’/‘College Degree’ which is being proposed as a way of taking advantage of the lower cost of teaching in colleges and transferring funded numbers from university to college for the first two years of study . Experts will also look at how we ensure that we meet the needs of all Scotland’s learners including those who wish to go on to post 16 vocational training.

Creating a system better aligned to the wide-ranging needs and expectations of young people, adult learners, and part-time learners who may be juggling studies with work or caring for a family, will be no mean feat but it’s a challenge that few would argue Scotland can afford to ignore.

Join us to discuss how we create a joined up learner journey which puts the learner at the centre and creates a better future for Scotland's people.

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