Learning for Sustainability Scotland

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #16
2024-03-21 16:00 - 17:15 (Europe/London)
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Monitoring Education for Sustainable Development in Colleges
2024-03-21 13:00 - 15:00
How much do we teach the students at our colleges about sustainability and how do we know if what we’re teaching is making a difference?

These are two critical questions facing the college sector as we support and enable a just transition.

Join us and EAUC Scotland as we come together with other college curriculum leads, departmental heads, lecturers, principals, and sustainability specialists to learn about best practice on monitoring and evaluating Education for Sustainable Development / Learning for Sustainability in your college.

The workshop will centre around a six-step framework designed by and for universities, a Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) funded project led by University of St Andrews and EAUC Scotland, and how this can be adapted for college contexts. Have a look at the framework and the free handbook here.

We will hear case studies from Dundee & Angus College and South Devon College, as well as stories and perspectives from participants.

As always, this workshop is free for all EAUC members, which includes all of Scotland’s colleges and many more across the UK. University delegates are also welcome; however please do note this event will focus on colleges.

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Responding to Scotland's Good Food Nation consultation
2024-03-20 16:00 - 17:15
Join us and Nourish Scotland to share your views on the Scottish Government’s national Good Food Nation Plan.

“We have set out a vision for Scotland to be a Good Food Nation, where people from every walk of life take pride and pleasure in, and benefit from, the food they produce, buy, cook, serve, and eat each day.

This Plan is the first of many steps to progress food system transformation in Scotland. This consultation covers the content of the first national Good Food Nation Plan and asks your views on the national Good Food Nation Outcomes; ways of measuring progress; and how different groups envision life in a Good Food Nation.

This first national Good Food Nation Plan represents how the Scottish Government intends to use the powers and levers we have to work collectively with people, communities, businesses, agencies and organisations to meet our Good Food Nation ambitions.” Scottish Government, Jan 2024

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It's back! Join a worldwide learning community with 'Learning for a Sustainable Future'
2024-03-11 08:00 - 2024-04-14 17:00
Climate change, gender equality, biodiversity collapse, health, social equity, and inclusion are issues that affect us all, impacting human and planetary well-being, and economic stability. How to live a sustainable life affects – and connects – everyone.

We’re delighted to announce the return of ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’; our highly successful online learning opportunity, which has, to date, attracted over 17,000 learners from nearly 160 countries.

Developed in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and the British Council, this is a FREE, five-week, facilitated course, starting on 11 March.

You’ll develop an informed personal response to major global challenges as you’re supported to take positive actions towards a sustainable future. You’ll learn more about current global issues and consider how we can all take action, personally or locally. The course has an additional strand for those working in formal or informal education, who want to bring some of the activities and issues covered in the course into their own teaching.

Click here to sign up.

Effective collaboration for Scotland's Learning for Sustainability 'Movement for Change'
2024-03-05 16:00 - 17:00
Join us online as we:

Explore the aspirations of Scotland’s new LfS ‘Movement for Change’: building on the findings in our ‘Movement for Change’ publication

Consider how LfSS members, from all sectors, can collaborate to engage with the Target 2030 movement for change ‘Call to Action’

Share and celebrate examples of relevant collaborations from around Scotland that support the LfS ‘movement for change’

Inspire and identify opportunities for connecting and collaborating on ‘Learning for Sustainability for All’

Help you find further support that may be needed to take action.

Here’s an overview of the session’s structure:

OUTLINE PROGRAMME1600Welcome, introductions and context 1610Setting the Scene: Target 2030 :A movement for people, planet and prosperity Julie Beckett, CLD Development Officer, Education Scotland1620Partnership working to engage with ambitions of Target 2030 Learning for Sustainability We’ll hear from the following:1. Collaborating in outdoor early learning and childcare Mairi Ferris, Manager, Thrive Outdoors, Inspiring Scotland 2. Student-school collaboration on the UN SDGs ‘Teach-In’ Caroline Jarvis, West Lothian College3. ‘Cairngorms 2030’ and secondary school students Tania Alliod, Cairngorms National Park Authority 1635Building effective collaborative partnerships for change Group Conversations What are the key enablers and barriers for collaboration? What support is needed to enable you to take action ?1655Plenary and Next Steps – action points1700ENDS

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Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #15
2024-02-29 16:00 - 17:15

Shaping the future: discussing the Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill
2024-02-06 15:30 - 16:45
“The Scottish Government recognises the duty to protect the interests of future generations. We also recognise that our ability to have a thriving society and economy is derived from the health of the planet.

Continually improving Scotland’s National Outcomes is one of the ways we can achieve these aims and ensure that we are able to deliver long-term and sustainable policy and delivery approaches. To do this, we need responses from people and organisations across Scotland.”

Join us and colleagues from Scottish Government as we explore and shape a response to the consultation on the proposed Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill.

This ‘aims to improve decision making and the implementation of the National Performance Framework to ensure that all policy and delivery accounts for wellbeing and sustainable development.’

We look forward to welcoming you to this timely and useful discussion. This report from the Scottish Leaders’ Forum may also be of interest in preparing for this event.

Book your place here.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #14
2024-01-25 16:00 - 17:15

Our 2023 Annual Gathering and AGM: Celebrating ten years of LfSS
2024-01-11 14:00 - 19:30
We warmly invite Learning for Sustainability Scotland’s members to join us for an extra-special in-person Annual Gathering and AGM on Thursday 11 January 2024; where we’ll be celebrating our ten-year anniversary.

There will be two parts to this event and members can choose to attend one or both of these :

Our Annual Gathering and AGM at Moray House, University of Edinburgh (14:00 – 17:00)

Evening Reception at the Playfair Library, University of Edinburgh (18:00 – 19:30)

Click here to view the Agenda for the Annual Gathering and AGM.

Click here to book your FREE place at one or both of these events now. Please note that places are limited, so early booking is advised.

Both elements will provide an opportunity for members and invited guests to:

Network and connect with others

Hear an update on LfSS activities

Learn about and share new developments across Scotland and internationally

Celebrate the achievements of members

We look forward to having you join us for this special event.

Networking and tea/coffee for part one of the day will be available from 13:30.

As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us at enquiries@lfsscotland.org if you need any additional information.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Learning for Sustainability Scotland

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #13
2023-12-07 16:00 - 17:15

Live at COP28
2023-11-30 08:00 - 2023-12-14 17:00
We’re delighted to be running our ‘Live at the COP’ MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) once again. Since its first iteration in 2021 for COP26, over 10,000 people from over 160 countries have taken part in this collaborative, facilitated learning opportunity.

The course will run during the United Nations COP28 Climate Change Conference which takes place in the United Arab Emirates between 30 November to 14 December.

This course offers you an opportunity to examine what COP28 is, why it’s considered to be important and reflect on how you can add your voice to the call for collective action for a sustainable future.

Throughout the course, we will share ‘live’ insights into the issues being discussed at COP28, as well as responses to the conference themes from children and young people, community groups and ministerial bodies, both nationally and internationally. Using these ‘starting points’, we will invite you to reflect on what you have heard, watched and read, and think about what these conversations and issues mean to you.

Course content from Live at COP28 will remain open, free and accessible as a legacy resource for school, community and individual use beyond COP28.

Sign up here now. Complete the course before 14 December to receive a FREE certificate of participation.

Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network: Becoming nature and climate confident
2023-11-14 13:30 - 15:00
We welcome all staff in further and higher education with an interest in learning and teaching to the November 2023 Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network (ESD TSN), delivered in partnership with EAUC Scotland: The Alliance for Sustainability Leadership in Education.

Why this topic and what to expect: While sustainability is all about the interconnections between the social, economic, and environmental, we have heard some of you telling us that specifically integrating complex environmental topics into your teaching is tricky. While there is some great stuff happening – especially around tangible issues such as waste and recycling – teaching about more ‘abstract-feeling’ aspects like climate change or biodiversity can feel daunting when we don’t feel like we are experts in these fields.

In this TSN, we want to explore ways you can build confidence to integrate these topics into your teaching – both through gaining knowledge as well as through using teaching methods that allow you to feel comfortable with not knowing everything. We’ll have speakers from university and college contexts talking about their work as well as facilitated discussions with your peers.

Agenda and speaker announcement coming soon – click here to sign up.

As always, the event is free for EAUC members. Unsure if you’re a member or struggling to book? Get in touch with info@eauc.org.uk.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #12
2023-11-02 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

About this session

What Learning for Sustainability values are needed when applying to become a teacher in Scotland?

This session will be an opportunity for participants to contribute to Education Policy through the lens of Learning for Sustainability.

Suzy Aldous from GTC Scotland will be engaging with you on the current review of ‘The Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Programmes of Initial Teacher Education’.

This key policy looks at the values and qualifications that are the minimum entry requirements to programmes of Initial Teacher Education. In this Connect session we will have an opportunity to review the policy and give input on what is needed to ensure that Learning for Sustainability is woven across the expectations of teachers entering the profession today.

We ask that you take some time, if possible, ahead of the session to familiarise yourself with the Memorandum of Understanding.

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Bringing the STEM curriculum to life: learning for a sustainable world
2023-10-30 00:00 - 2024-02-29 23:59
This professional learning programme, developed by Learning for Sustainability Scotland, is part of Education Scotland’s STEM professional learning programme for 2023-24.

Join us on an interactive, collaborative facilitated online learning journey that will help you to plan for, weave together and embed Learning for Sustainability (LfS) across your everyday STEM practice; inspiring real-life, relevant, meaningful and transformative learning about the big issues that shape our world.

Who is this course for?

This course is open to senior leadership teams, teachers, and early years practitioners from local authority-funded 3-18 yrs settings within the South West and South East Regional Improvement Collaboratives (i.e. Dumfries & Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, North Ayrshire, Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire).

We are particularly keen to encourage interdisciplinary, whole-setting, cross-sectoral and inter-authority collaboration and networking.

Find out more and book your FREE place here.

It's back! 'Learning for a Sustainable Future' starts again 23 October
2023-10-23 08:00 - 2023-11-26 17:00
We’re delighted to be running our ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’ MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) once again. Since 2021, over 6,000 people from over 100 countries have taken part in this collaborative, facilitated learning opportunity.

Join a personal and professional global learning journey towards a sustainable future.

What on Earth could be more important?

Climate change, gender equality, health, social equity, and inclusion are issues that affect us all, impacting human well-being and economic stability. How to live a sustainable life affects – and connects – everyone.

On this FREE five-week course, you’ll develop an informed personal response to these major challenges as you’re supported to take positive actions towards a sustainable future.

You’ll learn more about current global issues and consider how we can all take action, personally or locally.

The course has an additional strand for those working in formal or informal education, who want to bring some of the activities and issues covered in the course into their own teaching.

Find out more and sign up here. Complete the course before 14 December for a FREE certificate of participation.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #11: celebrating Scotland's new Learning for Sustainability Action Plan
2023-09-28 16:00 - 17:15

Youth Work and Scotland’s refreshed Learning for Sustainability Action Plan
2023-09-28 11:00 - 12:15
“Making Learning for Sustainability a key driver in the future of Scottish education will not only enable us to heed the call to action from learners but will allow us to achieve much more besides. All of our policy ambitions in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, climate and net zero, biodiversity, circular economy, and economic and social transformation can only be delivered with the commitment of Scotland’s people, supported throughout their education.”

We’re delighted to welcome Scotland’s refreshed national Learning for Sustainability (LfS) Action Plan: ‘Target 2030: a movement for people, planet and prosperity’ which was launched on 23rd June.

Join us, YouthLink Scotland, Education Scotland and Stirling Council as we discuss and examine the Plan and ways in which to:

Understand the context and content of the refreshed Scottish Government LfS Action Plan and its relevance to youth work

Consider how youth workers can engage with the LfS Action Plan’s Target 2030 ‘Call to Action’

Identify opportunities for connecting and collaborating with others and between sectors (e.g. communities/ youth/ schools/ colleges/ universities)

Share relevant planned activities, resources and strategies that will support young people.

We look forward to welcoming you!

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Click here to read Learning for Sustainability Scotland’s response to the launch of the Plan.

'Transformative Education for Sustainable Regions': the 2023 RCE Europe Regional Meeting
2023-09-12 10:00 - 2023-09-14 12:30
The 2023 RCE Europe Regional Meeting 2023 will be hosted by RCE Basque Country-Navarre and RCE Fryslân and held virtually from 12-14* September 2023, under the theme ‘Transformative Education for Sustainable Regions‘.

The meeting will build on the experience of RCE Fryslân following the successful hosting of the Europe Regional Meetings 2022 (Part I and Part II), and take advantage of the fresh energy provided by the newly acknowledged RCE Basque Country-Navarre.

In addition to following up on actions agreed during the European RCE Regional Meeting 2022, this meeting will seek inspiration from different angles of the European Education for Sustainable Development community, and, in particular, hear the voices of the RCE youth networks.

View the draft programme here

Find out more and register your place here.

*Please note that the 14th of September is an internal meeting for RCE Co-ordinators only

College Expo 2023: 'Learning and teaching for a better future': workshop for college lecturers
2023-06-22 12:45 - 13:30
Virtual College Expo 2023 – is coming to your screen on Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 June.

This exciting professional learning event from the College Development Network offers inspirational keynotes, interactive workshops, and thought-provoking seminars. You will leave the event feeling inspired and equipped with fresh ideas and resources to enhance your practice.

Learning for Sustainability Scotland and our partners at EAUC Scotland are delighted to be delivering a workshop as part of College Expo 2023.

Fulfilling teaching requirements as well as equipping students with the values, skills and knowledge to tackle current and emerging challenges are two important aspects of teaching practice. Join our participative session to find out how Learning for Sustainability (LfS), increasingly an SQA requirement for college lecturers to include in their teaching, can be integrated into your practice.

You will gain a greater understanding of LfS as an integral part of teaching requirements and what this means for you, and hear about a case study showcasing how you can integrate LfS in your practice. This session also provides an opportunity for you share your thoughts on the kind of support that you may need to embed LfS, and help us shape future CPD opportunities for you and your college.

Book your place on our workshop here

View the whole programme here

Monitoring and evaluating education for sustainable development in Higher Education workshop (academics, coordinators, support staff)
2023-06-21 14:00 - 16:00
Measuring, monitoring and evaluating Education for Sustainable Development is an important task. It helps us to show where we are at, the impact we’re having, and find out what and where we need to improve.

As part of a QAA funded Collaborative Enhancement project, the University of St Andrews; in partnership with EAUC Scotland, LfSS, sparqs, SOS UK, and University of Edinburgh, have developed a flexible 6-step framework that provides guidance on monitoring and evaluating ESD in higher education – including looking at mapping, quality, depth, and impacts. The outcomes also include a handbook and two workshops run by QAA. The workshops are free for QAA members and non-members to join and are open to all, with the two workshops having a slightly different target group.

This second workshop aims to:

increase awareness of the framework with those who will be directly coordinating or running the monitoring of sustainability in learning and teaching, e.g. curriculum leads or programme coordinators, as well as general sustainability officers/leads with a responsibility or interest in teaching.

facilitates the sharing of experiences in enabling ESD and discussion of how the Framework might be adapted at your own institution.

The event is open to anyone to attend. The project and outcomes are, however, currently university-focused and will likely be more relevant to higher education institutions.

Find out more and book your (free) place here

You may also be interested in our additional event for Senior Managers.

Monitoring and evaluating education for sustainable development in Higher Education workshop (Senior Managers)
2023-06-21 10:00 - 11:00
Measuring, monitoring and evaluating Education for Sustainable Development is an important task. It helps us to show where we are at, the impact we’re having, and find out what and where we need to improve.

As part of a QAA funded Collaborative Enhancement project, the University of St Andrews; in partnership with EAUC Scotland, LfSS, sparqs, SOS UK, and University of Edinburgh, have developed a flexible 6-step framework that provides guidance on monitoring and evaluating ESD in higher education – including looking at mapping, quality, depth, and impacts. The outcomes also include a handbook and two workshops run by QAA. The workshops are free for QAA members and non-members to join and are open to all, with the two workshops having a slightly different target group.

This first workshop aims to:

increase awareness of the framework among senior managers with a responsibility for education, including for example Vice Principals

give them an overview of how the Framework works

increase institutional buy-in for ESD, and to allow for the support and encouragement of staff to monitor and evaluate their work.

Find out more and book your (free) place here.

The event is open to anyone to attend. The project and outcomes are, however, currently university-focused and will likely be more relevant to higher education institutions.

You may also be interested in our additional event for academics, coordinators and support staff.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Drop-In #10: celebrating teaching and learning approaches to LfS ahead of the launch of the refreshed national Learning for Sustainability Action Plan
2023-05-25 16:00 - 17:00
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

As we eagerly await the launch of Scotland’s refreshed national Learning for Sustainability Action Plan in Summer 2023, this session will have a focus on celebrating teaching and learning approaches that help to embed Learning for Sustainability across everyday learning.

Book your place by clicking here.

'Learning in a changing climate: a Peruvian-Scottish exchange
2023-05-25 10:00 - 13:00
What are the key competencies that students and educators need to engage constructively and responsibly with today’s world, and how can they be assessed?

This in-person intercultural exchange workshop with educators from Peru and Scotland offers an opportunity for exchange and dialogue about appropriate curricula and pedagogies in response to the global and local climate and nature crises we face. The exchange builds on outputs from education for sustainable development (ESD) collaborations between Scotland and Peru and in the Erasmus+ ESD SuperVision 4.0 project with partners from across Europe.

J﻿oin us on 25 May to:

• Hear about approaches to developing values, skills and knowledges for climate adaptation and sustainability

• Explore the curricular interventions needed to equip learners to adapt to our everchanging world

• Share perspectives on Learning for Sustainability challenges and opportunities

This will be an in-person event, held at the Moray House School of Education and Sport in Edinburgh. The event will be followed by a networking lunch.

Demand for this event is likely to be high and places are limited, so please do let us know ASAP if you have signed up and are subsequently unable to attend in order that we can offer your place to another participant.

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Learning for Sustainability and the National Outcomes for Scotland
2023-05-23 16:00 - 17:00
What kind of Scotland do you want to see?

Have your say on the blueprint for Scotland – the National Performance Framework.

Scotland’s National Performance Framework was revised and published in 2018. It contains eleven National Outcomes that shape both national and local policy – and all of these are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Scottish Government wants to hear from people and communities across Scotland about whether the Framework – and the National Outcomes it contains – continues to reflect the kind of Scotland we want to see. They would also like to hear about how the National Performance Framework could have a bigger impact.

We warmly invite our members to j﻿oin Learning for Sustainability Scotland and the Scottish Government on Tuesday, 23 May to hear more and be part of the discussion.

You will have the opportunity to:

Hear more about the Scottish Government’s consultation on the review of Scotland’s National Outcomes

Discuss and share your vision for Learning for Sustainability and the Outcomes with other members

Hear more about how Learning for Sustainability Scotland will use the outputs of this session to respond to this consultation on behalf of members

Find out how you can share your own response to the consultation.

Click here to book your place.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Drop-In #9: a focus on learner voice and the interim outcomes of the National Discussion on Scottish education
2023-04-27 16:00 - 17:00
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community

This session will have a focus on learner voice and the interim outcomes of the National Discussion on Scottish education; due to be published in Spring 2023.

Book your place by clicking here.

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Topic Support Network: a focus on student-led ESD initiatives
2023-04-24 13:00 - 15:00
Join us and EAUC Scotland for the next Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network, where we’ll focus on how students have been promoting, developing, and integrating ESD. To improve accessibility, this event will be hosted virtually.

More details and an agenda will follow in due course. If you have any student-led examples you’d like us to include or any other questions and topic you would like us to address during the event, please get in touch with kmobius@eauc.org.uk.

This event is open to UK-wide Higher and Further Education practitioners and students, and everyone is welcome to attend.

Click here to reserve your place.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Drop-In #8: A focus on LfS and the 2023 National Improvement Framework and Improvement Plan
2023-03-23 16:00 - 17:00
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on the place of LfS as a key feature in the 2023 National Improvement Framework and Improvement Plan for Scottish education.

Book your place by clicking here.

'Learning for a Sustainable Future' - our free online course is back!
2023-03-13 08:00 - 2023-04-16 17:00
Join us on a personal and professional global learning journey towards a sustainable future.

We’re delighted to announce that our free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is back for a fourth iteration.

Over 5,000 learners from 158 countries have now taken part in this course: enabling participants to share and celebrate a wealth of ideas, resources and perspectives.

Developed by the University of Edinburgh and Learning for Sustainability Scotland with support from the British Council, this five-week course is designed for and open to anyone with an interest in, or remit for, sustainability.

The course is supported by skilled facilitators and has an additional strand for those working in formal or informal education, who want to bring some of the activities and issues covered in the course into their own practice.

What on Earth could be more important?

Full details, including how to register, can be found by clicking here.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Drop-In #7
2023-02-23 16:00 - 17:00
***We are sorry to announce that this event has been cancelled due to ongoing industrial action by Scotland’s teachers. Our next Drop-In will be on March 23rd from 16:00 – 17:00. Please click here for details.***

Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers and college lecturers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

Book your place by clicking here.

Sustainability, employability and youthwork
2023-02-21 16:00 - 17:00
Join us and YouthLink Scotland to explore how we can support young people to develop the skills needed for a sustainable and just future.

We’re delighted to welcome you to our first webinar for 2023.

This is the latest in our award-winning series of webinars, and in it, we will build on previous sessions to explore and discuss how we can help youthwork/school-based practitioners to:

Support young people to develop the skills, values, knowledge and confidence needed for a just and sustainable future

Contribute to school-youthwork engagement with the national Learning for Sustainability Action Plan and the priorities of the Climate Emergency Skills Action Plan.

Participants will also have the opportunity to:

Network and share resources, ideas and activities

Identify opportunities for connecting and collaborating with others and between sectors (communities/youth/schools/colleges/universities).

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

F﻿urther details, including joining instructions, will be sent to you nearer the time.

We look forward to having you join us online on Tuesday 21st February.
