Members blog

June 25, 2020

How is COVID-19 impacting learning?

Article 12 states that young people have the right to be listened to and taken seriously, and if there was ever an event to show this it would be 5 MSYPs from out Education and Lifelong Learning Committee meeting with 3 MSPs in our equivalent Committee at the Scottish Parliament.

Find out more

June 2, 2020

#BAMEintoEmployment Enquiry LAunch

A programme I am involved in, Young Woman Lead, has launched its enquiry a few weeks ago to research for next year’s ‘Status of Young Women in Scotland’ with the focus on gauging the transition from education to employment for young Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women. The findings…

Find out more

April 27, 2020

Education in 2030: Let young people be co-creators of their education

In its present state, education in Scotland could be improved significantly. In the past century, the material changes in school’s classrooms have been minimal. There’s desks, chairs and a teacher at the front delivering a lesson. Scottish Education claims to be inclusive, yet we still see young people dropping out…

Find out more