From this autumn universities will be embedding the revised Standards in Social Work Education in their social work programmes.

SSSC Open Badges are now five-years old.  To celebrate, Robert Stewart, lead officer for SSSC Open Badges, tells us more about what's coming up this year.

Do you have an apprentice or are you thinking about employing an apprentice? 

Early learning and childcare (ELC) staff are receiving new help to inspire young children in science and maths. 

A new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning package, developed in partnership with the Scottish Government and the University of the West of Scotland, provides multimedia resources and activities for staff to help babies and children to develop curiosity in the world around them. 

We’ve worked with Student Awards Agency Scotland (SAAS) and NHS Education for Scotland (NES) to produce a new leaflet to help you understand and raise awareness of the Part Time Fee Grant.

We’ve published a new Enriching and Improving Experience: Palliative and End of Life Care Guidance Toolkit.

We’ve produced a new presentation with accompanying notes to help you facilitate a discussion around effective supervision.

We’ve produced a new ebook to help you create content and develop open badges for your learning.

Our 23 Digital Capabilities learning resource has been incredibly popular since it was launched and we’ve received lots of requests from organisations to help create their own online learning using the 23 Things framework.

In this month’s episode SSSC Digital Learning and Development Adviser, George Burton, talks open education elearning and web 3.0 with Stephen Downes from the Digital Technologies Research Centre at the National Research Council of Canada.

In this episode we talk with Julie Dirksen. She’s best known for her excellent book ‘Design for people who learn’ – a guide to the fundamental concepts of instructional design both to improve your own learning and engage your audience.

We’re currently working with Aberdeenshire, Angus and Learning Network West to test approaches to a supported and assessed year for newly qualified social workers (NQSWs).