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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): educational interventions

ESSS Outline

Explores the evidence around Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), their impact on educational outcomes and what interventions may be effective in supporting young people with ACEs in educational contexts.

Published in ESSS Outlines on 23 Apr 2018

Distributed leadership in early years and childcare

ESSS Outline

Explores distributed approaches to leadership in the context of childcare and early years settings. It provides some background to Scottish policy priorities and principles of leadership and distributed approaches.

Published in ESSS Outlines on 19 Dec 2017

Social work student placements and employability

ESSS Outline

Identifies evidence around social work placements and the differences and similarities between statutory and voluntary placements.

Published in ESSS Outlines on 6 Dec 2017

Seeking workshop contributions

You are invited to provide a workshop contribution to a national conference to share and promote best practice in service user and carer involvement in professional education.

The conference will be held on 26 April 2017 at the University of Stirling and bring together service users and carers, students, educators, professionals and policy-makers. It will be relevant to social work, health, education and other areas of professional education, at qualifying and post-qualifying levels.

Workshops should:

Published in News on 2 Feb 2017

Values into Action Scotland

Iriss.fm, episode 129

Michael McEwan talks to David Ross about how his work as a Quality Checker helps people bring more choice and control into their lives.

Published in Iriss.fm on 14 Jul 2015

Go4IT Digital Inclusion Service

Iriss.fm, episode 112

Interviews with staff and participants at Go4IT, a digital inclusion service for adults with disabilities who are supported by Quarriers.

Published in Iriss.fm on 8 Jan 2015

Knowledge into practice

Iriss.fm, episode 92

Michael McEwan talks to Dr Ann Wales about translating knowledge into practice.

Published in Iriss.fm on 30 Jul 2014

Personal learning networks introduction - Malcolm Wright

Personal learning networks

NES Chief Executive Malcolm Wright introduces an animated guide to Personal Learning Networks - use of social media in practice.

Published in Iriss.fm on 29 Jul 2014

Personal learning networks introduction - Alison Petch

Personal learning networks

Alison Petch, former Iriss Director introduces a new animation from NES and Iriss which dispels some of the myths about social media, showing how easy it is try things out and decide what works for for the individual.

Published in Iriss.fm on 29 Jul 2014

Building your personal learning network

People who can seek new information, make sense of it, and share it with their colleagues will be an asset to any work team

In today’s workplace we learn with and from one another. This is called social learning. Popular social media, such as Twitter and LinkedIn, offer great opportunities for connecting, conversing, collaborating... and learning from one another…

Published in Videos on 22 May 2014

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): educational interventions

Distributed leadership in early years and childcare

Social work student placements and employability

Seeking workshop contributions

Values into Action Scotland

Go4IT Digital Inclusion Service

Knowledge into practice

Personal learning networks introduction - Malcolm Wright

Personal learning networks introduction - Alison Petch

Building your personal learning network

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