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GTC Scotland response to Scottish Languages Bill Call for Views
GTC Scotland has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s Education, Children and Young People Committee’s call for views on a proposed Scottish Languages Bill. The Bill gives the Gaelic and Scots languages official status in Scotland and makes changes to the support for the Gaelic and Scots languages in Scotland. This… -
Qualified Outside Scotland Registration Applicants – Application Assessment Fee Increase
From 1 April 2024, the Application Assessment Fee for applicants who qualified outside Scotland will rise from £65 to £185. The total cost of registering will be £309, or £268 for existing members of the PVG scheme. This breaks down as: Find out more information on the annual registration fee. -
Freedom Needs Boundaries – Using the Professional Standards for Lecturers in Scotland’s Colleges
Our first virtual event for College Lecturers aims to stimulate professional thinking, discussion, and national networking. The event will take place online on Wednesday 20 March at 4 pm and is open to those who are registered with GTC Scotland in Further Education. We will be joined by Dr Lou… -
Council Election Results
The results of the 2023-2024 GTC Scotland Council election are now available. The following candidates have been elected to the Council and will take up office on 2 April 2024. Thank you to all who stood for election, and those who voted, in the council election. Thanks also to all… -
GTC Scotland response to consultation on Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill
GTC Scotland responded to the Scottish Government’s consultation to help inform the scope of any legislation for a proposed Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill. The Bill aims to further improve decision making and the implementation of the National Performance Framework to ensure that all policy and delivery is focused on… -
Consultation on entry requirements
We are currently consulting on proposed changes to the Memorandum on Entry Requirements to programmes of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland. The Memorandum sets the minimum entry requirement for students’ entry to ITE programmes in Scotland. We are proposing limited changes to the Memorandum to ensure: Find the consultation documents… -
Taking the angle of the teacher | Annual Lecture 2024
We were delighted to host Professor Gert Biesta at the end of January as he delivered his lecture ‘Taking the angle of the teacher’. Professor Biesta discussed the language of ‘learnification’, a term he introduced through his research. “Learnification has to do with a tendency in educational discussions to discuss… -
Improvements to MyPL – coming in 2024
In 2024 we will be making key changes to MyPL, aimed at improving the platform and your experience using it. Improvements being made The first of these updates involves the homepage and a new expanded Professional Update (PU) section. You will now be able to submit your Professional Update (PU)… -
GTC Scotland responds to Scottish Government’s Education Bill consultation
Within the context of education reform, the Scottish Government published a consultation in November on elements of a new Education Bill. The consultation sought views on: Our response builds on a number of themes that we have put forward in previous consultation exercises that have formed part of the education reform… -
GTC Scotland clarifies role in Initial Teacher Education
GTC Scotland has clarified its role in Initial Teacher Education in its response to the petition being considered by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee seeking government support to promote research-informed reading instruction, specifically systematic synthetic phonics as part of ITE as well as further professional learning for teachers.