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ALT News Archive
Forth Valley pupils taste life on CAMPUS
On the 19th of June ninety pupils, from fifteen Forth Valley high schools, descended on Stirling University to start the second leg of the CAMPUS (Central Area Motivational Programme for University Study) Summer School. Over the next few days pupils participated in a programme of workshops, including “running your own radio station”, Psychology and Forensics to name just a few, with contributions from the University Careers Advisory Service, Association of Chartered and Certifiied Accountants, Careers Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland. More...
Introduction to Writing Poetry
A selection of poems from the many that were written as part of the ‘Introduction to Writing Poetry’ course held at Denny High School in the late winter and early spring of 2006. More...
It's Good to Share
Staff in DAICE and the Centre for eLearning Development are working on a pilot project to investigate the advantages and challenges of sharing teaching and learning resources via an institutional repository. More...
New CAMPUS Cohort University Visit
100 pupils from 15 Forth Valley schools had their first CAMPUS experience at the university on Thursday 30th March 2006. More...
Information Evening
Information evening at the University to day Thursday 23rd March, for the parents of the new Forth Valley pupils joining the CAMPUS programme. More...
CAML Programme
The second CAML Programme started in Airthrey Castle on the 26th January. The CAML (Community Access to Mainstream Learning Project) is a SESWARF funded programme which aims to encourage, and support, community based adult learners to progress to college or university based study. SESWARF is the South East of Scotland Wider Access Regional Forum. More...
Armenian Visitors
On the 13th February DAICE hosted a visit by practitioners and policy makers from the Armenian Vocational and Education Training sector. More...
Vanessa Little, General Manager, Community Learning, Hume City Council, Melborne, Victoria, Australia visits Stirling, Scotland
Vanessa Little visited Scotland 6 – 8th February 2006 and in this time she packed in meetings with a variety of people in Stirling and in Edinburgh. She was hosted by Kate Sankey and Lesley Doyle from PASCAL at the Institute of Education, University of Stirling. More...
More Local Support for CAMPUS
We are delighted to announce that Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling councils have pledged further funding for the CAMPUS project for two years from July 2006 to July 2008. More...
Kate Sankey - A Scot of the Year
Institute of Contemporary Scotland Academy of Merit 2006
On Saturday 11 February, Kate Sankey received the Brian K Parnell Award for services to the Environment, at a ceremony in Dunfermline attended by some 80 people. More...
New Publication from DAICE Staff
We are happy to announce the publication of a the new book announced at the recent PASCAL conference in Stirling on the theme of learning cities, learning regions and learning communities. It is written by our honorary Professor of Lifelong Learning, Norman Longworth and is entitled: Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities. More...
From the Margins to the Mainstream: embedding widening participation in higher education
Members of DAICE were involved in the production of a new study on widening access to higher education for young people from lower socio-economic groups has found that there is an increased commitment to widening participation across universities and colleges of all types. The study was directed by the Higher Education Academy and the European Access Network. More...
Widening Participation to University Study Through Flexible Delivery - London Conference Judged a Success!
With over seventy delegates attending the recent Widening Participation to University Study Through Flexible Delivery conference held in London on 21 October by DAICE in partnership with ESCalate, the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Education, the positive feedback received so far clearly marks the conference as a success. More...
Pupils Sample University Life
Pupils from Falkirk, Stirling and Clackmannan took part in the second annual CAMPUS Summer School. This involved a residential stay on the university campus with pupils sampling a range of academic subjects. It wasn’t all hard work though, as students also took part in various social activities and attended a film at the MacRobert. More...