Putting Learners at the Centre: Towards a Future Vision for Scottish Education

Appendix A: List of engagements undertaken by Professor Muir

• Anderson High School, Lerwick – pupils and staff
• Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES)
• Association of Headteachers and Deputes in Scotland (AHDS)
• Bòrd na Gàidhlig
• Building Our Curriculum Self-Help Group (BOCSH)
• Care and Learning Alliance (CALA)
• Care Inspectorate
• Care Inspectorate Wales
• Careers Review
• Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland
• Children in Scotland
• Children's Parliament
• Clackmannanshire Council
• Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER)
• College Development Network (CDN)
• Colleges Scotland
• Comann nam Pàrant
• Community Development Team, Fife Council
• Community Learning and Development Managers Scotland
• Community Learning and Development Standards Council Scotland
• Connect
• Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) – leaders, children and young people's board and officials
• Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA), Northern Ireland
• Curriculum and Assessment Board (CAB)
• Developing the Young Workforce Employer Forum
• Early Years Scotland
• Education Scotland – advisory board, partnership board, leadership teams, directorates, change team and staff
• Educational Institute of Scotland Union (EIS)
• Enable
• Estyn, Education and Training Inspectorate for Wales
• FDA Union
• Federation of Awarding Bodies
• General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS)
• GwE Regional School Improvement Consortia, North Wales
• Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS)
• Inverurie Academy, Aberdeenshire – pupils
• King's Park Secondary School, Glasgow
• Scotland's Learning Partnership's Learners' Forum
• National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT)
• National Autistic Society Scotland
• National Council for Curriculum and Assessment. Ireland (NCCA)
• National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)
• National Education Officers' Network (NEON)
• National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH)
• National Parent Forum of Scotland (NPFS)
• National Union for Students Scotland (NUS)
• North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership
• Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
• Qualifications Wales
• Race Equality and Anti-Racism in Education Programme Stakeholder Network Group
• Regional Improvement Collaboratives (RICs)
• Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)
• School Leaders Scotland (SLS)
• Scottish Association of Minority Ethnic Educators (SAMEE)
• Scottish Autism
• Scottish Catholic Education Service (SCES)
• Scottish Council of Deans of Education (SCDE)
• Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS)
• Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership (SCQFP)
• Scottish Education Council
• Scottish Education Research Strategy – Academic Reference Group
• Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
• Scottish Government – directors and policy officers from Learning Directorate, Children and Families, Early Learning and Childcare, Advanced Learning and Science and other officials.
• Scottish Learning Festival (SLF)
• Scottish Outdoor Education Centre (SOEC)
• Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) – board members, management teams, heads of areas and staff
• Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA)
• Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
• Scottish Training Federation (STF)
• Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP)
• Skills Development Scotland (SDS)
• Social Work Scotland
• Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE)
• Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland (sparqs)
• St Mary's Kenmure, Glasgow
• Teacher Panel
• Teaching Council Ireland
• The Promise Scotland
• Together
• Ulster Teachers Union
• UNISON Union
• Unite Union
• Universities Scotland
• Voice Community Union
• Who Cares? Scotland
• Workskills UK
• Young Scot
• YouthLink Scotland

I am particularly grateful to the following individuals for their much-valued advice, perspectives and guidance in preparing this report.

• Philip Blaker, Chief Executive, Qualifications Wales
• Professor Carol Campbell, University of Ontario
• Professor Christopher Chapman, University of Glasgow
• Arlene Forster, Chief Executive Officer, National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, Republic of Ireland
• Dr Ger Graus OBE, Global Director of Education at KidZania
• Margaret Farragher, CEO, Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, North Ireland
• Martin McGuire, Director Scotland, Workskills UK
• Tomás Ó Ruairc, former Chief Executive, Teaching Council Ireland and now Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Education, Dublin
• Professor Lindsay Paterson, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Mark Priestley, University of Stirling
• Arwyn Thomas, Mark Hughes and Elfyn Jones, GwE Regional School Improvement Consortia, North Wales
• Mererid Wyn Williams, Claire Morgan, Jassa Scott, Estyn