Professional Learning Announcements
Leadership+ That first-day-back feeling: Sustaining energy and optimism in yourself and your team
01:45pm, Mon 25 Aug 2025
We’re delighted to announce the 25/26 session launch of Leadership+, Education Scotland’s series of bespoke webinars designed to enhance leadership learning and spark critical thinking across Scottish education.
Leadership+ offers fresh, thought-provoking content to support your ongoing development and the webinars are open to anyone in a leadership role across all education sectors.
Dr Karen Edge will be delivering the first webinar in our 25/26 Leadership+ series bringing global insight and practical strategies to help leaders re-energise themselves and their teams—perfect timing for the start of a new academic year!
Dr Karen Edge: That first-day-back feeling: Sustaining energy and optimism in yourself and your team.
Monday 8 September
4pm to 5pm
Online via MS Teams
Places are limited, and we expect high demand—so please don’t delay!
Click here to register via Eventbrite
Dr Edge’s Leadership+ session last year was attended by over 400 leaders across Scottish education – here’s what they said about the session:
“Karen was so interesting and engaging - she brought a lot of herself to the session which I really appreciated. Really well paced and interactive - thank you!”
“A fantastic session by Karen Edge - genuine and authentic and linking to the research and her own relatable experiences.
The session passed so quickly - very enjoyable and relevant to the here and now. Thank you”
“The ideas were very thought provoking and the interactive activities are ones that I can see me using during staff meetings “
Please note: This session will not be recorded, so we strongly encourage you to attend live to benefit fully. However, Dr Edge will kindly record a 15-minute post-event overview, which will be available on our Leadership+ webpage.
We will be offering more Leadership+ sessions in the 25/26 session, and will be publishing details of these in the coming weeks.
We hope you’ll join us for this inspiring first session and be part of a growing community of leaders shaping the future of Scottish education.
Leadership professional learning applications open today!
12:00pm, Mon 18 Aug 2025
We are delighted to announce that applications for the following programmes opened today (18 August 2025) and will remain open until Friday 05 September at 11.45 pm.
Visit the links below to find out more about the programmes open today!
Places on the above programmes are limited and we anticipate high demand for these, so we may need to close application forms early if the number of applications exceeds the number of available places.
Education Scotland professional learning service 2025/26
12:00pm, Thu 26 Jun 2025
Education Scotland has continued to improve its professional learning service. We have sent the following PowerPoint slides out to all schools in Scotland for sharing with colleagues in August.
Education Scotland Professional Learning Service 2025 2026
The slides highlight
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professional learning programmes that will open for applications in 2025/26 academic session
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open access professional learning resources that colleagues can access anytime
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professional learning activities that individuals or groups can engage with and have a record of completing
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where to search for events on the Education Scotland webpage
Note that this isn’t the totality of the professional learning service, more information is available here on the Education Scotland website .
Welcome to Professional Learning Announcements
12:00pm, Wed 23 Apr 2025
Welcome to this new area of our website. From summer 2025, we will use this space to promote upcoming professional learning opportunities from Education Scotland.
Whether you are interested in engaging in a programme of leadership learning, attending sessions or webinars on specific themes or building your own bespoke learning journey using our self directed professional learning activities, we are here to support your ongoing professional development with high-quality learning experiences and resources.