Category: Higher Education Futures

Scotland’s tertiary education sector must adapt to better meet the needs of learners and society at large, according to a new report by The Royal Society of Edinburgh and YAS. The Tertiary Education Futures report indicates that with the evolution of new technology, leadership styles…

Curious times call for curious minds. Our senior academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) launches its third summer events programme, Curious, a month-long series of online activity bringing together some of Scotland’s leading thinkers and practitioners, curated to make audiences question the world around…

Alice Konig Senior Lecturer in Latin and Classical Studies, University of St Andrews TL;DR: Covid-19 has disrupted Higher Education models and practices, exacerbating the challenges which the sector already faced. We should take advantage of this to re-think systems and structures and strengthen the relationship…

Colin Graham Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Edinburgh On the 21st of August, the Young Academy of Scotland held the second in a series of online debates, contributing to a joint RSE/YAS project on Tertiary Education Futures. This debate discussed future curricula, with a…

Interactive Workshop *Please note this event is in the past.  For more information about the wider project this event on this topic, please visit our The Purpose and Future of Higher Education page. The involvement of students in curriculum design for Higher and Further Education…

Maria Dornelas, Reader, School of Biology, University of St Andrews Young Academy of Scotland Member September 2020   The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) and YAS are working together on a project to capture a wide range of views about the future of Tertiary Education…

Debate *Please note this event is in the past.  For more information about the wider project this event on this topic, please visit our The Purpose and Future of Higher Education page. This event will discuss how we might re-think HE and TE curricula to…

Workshop *Please note this event is in the past.  For more information about the wider project this event on this topic, please visit our The Purpose and Future of Higher Education page. This event will draw together Higher Education (HE) practitioners to discuss the purpose…