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Education, Children and Young People Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
Good morning, and welcome to the eighth meeting of the Education, Children and Young People Committee in 2021, which is being held virtually. I apologise for the late start, which was due to technical reasons.
Agenda item 1 is a decision on taking business in private. Are members content to take agenda items 3 and 4 in private? I see lots of nodding heads. Thank you—that is agreed.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
A number of colleagues want to come in with quick-fire supplementary questions on the back of that line of questioning.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
I had the distinct impression from our earlier conversation that I would be pushing on an open door if I shared those ideas with you. How can we change that culture in the educational establishment and change how it portrays vocational qualifications? You have spent a career on that.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
We discard and discount a lot of progressive thinking on vocational training for the reasons that you have given.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
Quite a few colleagues want to come in on the back of Willie Rennie’s very interesting line of questioning. I want to wind back a bit to the issue of the school leaving age, and I call Oliver Mundell for a couple of quick-fire questions.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
I am sorry, Michael, but you will have to be very quick.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
To follow on from the subject area that Stephanie Callaghan asked about, I note that, on page 46 of your report, you quite rightly mentioned
“students’ perceptions and views of assessment arrangements”,
but what about employers and universities? What are their perceptions of assessment?
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
Ross Greer is joining us from the 26th United Nations climate change conference of the parties—COP26. We are glad to have him on board. Michael Marra will take us in a slightly different direction.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
I welcome everyone back to this evidence-taking session with Professor Stobart. I call Oliver Mundell.
Education, Children and Young People Committee
Upper Secondary Education and Student Assessment
Meeting date: 10 November 2021
Stephen Kerr
It is good to hear that, reputationally, you saw our education system as being better than the system somewhere else, simply because it was Scottish. We can all sign up to that, on the basis of our national pride.
Were you surprised by what you discovered about the complexity and the nuances that you have just described?
