This page contains some links that the Association feels may be of interest to visitors to our website.
Many thanks to Eric Burton for suggesting a lot of excellent links.
If you have a suggestion of a web page which is not listed here
then please add a post on our new forum to bring it to the attention of the webmaster.
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| General Education | Back to top |
| SAEPSVS | The SAEPSVS Website |
| Learning and Teaching Scotland | The Learning and Teaching Scotland Online Service provides resources and advice for teachers, school managers and others involved in education. |
| Determined to Succeed | A Review of Enterprise in Education commissioned by the Scottish Executive |
| Becta | Becta - British Educational Communications and Technology Agency: search page for educational resources on the internet. |
| BBC Learning | Homepage of BBC Learning - education at the BBC. |
| C4 Education | Channel 4's education page. |
| Scottish Qualifications Authority | The official source for all information on courses and curricula in Scottish school education. |
| Careers and Enterprise | Back to top |
| Careers Scotland | Careers Scotland offers an all age guidance service that can help you with your learning, employment, and career opportunities throughout life. |
| Scottish Enterprise | Scottish Enterprise is Scotland's main economic development agency, funded by the Scottish Executive. Their mission is to help the people and businesses of Scotland succeed. |
| LTS - Enterprise in Education | Enterprise in Education site at Learning and Teaching Scotland. "Fostering an enterprise culture where young people are determined to succeed" |
| Prince's Trust | The Prince's Trust offers practical solutions to help young people get their lives working. |
| Enterprising Careers | The role of the Centre for Studies in Enterprise, Career Development and Work (‘Enterprising Careers’ for short) is to encourage and support evidence-based policy and practice in Enterprise in Education, careers guidance and related areas. |
| Financial Education | Back to top |
| LTS - Financial Education | Financial Education site at Learning and Teaching Scotland. "Helping young people to acquire a broadly based financial capability" |
| Royal Bank of Scotland - MoneySense | "Our relationship with money begins before we've left school. By working in partnership with teachers, we've created an interactive programme for schools, which shows how good money management skills help in everyday life." |
| Charities | Back to top |
| Beacon Fellowship | Beacon is a charitable organisation set up to encourage individual contributions to charitable and social causes and to celebrate and showcase best practice in giving. |
| Macmillan Cancer Relief | Macmillan Cancer Relief is a UK charity that works to improve the quality of life for people living with cancer. Home of the 'Biggest Coffee Morning In The World'! |
| Residential Centres | Back to top |
| Scottish Youth Hostels Association | The official website of the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. Useful for planning residential activities. |
| Self Evaluation | Back to top |
| Quincy Web | This site has several tests for you to carry out. E.g. Careers, leadership |
| Career Key | This site gives you a professional career test and points you to careers. |
| UTNE | A more valued test now is your Emotional IQ and this site explains the process. |
| OD Online | Another personality test site. |
| 2H | An entrepeneurial test site - can you really succeed in running your own business? |
| University of Life | Loads of tests that look at personality, love, IQ, EQ, etc. |
| Art and Craft | Back to top |
| Jay Zee Bear | Origami ideas: some simple; some so hard! Learn how to fold a dollar bill. |
| Avery | Site that offers free downloads of cards, labels, craft ideas, etc. |
| North Pole | A great Christmas site that does almost everything - some good ideas. |
| Kids Domain | A variety of ideas for celebration days, e.g. Mothers' / Fathers' Day. |
| Home School Zone | Free recipes, crafts, health, pets, events, family. |
| Motivation | Back to top |
| Follow Your Dreams | A thought for you each day - save them and create Thought Cards. |
| Motivate Us | Over 8,500 motivational quotes and 750 stories - some good PSE material! |
| Inspiration Peak | Quotes for a whole range of areas, Kindness, Joy, Success, Life, etc. |
| Free Downloads | Back to top |
| Tucows | Spelling tests, screen grabbers, spam stoppers. |
| StreetMap | Free streetmap downloads - handy when visiting other schools! |
| Google Maps UK | Alternative to StreetMap with satelite images and route finding tools. |
| Web Shots | Free screen-savers for your machine. |
| Pass The Shareware | As it says, hundreds of shareware ideas - you choose! |
| MacShare | From A to Z for Mac stuff - links into other sites. |
| Mac Sites | A survey of Mac-specific sites with opinions from users. |