The Wood Foundation’s Global Learning Partnerships (GLP) programme has been reaccredited by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) with the award Professional Recognition in Learning for Sustainability (LfS). The immersive professional and personal learning and development programme, which empowers leaders of LfS, includes a month-long placement in Uganda and Rwanda. [...]
Practitioners throughout Scotland have come together to develop a series of learning resources with RedEarth Education in Uganda to support the continuation of education during lockdown in the country. Programme Manager Georgea Hughes comments on the partnership. “Our commitment to our network and partners remains despite the fact we have had [...]
Georgea Hughes is Programme Manager at The Wood Foundation. She comments on the cancellation of the 2020 summer placement and our ongoing commitment to the GLP network. “The global pandemic has unfortunately left us with no choice but to cancel the 2020 summer placement for GLP. While we expected this outcome [...]
Sam Davidson is undertaking a Masters in Inclusive Education. His GLP experience, and the collaboration therein, will feed into his research. He was part of our 2019 cohort. “I hadn’t originally connected the collaboration element of my masters research to GLP but upon returning it became clear that the relationship with [...]
Lyndsay Reynolds was part of the Global Learning Partnerships cohort of 2019. The experience has supported both her professional and personal growth and she is increasingly open to widening her horizons. “I was nervous about travelling so far afield and being useful in the role we were taking on. It was [...]
Laura Hepburn was part of our 2019 cohort that spent the summer in Uganda and Rwanda. She was seeking an experience that would provide challenge and inspiration. “GLP offers two things I consider to be deeply important - supporting others and reflecting on, and refining, my skills for teaching and learning. [...]
Kathy Quinn was part of our 2019 cohort. Her daughter Aoife’s trip to Zambia through Project Trust, a trip also supported by The Wood Foundation, inspired Kathy to sign up to GLP. “I will always be proud of how Aoife stuck with her project when many would have given up and [...]
Greg Duncan was part of our 2019 cohort. He works alongside Tan Logan, who had taken part in GLP in 2018, and the pair are now working on Learning for Sustainability (LfS) projects within their high school. “Tan had started planning a LfS project for the school, including professional learning to [...]
Georgia Phillips was part of the 2017 cohort which upskilled practitioners in Rwanda. She is now using this experience to upskill and empower practitioners in Stirling alongside 2018 alumni Jennifer Hutton. “I was only one-year post-probation when I undertook GLP. I knew I wanted to deliver sustainable and global education but [...]
Caitlin Morrison was part of the GLP cohort which spent the summer of 2018 in Rwanda. A passionate advocate for sustainability, GLP has given the history teacher the confidence and inspiration to change her subject teaching and devise a new course for her pupils in Wick. “I knew there was incredible [...]