We work with businesses and schools to build capacity in language and employability skills.
'Employers and schools need to develop strong two way partnerships – partnerships that deliver improvements to teaching and learning and bring real-life context into the classroom.' - Developing the Young Workforce (Scottish Government, 2014)
The Scottish Languages Employability Award (SLEA) was developed and implemented in 2019 with support from Bòrd na Gàidhlig and Gaelic Language Act Implementation Funding.
This award is recognition which businesses and schools in Scotland achieve as partners. Qualifying projects build partnerships between schools, businesses and other organisations and enable schools to deliver on Developing the Young Workforce and the National Improvement Framework, build crucial partnerships as outlined in How Good is Our School 4 and Building the Curriculum 4, and effectively implement the Career Education Standard (3-18).
The SLEA can be achieved at an initial three levels, with a fourth level for partnerships who achieve continued innovation. On successfully achieving a Scottish Languages Employability Award, schools and their partner organisations are awarded certificates for display and entitled to display the Scottish Languages Employability Award logo from the date of the confirmation of the award, for a period of two academic years.
Upcoming verification dates
2024
2023
2022