DYW toolkit for schools

Guide for schools

Our downloadable guide for schools is currently being updated. In the meantime, please make use of the videos below or the resources in the following toolkits:

Making languages your business (toolkit for businesses)
Making space for languages (toolkit for schools)
Making your future brighter with languages (toolkit for young people and their families)

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Languages in the creative industries

Find out how languages are used in architecture, dance and gaming.

Hear from David Ross from Keppie Design, Dawn Hartley from the Scottish Dance Theatre and Thomas Hulvershorn from Outplay Entertainment

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Languages in health and wellbeing

Find out about the importance of languages in sport and health care.

Hear from tennis coach, Judy Murray, Jim Fleeting from the Scottish Football Association and dentist, Mark Sorrentino.

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Languages in manufacturing and engineering

Find out how languages can open doors for careers in international manufacturing and engineering firms.

Hear from Karen Webster, HR Manager at Dover Fueling Solutions, and Jamie Lindsay, aeromechanical engineering student. Rhona Crofts shares how French, Russian and Chinese have influenced her career at Michelin.

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Languages in hospitality and tourism

Find out how languages can open up employment opportunities within the hospitality and tourism industry around the world.

Hear from Tristan Nesbitt, General Manager at the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Susan Young, outdoor pursuits instructor, and chef John Beveridge.

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Languages in business

Languages are crucial in international banking, the whisky industry and Edinburgh Zoo's Giant Panda Programme.

Hear from Iain Valentine from Edinburgh Zoo, Ken Lindsay from Chivas Brothers and Eric Balish from Arab Banking Corporation (ABC).

Engaging parents

Languages in a nutshell

Explains how the 1+2 Approach will be put into practice and why learning languages is so important. Suggests ways parents can support their child’s language learning.

Produced by SCILT in partnership with The National Parent Forum of Scotland.

We have shared the format of our Business Brunches so that schools can organise their own event

Run your own business event

Employment