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Research and Policy
Scotland's Creative Learning Plan at a Glance
A summary of Scotland's national plan for embedding creativity across Scotland's education system, designed as a printed booklet...
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Online Teaching Tools
Paint like Jackson Pollock
Voted amongst the top 50 "coolest websites" by TIME Magazine - try your hand at painting like Jackson Pollock...
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Online Teaching Tools
Room 13 Scotland
Room 13 is a social enterprise organisation which encompasses an expanding network of linked studios worldwide...
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Research and Policy
Re-Imagining the Future keynote
The NCLN Annual Event in 2016 took place at the Hotel Colessio in Stirling and was entitled Re-Imagining the Future...
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Quotes
“Creativity is all about bringing imagined possibilities to life: an idea, a philosophy, a mathematical formula, a work of art...”
—Dougie Irvine, Visible Fictions
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Research and Policy
Creative Mornings
CreativeMornings is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community...
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Research and Policy
5 Creativity Myths You Probably Believe
Misconceptions cloak creativity in mystique and they foster elitism—the idea that the potential for innovation and imagination is a rare gift enjoyed by only a select few creative types...
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Online Teaching Tools
Young Engineers and Science Clubs
A network of over 430 science, engineering and technology clubs throughout Scotland, with a membership of more than 5,000 young people engaging in practical hands-on science and engineering activities to enthuse them to pursue a career in science...
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Online Teaching Tools
Reverse Thinking: Creative Learning Approach - Asking Students to Plan Bad Behavior
Getting students to think about behaving badly helps them arrive at positive norms—and such reverse thinking may work in other situations as well...
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Quotes
“Our research shows that in an Outperforming organisation, creativity is integral to success...”
—Investors in People
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Research and Policy
Buchanan Institute - Scotland's only student-led think tank
The network is entirely politically independent and serves to enable collaboration between student think tanks across the globe...
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Research and Policy
Beyond insects and robots: designing an education fit for the future
How can we make the most of booming employment rates and improvements in artificial intelligence...
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Research and Policy
The Top 5 Qualities of Productive Creatives (And How to Identify Them!)
How do we identify the qualities that add up to creativity...
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Online Teaching Tools
Imagine If... you could create your Dream Project - workshop sheet for diverse teams
AVailable as a Powerpoint slide this worksheet is adaptable to your own purposes, but had been created to allow diverse agendas and teams to collaborate on a 'dream project' using the Imagine If...
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Quotes
“Creativity is a new: purpose, process, procedure, thought, action, style, content...”
—Professor George G. Youngson, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital
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Quotes
“We work a lot with the arts at the observatory, in many ways...”
—Dan Hillier, Edinburgh Observatory
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Online Teaching Tools
Imagine If... you could create your Dream Project - presentation
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Online Teaching Tools
Compendium of Creative Problem Solving Methods
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Research and Policy
RSA
The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) is an enlightenment organisation committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today’s social challenges...
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Research and Policy
Creative Quarter
IRISS site exploring creativity and its application to a Social Care setting...