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Education and Training in Scotland National Dossier 2004
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the 2004 edition of the National Dossier on Education and Training in Scotland.
This comprehensive and up to date guide to all sectors of education and training in Scotland is published annually by the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) International Relations Unit, and is aimed at both national and international audiences.
The Dossier is part-funded by the European Commission's SOCRATES Programme via the Eurydice Network for information on European education and training systems. The aim of Eurydice is to promote greater cooperation and mutual understanding across European education systems, and a wider appreciation of the similarities and differences which characterise the various systems. We are very grateful for their continuing support with this publication.
The information contained in the National Dossier is based on wide consultation with policy and professional divisions in the Scottish Executive, especially those in the Education Department and Lifelong Learning Group, and with HM Inspectorate of Education amongst many others.
This latest edition contains short new sections in relevant chapters on 'Current Reforms' plus a greatly expanded chapter 11 on 'International Education'. Other sections have also undergone various structural changes in order to present the information in as clear and user-friendly a way as possible for a large reference document of this nature . We have also again included a CD-ROM version after receiving positive feedback on this format from last year, and a detailed subject index and glossary at the back to complement the Contents Table in order to aid your navigation around the document and help you find what you want.
Scotland's National Dossier is part of a wider European database on education and training. This database is called Eurybase and is updated annually by all thirty countries of the Eurydice network. The network comprises European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and the two current EU applicant countries (Bulgaria and Romania), with each National Dossier following the same
format and layout conventions for ease of comparison across countries. Eurybase can be consulted on the Eurydice web site at http://www.eurydice.org under the Eurybase menu.
There are no copyright restrictions on this document and we encourage organisations to photocopy the material freely, with due citation of the source. We would also welcome any comments on the content and/or design of the document.
We would like to thank all those who have contributed to the content and publication of this year's Dossier, not least policy and professional colleagues; Ernie Spencer, retired HMI, for his painstaking work on updating much of the content and presenting this in the revised structure; and likewise Dr Laurence Errington for his meticulous work in compiling the revised subject index.
We hope that you find the 2004 edition of National Dossier both helpful and informative.
Policy Support Unit International Relations
Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED)
May 2004
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