The Scottish Government

International education contacts

Below is a list of some of the organisations that the Scottish Government works with to help deliver international education in Scottish schools:

Learning and Teaching Scotland have been chosen to administer the new Scottish International Continuing Professional Development (SCIPD) scheme. A new post of Head of International Education has also been appointed with a remit to promote the scheme and international education opportunities more generally.

e:international@ltscotland.org.uk/ t: 0141 282 5163

British Council offers a wide range of study visits, continuing professional development opportunities and classroom ideas. British Council is also the UK National Agency for Comenius and Erasmus, part of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme.

e:scotland.enquiries@britishcouncil.org/ t: 0131 524 5700

ECOTEC is the UK National Agency for the Leonardo, Grundtvig and Transversal programmes of the Lifelong learning Programme.

e:llp@ecotec.com/ t: 0845 199 2929

League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT) offers study visits to Commonwealth countries.

e:info@lect.org.uk/ t: 0870 770 2636

Link Community Development organises study visits and school linking in Ghana, Uganda, Malawi and South Africa.

e:scotland@lcd.org.uk/ t: 0131 343 6407

International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS) is an excellent portal for classroom resources and links to 40 organisations working in global and development education.

e:ideas@ideas-forum.org.uk/ t: 0131 656 0453

Scottish Development Education Centre (ScotDEC) provides classroom resources, training and support.

e:info@scotdec.org.uk/ t: 0131 557 6087