Events

Events

1st International Teacher Conference on Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust

The first internal Teacher Conference on Teaching and Learning about the Holocaust took place on Sunday 23 June at the SEC Glasgow. The conference, a partnership between Vision Schools Scotland and the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance was free to Scottish teachers.

Key speakers included Dr Robert Williams, Executive Director, USC Shoah Foundation, Los Angeles, and UNESCO Chair on Antisemitism and Holocaust Research, and Prof. Mehnaz Afridi, Director, Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Center, Manhattan College, New York.

Conference programme (PDF)

WATCH the keynote from Prof. Mehnaz Afridi
listen to the KEYNOTE FROM Dr Robert Williams

"The conference was an excellent piece of professional learning. I thought that all of the speakers were excellent and I learned a great deal. I'm sure that the teachers who attended will be able to bring a lot to their teaching in the coming months."

Dr Lynne Robertson FRSGS, Senior Education Officer, Social Studies, Global Citizenship and Political Literacy, Education Scotland

Online Drop-in Sessions

Drop-in Sessions provide teachers with an opportunity to speak to a member of the Vision Schools Scotland Team about their application and to clarify specific issues.

These are for schools applying for Level 1 for the first time. Keep checking this website for confirmation of dates.                

Drop-in sessions for schools applying for Level 2 will be arranged by request.

Shared Practice Events

At these online events, schools share their good practice of teaching and learning about the Holocaust and  participants listen to a guest speaker.

Our next Shared Practice Events are 23rd April and 7th May 2025 @4.00pm. Registration details to follow

Annual Awards

Our 2023 event was held in January 2024 at Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. Speakers were:

• Jackie Bailie MSP
• Jackson Carlaw MSP
• Dr Paula Cowan, Director of Visions Schools Scotland
• Maria Chamberlain, author and Honorary Lecturer of Edinburgh University
• Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
• Dr Lucy Meredith, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of the West of Scotland.

Watch the 2023 event here - Vision Schools Awards - Jan 2024.mp4

Previous events have included:

• Shirley-Anne Somerville, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
• Michael Rosen, poet, author and broadcaster
• Cat Kirkland from the Holocaust Educational Trust
• John Swinney MSP
• Robert Rinder , Criminal Barrister and television presenter