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Future events

Annual Awards event

The 2026 Annual Awards event will take place in February 2027, date tbc.

Shared Practice events

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

Our next online Shared Practice events will be on 22nd April and 6th May 2026.

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.

Annual Awards

Our 2025 event was held in February 2026 at The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. Speakers were:

• Jackie Bailie MSP
• Jackson Carlaw MSP
• Dr Paula Cowan, Director of Visions Schools Scotland
• Judy Russell, daughter of Rev. Ernest Levy OBE
• Jenny Gilruth, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
• Professor James A. Miller FRSE, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, 91影视破解版

Guest speakers at awards鈥� events have included:

• The Lord Mann, the UK Government鈥檚 Independent Adviser on Antisemitism
• The Rt. Hon. Ken Macintosh
• Chitra Ramaswamy, author, Journalist and friend of Henry Wuga MBE
• Shirley-Anne Somerville,  MSP and  former Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills

• John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland
• Maria Chamberlain, author and scientist
• Rachel Riley MBE, television presenter
• Robert Rinder MBE, criminal barrister and television presenter
• Michael Rosen, poet, author and broadcaster

Link to 2025 event coming soon

Student - teacher Seminar

Vision Schools Scotland鈥檚 first Student/Teacher conference was held at the UWSLanarkshire campus  on 12^th June, 2025. Entitled, The Impact of  Teaching and Learning about theHolocaust,  guest speakers were Dame Helen Hyde, Gillian Field and Jackson Carlaw, MSP. Students and teachers from five Vision Schools presented at this conference.

Vision Schools Scotland Seminar in Lublin: Evaluation Highlights Lasting Impact on Holocaust Education

In summer 2025, Vision Schools Scotland led an intensive site-based professional learning seminar in Lublin, Poland, bringing together 18 teachers from across Scotland. Delivered in partnership with Yad Vashem and funded by the Claims Conference, the programme combined visits to key Holocaust sites including Majdanek, Be艂偶ec and Sobib贸r with expert-led seminars, workshops and opportunities for professional reflection and collaboration. Participants explored Jewish life before the Holocaust, the history of Operation Reinhardt, contemporary antisemitism, and the use of archival resources to support meaningful classroom learning.

We are delighted to share that the independent evaluation of the programme, conducted by the University of Winchester, has now been published. The report presents an overwhelmingly positive picture of the seminar鈥檚 impact, with participants describing the experience as transformative both professionally and personally. Teachers reported significant increases in their knowledge and understanding of the Holocaust, Judaism, antisemitism and the history of Poland, alongside greater confidence in teaching these complex subjects. Many highlighted the value of moving beyond an Auschwitz-centred narrative, using individual stories and local histories from the Lublin region to help pupils develop a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the Holocaust.

Importantly, the evaluation found clear evidence that learning from the seminar is already being embedded in schools. Participants reported revising schemes of work, introducing new resources, strengthening cross-curricular approaches and sharing their learning with colleagues through professional learning activities. Teachers also described an increased commitment to teaching about antisemitism and Jewish life in ways that are historically accurate, sensitive and relevant to contemporary society. One participant commented that the seminar had been "the best CPD I have ever experienced", while another reflected on "the profound and lasting impact this will have on learners".

This seminar was made possible through the generous support of the Claims Conference, our primary funder, together with additional support from the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR). We are deeply grateful for their investment in Holocaust education and their shared commitment to developing teacher expertise and improving learning opportunities for young people across Scotland.

The report concludes that the seminar was a highly successful professional learning experience, with no areas of concern identified and strong evidence of sustained impact on classroom practice. As Vision Schools Scotland continues to support excellence in Holocaust education across Scotland, the findings demonstrate the value of immersive, site-based learning in developing teacher expertise and strengthening Holocaust education for young people across the country.