Scottish Politics
Thes fun animation shows how BC-STV would work. Its as easy as 1,2,3.
- The STUC Skills & Lifelong Learning Team * Our Mission supports trade unions in Scotland to encourage and help workers take up opportunities to develop their learning and skills. The Skills & Lifelong Learning Team is the platform which shapes and develops a range of accessible learning services and activities, within the existing framework of the education sector, into the Scottish Union Academy. In partnership with Scottish unions and organisations, the Skills & Lifelong Learning Team provides services to union members to access everyday skills development and further education opportunities, ultimately to benefit Scottish workers and society as a whole.
- Citizenship in Scotland * Downloadable pdf exercises. The aim of the Citizenship materials for ESOL learners in Scotland pack is to help the ESOL teacher develop the learners' knowledge of life in the UK, help them become more active citizens and to support applications for citizenship and settlement.
- Electoral Reform Society, Scotland * Scotland is one of the world's premier electoral-reform testing labs. From May 2007 there has be four different voting systems in operation:
- (1) First Past the Post (FPTP) for Westminster, Additional Member System (AMS) for the Scottish Parliament, Single Transferable Vote (STV) for local elections and Closed List for elections to the European Parliament".
- Four Different Voting Systems * "Hi, my name is Billy Ballot. Welcome to my page. Here you can watch an animation I've prepared about the four families of electoral systems. In it, I talk about some of the different ways people vote around the world.
- Young People and Voting * Popular participation in formal politics has been diminishing steadily in recent years. This is a trend that affects not just Scotland but many European democracies and countries further afield. However the decline in participation is particularly pronounced among a specific cohort – young voters.
- Unionlearn * Unionlearn is here to help unions spread the lifelong learning message to even more members. (Previously referred to as Union Academy)".
