PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES: Tomorrow (Tuesday, March 28), between 9.10am – 2.30pm, at Elphinstone Hall
UK political issues will be top of the agenda for Aberdeen school pupils as the University of Aberdeen hosts a Higher Modern Studies Conference tomorrow (Tuesday, March 28).
Almost 300 secondary pupils from 16 city schools will be attending the event, which is based around the school curriculum. Pupils will spend the morning discussing the current UK political issues and the afternoon focussing on exam techniques and general study skills.
Organised in collaboration with Aberdeen City Council Modern Studies Network, the event aims to help senior school pupils learn more about exam topics and to discover at first hand how Politics and International Relations are taught at the University.
The schools attending tomorrow’s Higher Modern Studies Conference are: Aberdeen College, Aberdeen Grammar School, Albyn School for Girls, Bankhead Academy, Cults Academy, Dyce Academy, Hazlehead Academy, Kincorth Academy, Robert Gordon’s College, St Machar Academy, St Margaret’s School for Girls, and Torry Academy.
Tom Ferguson, Dyce Academy Principal Teacher of Modern Studies and part of the Aberdeen City Council Modern Studies Network, said: “Feedback from pupils attending previous conferences has been very positive with them seeing the event as highly relevant to their forthcoming exams.
“The consolidation and embellishment they receive is a great help to all abilities and may be one reason behind the successful results our schools have been receiving in recent years.”
Students will benefit from valuable new insights into relevant Modern Studies topics from experts in the subjects. They will also have the opportunity to experience University level teaching and gain additional study skills.
The conference, which is the sixth of its kind, has been developed to offer a choice of workshop topics to ensure the day targets students’ specific interests and helps to encourage enthusiasm for political studies and University.
University of Aberdeen experts will lead workshops discussing ‘Electoral Systems in Scotland and the UK’, ‘Decision Making in Central Government’ and ‘Voting Patterns and Voting Influence’.
The Open Forum in the afternoon will give students the chance to raise questions with a panel of Politics and IR staff.