We are delighted to inform you that thanks to continued sponsorship by Baillie Gifford, Heriot-Watt University is again running a residential summer school event for new S5 pupils in 2020.

This year we will be offering a choice of two different weeks;

Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 July 2020

or 

Tuesday 28 to Friday 31 July 2020

The Brightest Watts Residential Summer Week aims to provide those pupils entering S5 in June with a motivational insight into university life. The atmosphere is friendly and supportive and the emphasis is on meeting new people, learning new skills and boosting confidence.

The Brightest Watts Residential Summer Week is free, including all food, accommodation, transport to and from campus and social activities.

Pupils who are interested in attending this event can find further information and an application form at https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/meet-us/brightest-watts-summer-week.htm Places are limited and although we welcome all applications, we will prioritise pupils with carer experience, those with caring responsibilities and those from schools with low progression rates to higher education.

Mr Watt is now running remote guidance support where pupils can video call him using Google Hangouts if they are in need of emotional support or have a question.

All pupils have to do is download Google Hangouts and log in with their Edubuzz accounts.

Mr Watt will reply to messages or calls between school hours Monday to Friday.

Food Standards Scotland are currently developing a partnership campaign on allergens in young people, and while we are adding the final touches to the campaign we are looking to find out more about what the young people of Scotland feel about food allergies. Partnering up with Young Scot, the national youth information and citizenship charity, we’ve launched an allergies survey to get young people’s thoughts, whether they have an allergy to something you can eat, or not.

And we need your help.  We would be grateful if you could promote the survey through your social media channels by posting and sharing details of the survey, so that we can reach even more young people.  We’re specifically looking for 12 – 18 year olds, and those taking part will be entered into a prize draw for the chance to win one of three £50 Amazon vouchers, and if they’re a Young Scot member they can also claim 150 Reward points.  The survey closes on 9^th February.

The survey can be found here: https://www.surveygizmo.eu/s3/90180312/Young-People-and-Food-Allergies

You’ll be able to find our posts regarding the survey on our usual social media channels by clicking on the below relevant icons.

We’ll be in touch with you again in the coming weeks with more detail on how you can support the allergens campaign, which is due to launch on 25th February, running until the end of March.  For any questions on the survey or the forthcoming campaign, please contact marketing@fss.scot.

Many thanks for your help