Stimulating and providing education for adults in the community is central to the WEA Scotland's work. Much of this provision is developed through partnerships with a range of local and national organisations.
Courses are designed to meet the needs of individual groups and delivered around the WEA's key curriculum areas:
- Return to study
- Social studies
- Pre-vocational trainin
- Community arts
- Liberal arts
- Community training.
Though the subject matter varies, all WEA community learning programmes are committed to:
- Supporting inclusivity
- Valuing and making use of students' personal experience
- Building students' confidence, skills, knowledge and understanding
- Supporting progression to further learning.
Democratisation of culture
Since the 1970s, the WEA Scotland has contributed to a democratisation of culture in Scotland by involving people in grassroots creative writing and peoples' history. WEA Scotland groups have now produced over 100 anthologies of writing and history publications.
Community training
A programme of tailor-made training is available from the WEA to any community, voluntary group or organisation, which might include:
- Team building
- Negotiation skills
- Training in securing funding
- Formulating policy
- Strategic planning skills
- Training in employment procedures.
Or contact us to find out how we can meet your exact training needs.