OPPORTUNITY: Join our Education Reform Panel to have your say on Education decisions in Scotland

Join us on our Education Reform Panel to ensure young people’s voices are central to policy development and decision making in Scottish Education.

Panel Information:  
- For those aged 11-18 years old living in Scotland
- June 2026 - February 2027
- Travel costs included
- Receive Young Scot Reward Points for taking part. Don’t have free membership with Young Scot yet? Sign up and access exclusive rewards and discounts!
- Record your participation as volunteer hours with Saltire Awards

About this opportunity

You don’t need any experience to apply, all you need is a passion and drive to make changes within Scottish Education to benefit all young people!

The sessions, run by Young Scot, will each cover a different theme linked to Scottish Education, with questions provided by the Education Reform team with Scottish Government, who will support by providing more detail and answering any questions you might have.

There will be four in person sessions in the Young Scot Office in Edinburgh between June this year and February next year. We would ask that you are able to commit to at least two of these sessions to allow you to get the most out of being on this panel. We will also do our best to ensure that the dates suit all young people on the panel.

Children in Scotland, Scottish Youth Parliament and Children’s Parliament are the three other organisations working on this project, running sessions with different groups of young people.

We would love to hear from anyone who is interested in getting involved!

Experience required

You don’t need any experience to apply, all you need is a passion and drive to make changes within Scottish Education to benefit all young people!

Travel details

Travel costs included

Restrictions

Minimum age: 11

Availability

Frequency & commitment

4 sessions from June 2026 - February 2027

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