This powerpoint is intended to enable teacher-led CPD sessions.

Contact Liz Niven, SLD or SLC if you would like a facilitator to support delivery.

We would be happy to provide powerpoints  pitched at different levels or reflecting specialist interests in the language. For more information contact elaine.webster@scotsdictionaries.org.uk.

Launched at the 2010 Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow the survey shows 85% of respondents claiming to use Scots. The survey shows that the majority of people in Scotland have positive attitudes to the language and feel it is an important part of Scottish life. 

Download this powerpoint for full details of the results of the survey.

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National Trust for Scotland Robert Burns birthplace museum
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Robert Burns Centre Dumfries

Dumfries

Glasgow University centre for Burns studies

University

The painter, Alexander Goudie (1933–2004), described Tam o’ Shanter as ‘a gothic tale, strewn with vivid and awesome images’. Over several years he transcribed his imaginings onto canvas, creating a series of narrative paintings which former National Galleries of Scotland Director, Timothy Clifford, described as 'among the best illustrative cycles in Scottish Art’.

This remarkable new book from Birlinn brings together his definitive vision of Burns’ great poem.

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Buy the book online at Birlinn Books

Latest: the draft census order has been withdrawn.

Information from the General Registers of Scotland

• "Scotland's census questions unveiled": news release.
• Scotland's Census website

Draft Census Order

• Draft Census (Scotland) Order 2010 (pdf) The draft order has been withdrawn.
• Consideration in the Subordinate Legislation Comittee (8 Dec 2009)

News Reports

• Press and Journal: "Author's census campaign may pay off"
  

In recent years, Hugh Andrew, Birlinn's Managing Director, has placed increasing emphasis on developing the home Scottish market by supporting Scottish writers, including those in Scots, and has organised a programme of author events aimed at raising profiles. 

The Scots Language Centre is pleased to recommend several works related to the Scots language which are available now through Birlinn.

Those days are now past but it remains the case that Scots retain a special affection for New Year's Eve and the traditions that go  with it.

From the north to the south of the country you'll find groups of revelers singing Auld Lang Syne or A Guid New Year tae Ane an Aa. Join us at the Scots Language Centre as we celebrate the end of the auld year and the start of the new. A Guid New Year tae ye's aa!

Those days are now past but it remains the case that Scots retain a special affection for New Year's Eve and the traditions that go  with it.

From the north to the south of the country you'll find groups of revelers singing Auld Lang Syne or A Guid New Year tae Ane an Aa. Join us at the Scots Language Centre as we celebrate the end of the auld year and the start of the new. A Guid New Year tae ye's aa!