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Event Partner: Scottish Government
3 November 2026 | SEC
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View the 2025 Conference Programme!
This one-day conference is packed with expert-led sessions, thought-provoking panels, and inspiring case studies, all dedicated to
'Maximising the Learning Experience across the Learning Estate'.
We have just completed the 2025 edition of Learning Places Scotland. Want to keep up to date with the Call for Presentations, Registration going live, and so much more? Register your interest for 2026 below!
Education Estates, Nature and Community
Join us for a conversation on how schools and their grounds are used by learners, staff and communities. We want to learn from you. We are looking to answer the question: How do we maximise engagement with nature within schools and their communities?
We want to discuss with you where your schools are in terms of engagement. How do we help build those relationships and how can we help connect our communities with nature.
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Sensory Inclusive Learning Environments
We are all affected by the characteristics of the different spaces and places around us. The way things look, sound, feel and smell is also uniquely individual. The combination of the physical environment and our own sensory responses can create positive or negative experiences. Stephen Long from SFT and Jean Hewitt from Buro Happold will explore how learning environments can be sensory inclusive to enhance the experiences of all users, including children and young people, staff and the wider community.
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The Department for Education will present work they are undertaking in England. This session will explore how this is relevant to Scotland and showcase a new biophilic school exemplar project in Derby with Tilbury Douglas, before wrapping up with a summary on the new direction of school designs launched earlier this year.
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How can we empower all learners today to thrive in tomorrow's world and create truly inclusive learning environments? As technology reshapes the workplace, skills like creative problem-solving, analytical and design thinking, and collaboration are more vital than ever. Join us for a keynote exploring this challenge, and a discussion with school leaders sharing their strategies for developing these skills in all students, ensuring equitable access and opportunity, supported by Apple technology.
This session will explore the role of outdoor spaces and grounds in outdoor learning, how they can inspire future land- & nature-based careers and help contribute to Scotland’s nature restoration goals.
With a panel of experts, case-studies and pupil-insights, we will discuss what our schoolgrounds need in order to attain maximum value in terms of skills development, land- and nature-based careers, climate – and environmental literacy, health and wellbeing.
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Sessions taking place:
This two-part session explores how school grounds can become meaningful, everyday learning environments. Together, the presentations offer insight from concept to completion: QMU presents the facts, fiction and challenges; Montgomerie Park shares a completed project with honest lessons learned from those using it every day.
This session will cover critical challenges arising from new government legislation on the Education Estate, such as the Building Safety Act 2022.
Join us on 18 November at SEC Glasgow to connect directly with those driving the future of Scotland’s schools, colleges and learning spaces
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