Education & Training noticeboard

Welcome to the Education & Training noticeboard! On this page you will find news and updates straight from the E&T Committee, from revised documents to information on exams. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please get in touch with [email protected] or the Convenor of E&T Deb Lees, at: [email protected] 

News and updates from the Education & Training Committee

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Here you will find the latest news and updates from the Committee on documents.

Documentation on website

Looking for a specific document on the website? Not sure where to find it? If you are unable to find it using the search function then please use this helpful document.

If you still can't find what you are looking for please get in touch.

New documents

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Here you will find the latest news and updates from the Committee on exams.

Unit 1 Examinations 

There is a fixed schedule of dates for the examination annually. Future dates for the Unit 1 written paper include:

  • Saturday 8 October 2022
  • 11th March 2023
  • 24th October 2023

Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in applying.

  For more information visit https://www.rscds.org/learn/teacher-training/teaching-certificate/unit-1 

Please note that a new DAA syllabus is to be released shortly, and used in assessments from about mid-year.

DAA dates and locations 
  • March/April in San Francisco, USA (TBD)
  • April in Sydney, Australia (TBD)
  • July/August at Summer School in St. Andrews, Scotland (TBD)
  • August in Canada (TBD)
  • Several centres scheduled around the UK (TBD)
Summer School

We have uploaded the Summer School material for the DAA courses. To view the documents please visit the Summer School event page and go to Weeks 2, 3 or 4.

The Technique Advisory Panel (TAP) have looked through the dances appearing under Technique Advisory Panel Dances, as many of the questions were answered in the newest A5 compilation books.

The revisions are now up and you can view them by visiting the page.

Technique Advisory Panel: Dances

We have left in the original answers for reference as they might prove helpful. 

To view which answers have been revised please see the document below.

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