Our mission is to bring together expertise from leading educators, industry experts, parents and schools to develop students’ skills in an informative, fun and engaging environment.
Making the transition from being a teenager to adulthood is a huge step for every young person. It's often fraught with challenges they're not prepared for, from managing their time to managing relationships, and everything in between.
IRL (In Real Life) Education bridges the gap between the school curriculum and the skills students need to become happy, healthy and balanced young adults.
We draw ideas from around the world and through the ages into activity based seminars, workshops and intensive courses for students in S1 to S6.
Our Courses
““This ambitious local and national project to train, encourage and inspire young people is much needed. All of us benefit by helping a new generation bridge the gap between what they are, and what they have it in themselves to become.””
Why IRL?
1. Taught by young people
Our facilitators are young, engaging and fun. They grew up and live in the same digital world with the same challenges students can relate to, and share stories and anecdotes from their own experiences.
2. CfE Aligned
IRL Courses have been designed to assist teachers to meet the requirements outlined by Education Scotland in the Curriculum for Excellence.
3. We’re a social enterprise
That means we’re not doing this to make money. Any profit is invested back into achieving our mission of empowering young people with practical skills and ideas.
How it works
We’re committed to working closely with schools to make sure students are receiving information and resources that will be most valuable to them. That’s why each seminar also includes:
An initial meeting to understand the needs of your school and discuss focus topics for your students.
Worksheets, stories, videos, discussions and individual and group activities.
Question time at the end of the seminar.
Resource pack for teachers with follow up activities and content from the seminar.
Engaging resources for students to continue their learning journey, made up of the best content from the digital world of podcasts, apps, blogs, YouTube, TED Talks and more.
Contact us
We work closely with schools to make sure our programs fit your needs.
Get in touch with us today for more information, or to arrange a free consultation where we can run through our classes in more detail and answer all your questions.
Our current program is supported by the Cairngorms Trust and the Scottish Government in partnership with Cairngorms National Park Authority.