Scottish Mediation Director Graham Boyack reviews the introduction of Simple Procedure in the Scottish Courts. The article was written for the Law Society of Scotland Journal in January 2017 with assistance from Charlie Irvine from the University of Strathclyde. To read the article please click here.
Save the Date – Supervision Skills Workshop and Training Course
Tuesday afternoon, 14 March 2017, 3 CPD points Supervisors and Professional Practice Consultants (PPCs) of mediators: a skills workshop with John Gray Aimed at experienced Supervisors and PPCs, and for those practitioners who took John Gray’s two-day Supervision Skills programme in September 2014. Scottish Mediation is offering an opportunity to Supervisors and PCCs to benchmark […]
Teach children mediation and see a workplace revolution
Published on scotsman.com Back to School for Mediating Ways by Robin Burley, Chair of Scottish Mediation Last month I attended a conference where my silver hair was decidedly out of place. It was one of the most inspiring experiences for me in the thirteen years since I was introduced to the skills of mediation. The […]
Investing in the Future
Young Talk, a network for Peer Mediators in Scotland is holding a conference to celebrate the success of mediation in schools, to share experiences and to learn from the work that is taking place.
Resolving Workplace Conflict
Most mediators would be very wealthy if they were given money when people had said to them “I wish I’d spoken to you earlier”. It’s a feature of much conflict resolution that people and organisations have processes and procedures that push people into disputes rather than seeking to resolve issues at an early stage.