Welcome to Hesscairn Learning Design Studio

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Hesscairn creates transformational and regenerative learning designs and provides advice for schools, communities, organisations, third sector and government.

Joy, elegance and simplicity

Stuart MacFarlane MacAlpine

Hesscairn Learning Design Studio is a creative design space for work and collaborations by Stuart.

if you would like to get in contact, you can do so at the email below.

Publications

Hesscairn Guide to Learning

The Hesscairn Guide to Learning delivers the essential manual we never had, challenging foundational ideas about education. This ultimate resource equips parents, teachers, leaders and policymakers with a clear framework to guide the crucial choices they make for young people.

Forged from decades of research and experience designing world leading educational institutions, this guide refines key insights into actionable principles that help you understand the choices you make and the impacts they have. Discover the why, what and how the educational landscape has shifted from an outdated industrial model to a regenerative future in The Hesscairn Guide to Learning.

More than just theory, it's a call to arms. Through a fresh taxonomy and innovative design principles, it empowers you to move from confusion to confidence. This is your map to not just understand education, but master it. Foster meaningful growth and become an active designer of a better system.