Nicola Sturgeon may not include “DJ” on her cv, but she was more than willing to spin some discs during a heart-to-heart discussion about education with the team from Dumbarton's SK Studios.

SK owners Stephen Kirkwood and Steven Galloni were delighted to meet Scotland's First Minister at The Prince's Trust, where they are launching short music courses designed to “give young people the confidence to go out and seek out their dreams and passions.”

The wide-ranging discussion which followed pursued issues including child poverty, mental health – and what the SK pair see as the failures of the traditional education system.

Their perspective is that the established approach works well for some, but misses out others altogether, with the result that some of the best talents never reach fruition.

Stephen said: “Having someone with such a lofty position in government listening to and agreeing with what we were saying was really something special”.

The encounter was seen as the perfect opportunity to launch a new venture, SK Education, which aims to bridge some of the gaps in the conventional approach to preparation for working life.

Steven Galloni said: “Over the past 12 months we have surrounded ourselves with like-minded people, all with varying skills and vast experience behind them, who want the same thing – a brighter future for Scotland.

“We all understand that young people are our future, so it was an obvious direction to go in and is already paying off.”

SK is currently hosting courses at Young Enterprise and the Prince's Trust, where they are teaching pupils about the music and events industry – from marketing and safety to contracts and music production.

And the wider aim is to turn early success into a national roll-out for their programme – and meanwhile the pair are happy that one student was recently accepted to the Royal Conservatoire.

Meanwhile, although Ms Sturgeon apparently has no plans to give up her day job, she was described as “a natural” when it comes to DJ'ing – and probably now knows more about House music than most of her fellow politicians.

Stephen said: “We're glad to have had the opportunity to show her our vision for the future, and can't wait to meet again and showcase the progress.”