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Education

Call for graduate tax to help maintain university funding

Graduates of Scottish universities should pay a dedicated tax throughout their working lives to help fund higher education, a leading figure in the sector said yesterday.

Young Scots face rejection as university applications soar by 31%

Thousands of young Scots will miss out on a place at university later this year after new figures showed applications rising by almost one third as a result of the recession – the highest increase on record.

The thousands counting cost of the credit crunch are the real losers

The unprecedented rise in applications to Scottish universities as a result of the recession comes as a genuine shock.

Trainee teacher places axed

The true scale of the cuts facing teacher training in Scotland was laid bare yesterday after it emerged that 1,500 places are to be axed from Scottish universities.

Unmasking the dangers facing children online

Children as young as five are being targeted by a new campaign aimed at helping them stay safe online.

Foreign student visas cut to stem illegal migrants

The UK Government has been accused of panicking after it announced a cut in the number of foreign students getting visas to study in Britain.

Professor at Scots university worked in tyrant’s government

A Professor at a Scottish university can today be revealed as a former civil servant in a government controlled by Slobodan Milosevic, the late tyrant who stood trial for genocide.

Fears pupils have become too passive in the classroom

A surprising trend in bad behaviour is taking hold in Scottish classrooms: according to a new report, rather than teachers struggling with pupils being too animated, noisy or disruptive, it is the opposite that is the growing issue – pupils are becoming too passive.

University principals accept 8% rises as lecturers offered 0.5%

University principals in Scotland have accepted salary increases of nearly 8% on average, at a time when higher education is dealing with the tightest financial settlement since devolution.

Council abandons catchment appeal

One of Scotland’s best-performing education authorities yesterday accepted a legal ruling that found its plans to remove hundreds of homes from the catchment area of a flagship school were unlawful.

University chiefs attack ‘pet project’ allocation of £110m innovation fund

Lecturers’ leaders and university principals yesterday attacked the handling of a controversial £110 million fund to boost innovation in Scottish higher education.

Council set to close two primary schools

Two primary schools in Glasgow could be closed as part of moves to rationalise the city’s estate and improve the quality of facilities.

Schools face crippling cuts

Scottish schools are facing the most crippling cuts for decades as local authorities try to balance their books in the face of swingeing budget reductions.

Spending cuts hit schools

Crippling council budget cuts are threatening the delivery of the Scottish Government’s flagship new school curriculum.

Education chief speaks out on catchment row

The head of an education authority has spoken out for the first time after a landmark ruling allowing a family to send their daughter to Scotland’s top-performing state Catholic secondary school.

Schools lose almost 1000 support staff

There are almost 1000 fewer classroom support staff in Scottish schools since the SNP came to power, figures show.

Fall in teacher numbers ‘could be permanent’

Education Secretary Mike Russell has admitted that falling teacher numbers in Scotland may not be reversed.

I will walk 500 miles ... for my daughter’s schooling

A father sets off on a 500-mile march today to pay for his daughter’s place at blind school after being denied funding by a local authority – despite a tribunal ruling it was the best place for her to continue her education.

Scotland ‘leads the world’ in research

Scotland has maintained its world-leading position on science and research quality, according to a new report.

Defiant council refuses to back SNP class size policy

Council leaders in Glasgow have set themselves in direct conflict with the Scottish Government by announcing education priorities at odds with the wishes of ministers.

City council set to snub Holyrood on education budget

Scotland’s largest local authority will today snub Scottish Government ministers when it announces a raft of last-minute changes to its budgets.

Fury as Student Loans Company axes 150 jobs

Unions and politicians reacted with anger after 150 jobs were axed from the Scottish headquarters of the Student Loans Company.