Education Archive

A COLLEGE in one of the most deprived parts of Scotland is cutting courses and jobs following Government funding cuts.

THE headteacher of a leading Scottish private school that pulled out of controversial new qualifications has told The Herald they are not a suitable replacement for Standard Grade.

STUDENT leaders have called for a radical shake-up of university entry procedures in Scotland to prevent discrimination.

A DECLINE in language learning at Scottish schools and universities is costing the economy at least half a billion pounds every year.

IMPROVING language learning in schools is becoming an economic necessity.

THE use of mobile devices and tablet computers in Scottish classrooms could be expanded in a bid to modernise teaching and learning.

These statistics are best understood as a standstill because you have to see it against a background of population change.

SCOTLAND'S controversial curriculum today faces a fresh threat of industrial action.

SCOTTISH teachers are under pressure to use email or social networking sites to stay in contact with pupils during weekends and evenings, a union warned.

Are schools becoming easier places in which to be gay?

A SCOTTISH private school that took the unprecedented step of freezing its fees to lure back middle-class families has seen a sharp rise in applications.

THE Scottish Government will have to pay for the university education of students from Northern Ireland because of a loophole in the law.

STAFF at the Edinburgh branch of the upmarket fashion retailer Harvey Nichols are to receive lessons in how to conduct themselves with customers from overseas.

A NATIONAL audit to find out if Scottish schools are ready to introduce controversial new exams has been dismissed as "superficial" by the country's largest teaching union.