Education Archive

THE merger of three institutions to form the City of Glasgow College has been a success, according to a new report from the Scottish Funding Council.

SCOTTISH primary teachers should not be allowed into the profession without a science qualification, according to one of the country's most prestigious academic bodies.

SCOTLAND'S national deaf school has been praised for the quality of nursery education it offers.

SCOTTISH school pupils should be educated about the independence referendum now the vote has been extended to 16 and 17-year-olds, according to a leading parents' group.

SCOTTISH colleges fear they could lose millions of pounds under a change in the law that prevents them building up reserves of private cash.

A PARENT who cannot get all of her children into the primary school of her choice has attacked the Scottish Government's "flawed" policy on class sizes.

A SCOTTISH pupil who brought a knife into school has been allowed back into the classroom, raising fresh fears over the controversial policy of reducing exclusions.

Pupils using technology and social media to subject teachers to cyber-bullying is a problem which must be confronted head on, a union leader has said.

teachers in Scotland are increasingly being subjected to cyberbullying from pupils, union leaders have warned.

Teachers are calling for pupils who vandalise school property or cause injury during end-of-term pranks to be pursued by the police and courts.

THE head of Scotland's leading performance arts academy has announced he will retire next year.

CHANGES in financial support for law students introduced by the Scottish Government are preventing poorer students entering the legal profession, campaigners have warned.

SCOTTISH primary school teachers should only be allowed into the profession if they have a maths Higher, an expert has said.

THE influence of Eton, dubbed the "chief nurse of England's statesmen", has been questioned by Scotland's Education Secretary.