Education Archive

  • Mother pushes for change in law after school-place victory
    Saturday 1 June 2013

    A MOTHER has won her fight to secure two of her children places at the same primary school – but now wants to change the law to protect other families.

  • Go-it-alone Scotland could lose study cash
    Friday 31 May 2013

    Two of the country's most prestigious academic bodies have raised significant questions over the future of research funding for Scottish universities in the event of a vote for independence.

  • Construction work on £50m college campus will create hundreds of jobs
    Friday 31 May 2013

    THREE HUNDRED people, including at least 25 apprentices, will be employed to build a college campus under a £50 million public-private partnership (PPP) deal.

  • Colleges merger given green light
    Thursday 30 May 2013

    THE Scottish Government has given approval for the merger of Anniesland, Cardonald and Langside colleges, which will create a new college for south and west Glasgow, expected to be called Glasgow Clyde College.

  • Beauty queen urges students to sign up
    Thursday 30 May 2013

    FORMER Miss Scotland Jennifer Reoch is fronting a campaign encouraging students to sign up in time for study support payments.

  • Troubled school improves after head moves on
    Wednesday 29 May 2013

    A SCHOOL whose headteacher moved on after concerns over the way it was being run is now improving, inspectors have said.

  • Teachers targeted by 'cyber-bullies'
    Wednesday 29 May 2013

    A TEACHER has been driven to take extended sick leave after mock CCTV footage which showed him taking part in a violent robbery was spread online.

  • School sin-bins face the axe in council cuts, warn teachers
    Tuesday 28 May 2013

    SCHOOL sin-bins where disruptive pupils can be taken to calm down are under threat from council cutbacks, teachers have warned.

  • Calls for primaries to visit Western Front sites
    Monday 27 May 2013

    PRIMARY pupils should be given the chance to visit European battlefields and war graves under plans to commemorate the centenary of the First World War, headteachers have argued.

  • College staff threaten to strike over pay dispute
    Friday 24 May 2013

    STAFF at one of Scotland's largest colleges are threatening to strike in a long-running dispute over pay.

  • Teachers criticise new curriculum
    Friday 24 May 2013

    CLAIMS by the Scottish Government that the controversial new school curriculum has been delivered successfully in primary schools have been undermined by a survey.

  • Decline in university spin-out firms
    Friday 24 May 2013

    THE number of spin-out companies produced by Scottish universities' staff and graduates is falling.

  • Yes vote could spell trouble for Scots students
    Wednesday 22 May 2013

    SCOTTISH students face a significant increase in competition for university places if the country votes for independence, an academic has claimed.

  • £1m for pupils to remember war
    Tuesday 21 May 2013

    EVERY secondary school in Scotland will be offered financial support for visits to European battlefields under plans to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

  • City college merger hailed as success
    Friday 17 May 2013

    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.

  • UWS names new deputy principal
    Thursday 16 May 2013

    THE University of the West of Scotland has announced the appointment of Professor Paul Martin as its new deputy principal.

  • Calls for teachers to be stronger in science
    Thursday 16 May 2013

    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.

  • Degree honour
    Thursday 16 May 2013

    SCOTTISH Olympic rower Katherine Grainger, former Irish President Mary McAleese and Monty Python star Terry Jones will be awarded honorary degrees by the University of St Andrews next month.

  • Deaf school's nursery rated as excellent
    Wednesday 15 May 2013

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

  • Threat to college reserves criticised
    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    OPPOSITION parties have attacked the Scottish Government over a threat to the private reserves of colleges worth millions.

  • Call for classroom lessons on 2014 vote
    Wednesday 15 May 2013

    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.

  • Parents group warns policy on class size limits school choices
    Tuesday 14 May 2013

    FAMILIES are finding it harder to get their children into the primary school of their choice because of the Scottish Government's policy of reducing class sizes, a parent group has warned.

  • Scottish colleges 'could lose millions of pounds in law change'
    Tuesday 14 May 2013

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

  • Teachers may strike over 'unmanageable workload'
    Monday 13 May 2013

    Scotland's largest teaching union has said it will carry out an escalating campaign of action unless politicians address teachers' "increasingly unmanageable workload".

  • Class size rule locks girls out of sister's school
    Monday 13 May 2013

    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.

  • Factfile Size matters
    Monday 13 May 2013

    The Scottish Government introduced the legal limit of 25 for primary one classes in 2010.

  • Knife boy sparks exclusion row
    Saturday 11 May 2013

    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.

  • Students rely on family fortunes
    Saturday 11 May 2013

    SCOTLAND'S top two universities produce more graduates who live off inherited wealth than either Oxford of Cambridge.

  • Cyber-bullying of teachers 'truly shocking'
    Friday 10 May 2013

    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.

  • Half of Scots teachers have considered quitting
    Friday 10 May 2013

    MORE than half of Scottish teachers have considered leaving the profession in the past year, according to a survey.