Education Archive

A REVISED list of novels, plays, poems and short stories chosen for a new compulsory question on Scots literature in future English exams threatens to narrow pupil choice, teachers have warned.

SCOTLAND'S two largest teaching unions have attacked a 1.2% increase in pension contributions for school staff.

HUNDREDS of extra post- graduate places are to be created at Scottish universities under a £30 million scheme.

THE lack of women on the governing bodies of Scottish universities has been described as stark and alarming by a Government minister.

AN exponent of single sex education who believes girls are best educated at warmer temperatures than boys has been invited to give a talk at a Scottish private school.

A TOP Scottish university is to launch an innovative project to encourage secondary school pupils to see the benefits of research.

SCOTTISH ministers are to hold a summit with local authorities to look at ways of improving the standard of food served in schools in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, it was announced today.

The boards of James Watt, Reid Kerr, and Clydebank colleges have agreed to move towards a merger following the completion of a public consultation.

MORE than half of Scottish teachers lack confidence that schools are ready to deliver controversial new exams from next year.

PARENTS have criticised the Scottish Government's ambitious strategy of increasing language learning in Scottish schools, branding it unachievable.

THE principal of Kilmarnock College, Heather Dunk, has been appointed principal designate of the new regional college for Ayrshire.

GLASGOW University has unveiled ambitious plans for a multimillion-pound campus expansion and redevelopment.

ACADEMICS have hit back at controversial claims Scottish universities are being "swamped" by staff from elsewhere.

THE number of Scots studying postgraduate courses has fallen sparking fears for the future of the economy.