Michael Russell

Top councillors set to debate village school closure legislation
Saturday 15 June 2013

SCOTLAND'S most senior councillors are to debate a controversial decision by ministers to reject plans to make it easier to close village schools.

A matter of trust on rural schools
Friday 14 June 2013

SCHOOLS in rural areas, more so than in urban centres, are a focus for whole communities and decisions affecting them arouse deep passions.

Councils and ministers set to clash over rural schools legislation
Friday 14 June 2013

MINISTERS are on a collision course with councils after rejecting plans to make it easier to close village schools.

Frustration in the FE sector
Friday 14 June 2013

CHARLIE Montgomery wrote justifiably on the loss of relevance when naming merged colleges (Letters, June 7).

Independent review move over school closure appeals
Thursday 13 June 2013

CONTROVERSIAL decisions on the closure of rural schools could be handed over to an independent body under plans being considered by the Scottish Government.