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Turmoil as one in 10 Scots exam board staff quit as union launches strike ballot over pay

Turmoil as one in 10 Scots exam board staff quit as union launches strike ballot over pay
SCOTLAND'S exams body (SQA) has been plunged into new turmoil as one in ten staff have left, while the rest are considering strike action as ministers are accused of failing to come up with a coherent plan to scrap it.

Industry experts to join Entrepreneurial Scotland

business briefing Industry experts to join Entrepreneurial Scotland

Disappointing exam results don't have to spell the end of a person's education

Letters: Youngsters should be reassured that their final school results do not define them

Serena Williams this week announced her impending retirement with a verbal volley about how being female has held her back

Andy Maciver: Sorry, Serena, but we’re not all the same, and we shouldn’t want to be

Scottish freight firm hits one million deliveries in a year for first time

business briefing Scottish freight firm hits one million deliveries in a year for first time

Dundee University staff to strike over pensions dispute

Dundee University staff to strike over pensions dispute

Fewer pupils took languages, sciences and mathematics at Higher level in Scotland this year.

PREMIUM Concern as huge drop in pupils taking Higher languages and sciences, SQA results show

Scotland's chief examining officer and SQA chief executive Fiona Robertson, therefore, labelled them a

SQA pass rate above pre-pandemic level in 'strong set of results'

Scotland returned to formal national exams in 2022 after two years in which they were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.

ANALYSIS SQA Results Day: Risk of fresh fairness rows over exam grade 'generosity'

It's exam results day in Scotland today

SQA results day 2022: Can I appeal my grades?

Catriona Stewart: At exam results it's too easy for adults to say there's no wrong path

Catriona Stewart: At exam results it's too easy for adults to say there's no wrong path

What is UCAS Clearing and how do you apply? (PA)

What is UCAS Clearing and how do you apply?

Nando’s is giving away free meals to students on results day – find out what you can get (PA)

Nando’s is giving away free meals to students on results day – find out what you can get

Carve out a fully-skilled future in butchery

Sponsored Carve out a fully-skilled future in butchery

Students taking an exam. Credit: PA

When is SQA Results day 2022? Everything to know from appeals to clearing

The SQA say pupils sitting exams this year have been graded generously.

SQA say exams this year graded 'generously' in wake of Covid pandemic

Council leaders say Scots Gov must stump up more money to stop strikes and school closures

PREMIUM Council leaders say Scots Gov must stump up more money to stop strikes and school closures

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Lanarkshire pharmacy in former bank sold

business briefing Lanarkshire pharmacy in former bank sold

Union warns 'significantly improved' pay offer needed to prevent strike that can shut Scots schools

Union warns 'significantly improved' pay offer needed to prevent strike that can shut Scots schools

The system of free university tuition for Scots was this week attacked as grossly unfair by the think tank Reform Scotland

Letters: The Scottish Government must give up control of the funding of higher education

The Herald Digital Transformation Awards will take place on Thursday 25th August in Glasgow

Awards cast the net wide for top digital innovators

MSPs have called for urgent investigation into why pupils in some parts of country are doing better than in others.

MSPs demand urgent probe into local authority differences in pupil performance

General view of person vaping.

Hundreds of vapes confiscated in Scottish schools amid call for promotion crackdown

Reform Scotland has proposed some Scottish students repaying tuition fees

Call to end free university tuition for Scots to end 'grossly unfair' places cap

Children in Scotland start school at the age of four or five, but in many other countries the school starting age is six or seven.

PREMIUM Kathleen Nutt: Raising school age in line with EU norms is move in right direction

Police Scotland has said it is

PREMIUM Police launch investigation into college theft and fraud claims

Energy giant chief defends dividends from huge profits amid prices crisis

Unions warn they have a mandate to disrupt 1200 Scots schools as row erupts over pay dispute talks

PREMIUM Unions warn they have a mandate to disrupt 1200 Scots schools as row erupts over pay dispute talks

Professor James Miller will take up his post at the University of the West of Scotland on November 1.

Former nurse to take the helm at Scottish university

Two in three Scots local authorities face school and nursery closures through pay dispute strikes

Full list Two in three Scots local authorities face school and nursery closures through pay dispute strikes

David Hay, managing director of food and drink company Compass Group, with two of the firm’s apprentices

future of education How to help the young workforce develop an appetite for career success

Scots schools face being shut as council workers vote for 'largest strike in a decade'

PREMIUM Scots schools face being shut as council workers vote in 'largest strike ballot in a decade'

The SNP are considering a motion to its party conference to raise the age at which children in Scotland start school.

SNP consider bid to raise school starting age in line with EU norms

A Year in the Life at South Lanarkshire College Construction

FUTURE OF EDUCATION A Year in the Life at South Lanarkshire College Construction

Kirsten Oswald (pictured, inset), the SNP's deputy leader at Westminster, is under fresh pressure after documents revealed failings at South Lanarkshire College were allowed to persist for years.

PREMIUM SNP deputy Westminster leader under fresh pressure over college failings

Lily McLaughlin, 12, shows off her football skills outside Hampden Park in Glasgow. Her mother, Ami, says the SFA's performance schools are denying girls opportunities in the sport Picture: Gordon Terris

Updated Glasgow girl rejected for SFA-run football academy after 'tick box' trial

Laura Leigh Kerr says there is a perception that hairdressing is for high school drop-outs

Glasgow hairdresser who was high achieving pupil wants to end industry stigma

Researchers are increasingly worried about the impact of Brexit-related disputes on Scotland's knowledge base.

PREMIUM Brexit hammer blow to Scots research as experts condemn EU funding impasse

Professor Lee Cronin is one of Britain's most eminent chemists.

Top scientist suspended from Royal Society of Chemistry

Agenda: Can Scotland lead the way in tackling music’s invisible problem?

Festivals such as Celtic Connections have helped to play a part in the economic impact of Gaelic on Glasgow

Jobs boost, increased wellbeing and £20million impact of Gaelic economy for Glasgow

Nicola Sturgeon (top right) has been told that her Education Secretary, Shirley-Anne Somerville (bottom left), failed to act in response to claims of a serious governance breakdown at South Lanarkshire College.

PREMIUM Senior college figure accuses Education Secretary of failing to act on crisis claims

Mark Stoddart with one his famous Hippo coffee tables

Scots sculptor steps in to fund Bali school for dyslexic youngsters

Dr Suzanne Zeedyk on Boarding School Syndrome. STY MACKAY.Pic Gordon Terris Herald & Times.8/7/22.

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Scotland's college sector is under severe pressure as funding cuts bite.

Half of colleges face job cut threat as student drop-out rates soar

Research indicates a large number of Scottish children arrive at school hungry.

Third of Scots primary children 'arrive at school without having eaten breakfast'

There is still time to enter the Herald Digital Transformation Awards 2022

New streams of talent tackle digital goals

Are UK students being squeezed out of our university medical faculties?

Letters: We won't be able to staff our new hospitals until we give UK medical students a fair chance

A Year in the life at South Lanarkshire College's construction faculty

Sponsored A Year in the life at South Lanarkshire College's construction faculty

3000 Scots students to travel abroad due to UK scheme replacing Erasmus+

3000 Scots students to travel abroad due to UK scheme replacing Erasmus+

Catriona Stewart: Rayner should take Raab to the opera - he might learn some class

Violinist Nicola Benedetti has been given an honorary title at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Yet another string added to Benedetti’s bow with RCS president role

John Cairns, Social Impact Manager at Balfour Beatty, teaches pupils how drones are used in the construction sector

Sponsored Scottish pupils' interest in tech sector reaches new heights